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Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

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...

Jessie Maria Goldney, A Daisy Crushed (short story)

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...

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