Even now, in daylight, the building is achingly familiar with its glass-roofed entrance and the blue NHS sign on the wall. I breathe deeply. I’ve made it. In through the sliding doors, I’m hit by that hospital smell of cabbage and antiseptic. Everyw...
I’d turned into a great knot of nerves. Before I could even think clearly, the door swung open. Gabriel appeared in a pool of light.‘You’d better come in,’ he said.I was dying to ask why he’d scarpered off so quick, and to tell him all about Blondin’s poor little daughter. But he’d already taken ...
The village clock had just chimed ten. Miss Fletcher would be wondering where I was, but I didn’t have time to stop at the school and explain. I didn’t have time for Will Potter neither. He was sweeping snow from the front steps, and though I tried to ignore him, he put down his broom and fell in...
No one touch it!’ Miss Stine cried. Not that I had plans to. I’d felt the size of it when it had lain out dead; it was as big as a pony. And now, stood up, swaying like a drunk, its presence seemed to fill the room. ‘’Twas better left dead,’ said Mr...