Crystal Tarling

Leaving behind everything I knew and starting afresh in a totally new place was something I never thought I would ever do and boy was it an adventure!

A dream makes her realise her mother is in danger and she rushes to her aid. Her mother has already been beaten up and is hospitalized. She helps her mother move far away, but he finds them and abducts her ...

After losing her husband, she travels and discovers a whole new world.

A smarmy boss who preys on women and keeps their work as his own, gets his due. This is what happened ...

Caught in a storm and trip delayed, she and her son arrive to a frantic family who had assumed the worst. The storm resurrects her nightmares of having been held at gunpoint while in the store where her best friend was abducted and brutally murdered...

Saddled and ready, the horse took me over the mountain and far away from my abuser. Travelling for days, I eventually realised I needed help and knocked on a farmhouse door ...

City life has it's problems and escaping them is sometimes the answer. This story is about a second chance at life, love and everything else.

After finding out her husband and their vet's wife were having an affair and were killed in a head on collision, both need a new life. As friends they help one another. They start a large animal rescue which takes off (unfortunately due to the many rescues..._ Then an unknown identical twin appears ...

When my grandmother passes and leaves her huge property to me, we decide to open an old age home for those fit enough to be on their own, but who need help with remembering their medicines or just want company. We also start looking after children and they work so well together - the aged and pre-school children!

This is a selection of 6 rather different short stories for you to sample examples of my writing.