by Stories from the Archive | Nov 4, 2022 | Fiction
by Evelyn Blackett (1863-1943) A young woman forgoes her chance of love for the sake of her family. An oppressively hot February afternoon, the air above lay still, and the earth seemed as silent and lifeless as if suddenly dispeopled and forgotten. The sea was at...
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 7, 2022 | Short story
by Jessie Maria Goldney (1849-1923) A young woman, the “flower” of her village, falls for the wastrel brother of a school friend. It was on a bright clear spring afternoon, when the birds were warbling sweetly amongst the green trees, and the flowers and...