"Maria meets Colin while he’s working away from home."
It was a cold night in November. The Christmas ads had already started on the radio and the lights were up on the streets in Dublin city. That meant they’d soon be up in Wexford town too.I’d just turned 19...
"Younger sister develops a crush for her older sister's boyfriend."
When I was sixteen, I developed a serious crush on my older sister's boyfriend. My sister, Kim, was almost eighteen, and her boyfriend, Cris, was nineteen. I never paid any attention to him until the year they graduated. My sister...
Sixteen-year-old Emma walked alone along the long stretch of beach, the sun warm against her skin. She had come to escape her family—her parents and younger brothers, with whom she was vacationing—and to find some peace. The beach was vast,...
"Their friendship runs deep, does something else run deeper?"
Remi, when we travelled to the old house, I saw your expression tinged with regret. I wanted to console you, but I have no words. I must be bright and pretend and say nothing about your pain… our pain.The early...
