On the tenth anniversary of their first date, thirty year olds Laurie and Anna have been out partying apart from each other. Laurie ends up with 21 year old wild child Sparky, and next morning heads home to Anna, to pick up the pieces-or not.

In the taxi Sebastian glanced at his mother. Her hair was white now, bobbed, and her face seemed if anything smoother than it had done two years ago at the funeral. The pale blue of her dress made her seem very gentle, and its softness would be comforting to touch. He had an urge to lay his face against her shoulder and feel the cashmere and the cool pearls and the motherliness…

After a great Telltales in January, with our Underbelly theme seeing readers draw on dark thoughts, hidden emotions and barely subdued anger for inspiration, this February we are taking a slightly different tack. That’s right, we are casting off our cloaks of melancholy,  cracking a smile and looking on The Bright Side. The theme for […]