Angel of Grasmere – Tom Palmer

Signs of the war were everywhere now. There was a concrete pillbox on the Grasmere to Keswick road. It had narrow slits in the walls so that soldiers could shoot out but not be shot back at. Road signs that had once directed tourists to Ambleside and Windermere had been removed to confuse the enemy.

Sweet Skies – Robin Scott-Elliot

My mum, Joseph Goebbels and growing up in Berlin “We used to live in Goebbels’ house…”  My mum is full of surprises and this was another bolt from the blue. Hang on, Mum… Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, a key player in the Hitler regime, one of the most infamous figures in modern history?

Skywake Endgame – Jamie Russell

The announcement made the hungry civilians push forward. Casey watched as phone screens were scanned and good packages were thrown from the back of the truck into the hands of the waiting crowd. In the crush, the woman with the toddler dropped her package. A bright orange paste resembling baby food leaked out. She scrabbled

Wings of Glory – Dermot O’Leary

It’s 1940 and the world is at war. Linus, a swift, has always dreamed of flying with the Royal Bird Force and becoming a squadron leader. Volunteering with his sister Ava, the pair become separated and Linus reaches the airfield to train alone. Can Linus locate his missing sister and help the war effort? I

Boy, Everywhere – A.M. Dassu

I sat staring at the image on the screen. The once-shiny glass building was now partly rubble. The glass half of the mall was a broken grey shell and the concrete half was just barely standing.There were no windows or doors left in any of it and people in high-vis jackets, rush through the smoke,