CHRIS twirled the wedding ring on his finger absent-mindedly as he waited patiently for his wife at their favourite restaurant.

MARIA held the silver chain in her hand, its pendant, the birthstone of Pisces and as she looked at the

In a land on the northeastern coast of South America, once a lost world, a hidden paradise. But now, the

From morn to night, death rides on a pale horse, an emissary of fate. But stories are told of restless

A STORY, drifting with time, decades ago, told and retold of a young man’s sudden death. “It was a night

The old lady sat in her rocking chair on the patio, an open Bible, its pages ruffled with age, lying

SARAH put down the Anne Rice novel she was reading and looked out the plane’s window. The white, shifting clouds

SHE stood on the wharf, a cold night in June, looking out at the dark river, sounds of the crashing

SALIMA got there in no time, a dreadful feeling in her heart, praying over and over in her mind, “Oh

SINCE that day at the orphanage, Salima couldn’t stop thinking about Rahim and his conflicting emotions of pain, hate and