Contents

From the Editors

A Date with Iris • a. f. harrold

Beginning in Gladness • lawrence sail

In Italy’s Dark Heart • christian tyler

Spotting a Masterpiece • laurence scott

By Folly Brook • rohan candappa

Is Enough Enough? • hugh farmar

A Splendid Attitude to Death • christopher robbins

Aunty May’s Footsteps • john sheppard

Plum Perfect • michele hanson

Two Men in a Pontiac • patrick denman flanery

Sharp Observations • paul routledge

Farmer George • chris stewart

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Romantic but True • jessica mann

Lost Horizon • belinda hollyer

Shelves of My Life • robin knight

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