Helen Laycock

~Round and Round the Garden~

Childhood fears are sometimes real

 

~Beyond the Magnifying Glass~

The friendship code means that you protect them at all cost

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~Fair is Fowl and Fowl is Fair~

Mama feels very differently about a duck called katy

 

~Happy Father’s Day~

Daddy's frightening, but Millie loves him

 

~Midnight Child~

 When you've been kept prisoner, how can you even understand the concept of 'outside'?

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~Dark Harvest~

Babies are born in the laboratory where soul transplants are big business

 

~The Gift Quilt~

Reliving memories

 

~The Feeding~

Why is there a baby angel in the garden?

 

~Hush~

empty cradle, empty wishes

 

~Lemon Barley Morning~

The frailty of a little life

 

~In a Heartbeat~

A mother searches for the recipient of her child's heart

 

~As Yet, Unmarked~

A child's clothes are donated to a charity shop

 

~Split Decision~

Just who is responsible for the abduction?

 

~The Acolyte~

Once a thief...

 

~Scarecrow~

There's a loner at every school

 

~It Starts Small~

Self-Obsession, that is...

 

~Images~

A discussion with a psychiatrist and his patient... or is that patients?

 

~Dead End~

Sometimes there is no way out

 

~The Third Thing~

The last straw will break... someone

 

~Killing Time For Neddy~

The clocks are sending out secret messages

 

~The Rut~

Guilt? Neglect? They can eat away at you

 

~Dogsbody~

Enough is enough

 

~Vacation~.

An unexpected surprise on the beach

 

~(Mother Loved a Bath)~

We're all different, aren't we?

 

~What You Don’t Know Can’t Hurt You~

You reap what you sow

 

~Neat Freak~

Even murder should be committed tidily

 

~Newton’s Third Law~

Balancing things out

 

~Just Around the Corner~

An affair to take care of

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~Bleach~

Wiping away all that is unbearable

 

~Dry Sand~

If only time could be turned back

 

~Perennials~

All the 'would have beens'. Ever thought about them?

 

~Dying Swan~

An ageing ballerina dances her last

 

~To Sleep, Perchance to Dream~

As they say, there is no rest for the wicked

 

~Entanglement~

A near drowning

 

~The Lure~

Is the beautiful lake what it seems?

 

~Broken Angels~

Revenge and sacrifice

 

~Papering Over Cracks~

Something is trapped in the walls

 

~On Reflection~

The Travelling Museum of the Curious and Paranormal sounds like fun

 

~Prominence~

A final visit to Father Amos for repentance

 

~Sanctum~

Getting stranded on an island overnight is a worry. At least there's a monastery...

 

~Countdown~

you can't shout from inside a coma

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~The Artist~

When a painting becomes a sculpture

 

~Remnants~

Searching for something, but what?