Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)
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 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...
Ada Cambridge, A Mere Chance (review)
by Bill Holloway. At Adelonga she meets the ne’er-do-weel (of course) Roden Dalrymple, who it is said has killed a man in a duel over a woman
