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Black Sheep

George Wakefield was an enigmatic figure to most, even something of a mystery.

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Betrayal

Don was still asleep when Eve left the house with Olly and Tabby the following morning.

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The Golden Doves

I wake at dawn, facedown on the sofa, thinking I’m back in Block Ten.

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The Tea Ladies

From the moment she steps out into the laneway before her morning shift, Hazel Bates, tea lady at Empire Fashionwear, has the curious feeling of being watched.

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Clytemnestra

Clytemnestra looks down at the steep ravine but can see no trace of dead bodies. She searches for cracked skulls, broken bones, corpses eaten by wild dogs and pecked by vultures, but nothing.

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The Sugar Palace

'Where've you been?'