Author: Javier Martínez

Sofía cruzó los brazos, apoyándose en el respaldo de la silla. Sus ojos, de un azul helado, no se apartaban del rostro de Daniel. En él, la arrogancia

Marcos estaba en la puerta, pálido como la cera, con la mirada oscura, casi amenazadora. Sus manos se aferraban al marco de la puerta, y sus hombros temblaban

Tommy was kicked out. Again. Third time in his short little life. Luck just wasnt on his side, was it? Only a year old, and already booted from three homes.

I married at eighty. When my granddaughter threw me out of the house because, at eighty, I had remarried, I knew I could no longer endure such an insult.

**Diary Entry** My cheeks burned and my chest tightened. The noise of laughter, phones held up in the air, customers staringit all blurred into a bitter haze.

And then the paycheck came. £850, all mine. I held the payslip in my hand, almost disbelieving. No explanations needed, no justifying every receipt, no

**After Lucy Bit the Doctor** The moment Lucy sank her teeth into the doctors hand, the hospital room fell into stunned silence. The woman, still lying

**Diary Entry** My daughter and son-in-law died two years agothen one day, my grandchildren shouted, Grandma, look, its Mum and Dad! Emily was on the beach