Outside, the temperature had plummeted. 'Hello,' he says. 'Hello to you, dearie,' I say. He shuffles nervously on the spot. 'Are you coming in or not?' He removes his cap and scratches the back of his head. Bless him, I thought, but I can't be hanging abo...
I felt merry as the bouncer opened the strong steel door. 'Blimey!' A dense mist had enveloped the narrow passage. In the five years I'd frequented the club, I'd never experienced such a phenomenon. The days of London peasoupers belonged in the realms of...
My Uncle Neil and I were strangers. We had only properly met a month ago. I knew he was five years younger than my mother, which made him forty-seven, but I had only been three years of age when he emigrated to Canada. In the ensuing twenty-two years, he'...
I loved swimming but hated the communal changing room. I sat at my usual spot, which was as far from the entrance to the pool as possible. I waited uneasily, hoping that my solitude wouldn't be interrupted. After five minutes had passed, I began to feel m...
I had been hesitant about the holiday from the start. I didn't like flying or hot climates, and I also had little in common with my three companions, one of whom I'd met for the first time at the airport. But in spite of my misgivings, I accepted the invi...
