SHORT STORY - FICTION Everybody knows the stories of Rapunzel, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the rest. But what about the stories that aren't told? What about the princesses who find that their happily ever after is a lie dressed in silk? That their once upon a time is really an agonising spread of years that does not end in love? This is a short story of a woman who was not locked in a tower but has never been free.

SHORT STORY - FICTION The lines between reality and fantasy are blurred in this short extract that depicts the horrors of living at the mercy of somebody else. Castles suddenly become too claustrophobic, soft beauty seems to hold a wicked sharpness, and the masks that people wear soon melts under the light. Imagination is seen as an escape, but is it enough to save this lady in waiting?

SHORT STORY - FICTION The darker side to mental illness is explored in this short story where Robin is seen as a little sister to Iris, something less to her father, and something rather more to her mother. (DISCLAIMER: this is not set out to demonise mental illnesses, but rather to bring to light the different struggles and angles that it can be perceived as, such as in regards to paranoia, disorganised thoughts and a twist in perception and reality.)