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Our November 6, 2021 issue is out this week. Here, Fiction Ed Lucy takes a look at the stories, series and serials you'll find inside.

Alan looks at recurring story flaws found in "Friend" fiction, and what writers can do to avoid these pitfalls.

Fiction Sneak Peek: May 8, 2021 Issue By Short stories Our opening story this week is “Dear Diary”. Both Rosie’s children have flown the nest, and while decluttering, she finds herself in the attic for the first time in years. While she’s up there, she finds her teenage diary, and remembers the boy she’d been besotted with, 40 years ago. Marie Penman’s short story has a beautiful illustration by Kirk Houston. An onion changes a woman’s life infinitely for the better in Fiona Tho...

Fiction Sneak Peek: March 20, 2021 Issue By Short stories “True To Life”. A TV Drama gets Willie thinking about the sorts of conversations he has with his wife, Andrea. Are they really only all about humdrum aspects of their life together? Kirk Houston is the illustrator. Maureen and Jean are due to get their vaccines any day. So why is Jean acting so strangely? Find out in Eirin Thompson’s “What The Doctor Ordered”. With an illustration by Ruth Blair. Engineer, Mario, is secretly in...

Fiction Sneak Peek: February 13, 2021 Issue By th February. “A Night To Remember”, with a lovely illustration by Ruth Blair (above). It’s 1880, and Gertrude is accompanying her daughter, Viola, to a Valentine’s ball, where Viola hopes to receive a proposal. But someone from Gertrude’s past is also there, and he was the love of her life . . . A couple who met at a support group for the recently widowed are getting ready for a fresh start — and it involves flat-pack furniture! Alison...

Fiction Preview: Special 202 The opener A holiday is just the break Sophie needs – even if she has no idea how to actually ski! Moira Gee’s uplifting “Skipping The Slopes” welcomes you to a brand new Special, and is illustrated by Mandy Dixon. A young woman finds comfort in our poignant next story, “Beacons Of Hope”, by Frances Powell. With an illustration from the Shutterstock picture library. A boy finds his calling in our next story, “Dogs Aloud”, by Helen Yendall, 2000. Wi...