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Fiction Ed Lucy takes a look at the fabulous short stories, series episodes and serial instalments you'll find in our January 8, 2022 issue.

Fiction Ed Lucy takes a closer look at the stories, series and serial instalments you'll find in our Winter Special, in shops this week!

Fiction Ed Lucy takes a closer look at the fabulous fiction you'll find in our November 27 2021 issue, on sale this week!

Fiction Ed Lucy takes a closer look at the stories, serials and series you'll find in the October 16, 2021 issue of "The People's Friend".

Fiction Preview: Special 205 Illustration by David Young. “The Perfect Girl”, by Wendy Janes, with an illustration by David Young (above). It’s 1969 and life is quiet for Tom, working in a gentlemen’s outfitters and living in a sleepy village. When he meets a nice girl in the bank, he hopes they might have a future together. But it seems she has a secret . . . Shutterstock. Illustration by Sarah Holliday. Pippa has mixed feelings about her neighbour, Adrian, and she’s wondering if the...

Fiction Sneak Peek: February 27, 2021 Issue By “An Inside Job”. The Victorian Detectives are on the case of some missing jewels — but rumour has it that Inspector Brown’s colleagues aren’t to be trusted! With a super illustration by Ruth Blair. Life has a weird way of working out for the best, in Francesca Capaldi’s “Worth Waiting For”. With a heart-warming illustration by Mandy Dixon. In “Time To Think”, by Leonora Francis, one young man hopes his old neighbourhood has th...

Fiction Sneak Peek: December 19, 2020 Issue By The opener Our opening story is “The First Star”, by Pamela Kavanagh. Set in the 1870s, it’s the story of Belinda, the only one of her sisters without a suitor, who makes a Christmas wish on the North Star. Can it come true? Sailesh Thakrar’s festive illustration welcomes you to our second bumper Christmas issue. Kind-hearted car mechanic, Luke, thinks of everyone but himself. On Christmas Eve, can he manage to finish early and get home t...