Back to the Cradle – Chapter Eight

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Eight And so my uninterrupted existence as a six month old baby girl continued for nearly a year. A baby’s life may look singularly uneventful from the outside, but let me tell you that for me, it was anything but that, even taking into account the fact that the … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Seven

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Seven ‘Right Emily’ she said, ‘Time to go shopping. We’re going down the town. With any luck I’ll have a chance to show you off to my friend Jill, who works at the baby shop. Won’t that be fun!’ Fun? It couldn’t have been worse, and well she knew … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Six

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Six I soon became used to the gentle swaying of the softly sprung pram, and like yesterday, had little to look at except the interior of the pram hood, and a little bit of sky through the gap above the flap of the apron. From time to time I … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Five

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Five Without a doubt, the most humiliating thing about finding myself trapped in the body of a six month old baby girl was my complete inability to control my bodily functions. As soon as I woke up in the early morning light, I knew that I had both wet … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Four

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Four It was tantalising lying there in my pram watching the others a few feet away as they sat down to dinner, and the delicious smell of beef casserole assailed my nostrils. The wine flowed, and I squirmed in my pram harness with frustration as I realised I couldn’t … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Three

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Three It seemed to be barely an instant. One moment I was strapped down to a couch in the lab as a wave of darkness overcame me, and the next, I was still lying on the couch. Or was I? I slowly opened my eyes and looked around me. … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Two

Back to the Cradle – Chapter Two Morning. I woke up with a start to the sound of voices, opened my eyes, and had the shock of my life. I wasn’t in bed in my room. I was lying on one of the examination couches in the laboratory, and as I immediately tried to sit … Read more

Back to the Cradle – Chapter One

Back to the Cradle – Chapter One Like her father professor Michael Hill, my girlfriend Angela was highly intelligent. He was a prolific inventor, and with a degree in biochemistry she was an invaluable helper when he conducted his research. Not only was he talented in his work on the nature of the workings of … Read more