Aug 13, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I don’t sleep well. Maybe it’s a holdover from my old life as a homicide inspector. Maybe it’s the remnants of paranoia that cling to me, shaking me awake in the middle of the night to listen to the quiet for a whispering voice. . . Hey there, darlin’, Did you miss...
Aug 12, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I set my alarm every night but it’s the city that wakes me up, the sounds of my Paris street coming alive, voices and footfalls drifting up through my half-open bedroom window. I know how lucky I am to have a top-floor apartment, looking out over Rue Jacob in...
Aug 11, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My name is Emi, and I am an actor’s daughter. My father, Satsu, acts in the chorus of the Yutoku-za, one of Kyoto’s most famous theater troupes, and my little brother Haru is the troupe’s most promising young performer. In fact, last week I overheard my grandfather...