Oct 13, 2011 | A Day In My Life
I have a good life in Saltlick, Texas. It’s a great place to live with lots of friendly people. For the most part. I wait tables at my Uncle Huey’s diner, Huey’s Hash. It’s hard work, but Mother doesn’t hold with people who shirk hard...
Oct 12, 2011 | A Day In My Life
You know those people who always win stuff? Radio call-in shows, door prizes, pull tabs, scratch offs—they can’t help but get lucky? Well, I’m the yin to their yang, the shadow to their light. Their luck brings them money, concert tickets, and fruit baskets, and mine...
Oct 11, 2011 | A Day In My Life
“We’d probably never be friends if it weren’t for Margaret Grace,” Gerry said. “You mean Ada Madison,” Sophie replied. Since they had a common friend (whose real name was Camille Minichino) Gerry Porter and Sophie Knowles decided to...
Oct 10, 2011 | A Day In My Life
My name is Skye Denison and I’m a school psychologist in rural Scumble River, Illinois (population a bit over 3000). I like to say that my hometown is seventy-five miles south of Chicago and seventy-five years behind the times. At thirty-six, I never thought I would...
