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You are safe here, you know. I mean, it's our job to look after you." It's an awkward speech, clumsily delivered, and I appreciate the intent. But I have always hated lies.Six stories of strength and survival. This new collection by Dreena Collins continues an exploration of the challenges faced by ordinary people at pivotal moments in their lives.Praise for Dreena Collins: "That Collins is a highly skilled writer is not in doubt. She is a mas...

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Ten Twisted Tales of Courage and Comeuppance. "Up in the attic, amid spiders and dreams, I am unsure where to start. Sorting through everything seems an insurmountable task..." A brutalised partner, a power-wielding cashier, and an arrogant interviewee - Embers (and Other Stories) features tales with a twist. Descriptive, incisive and unique, these stories explore the challenges of contemporary life - and the human condition. Dreena Collins is...

The day I nearly drowned, I was wearing a new swimming costume. Mum had always given me plain, navy, one-piece suits: sometimes second-hand, I realised now - their thin, elastic threads poking through the sheen of the fabric in barbs...".The second collection in The Blue Hour series, The Day I Nearly Drowned continues an exploration of the challenges faced by ordinary people, at pivotal moments in their lives. A father is reunited with his dau...

The night you left us, I stayed awake until the sky woke up. The light through the curtains was a fresh bruise, stirring from black, to blue, to grey..."From the author of 'The Blue Hour' and 'The Day I Nearly Drowned', 'Bird Wing (and other stories)' is a powerful flash fiction collection exploring love, loss - and revenge.A young woman struggles to read, an elderly man stares at the sky and contemplates loss, a niece plots murder on the bus....