A Word With Wendy Church

Now it’s time to learn more about the authors we read. . .   What drew you to the genre you write? For reasons I’m not ready to explore within myself, I really enjoy crime stories. I watched every episode of Law and Order – all iterations – when I was in graduate...

An Excerpt from WAVES OF BURDEN by Curtis Ippolito

“Street-park it,” Jake said, pointing to a row of open meters along the front of Hoppy Time Liquor. “I’ll run in. Want anything?” Drew pulled the van to the farthest meter, shoved the shifter into park. “Yeah, get me a slice of apple, too.” He dug into one of the...

A Day In My Life ~ Nate Morton by Adrian Andover

So much for sleeping in. My six a.m. alarm hasn’t gone off yet, but I’m wide awake at four forty-seven, not long after I’d wake up any other day. But today’s Sunday. I hoped I could get some extra sleep this morning, especially considering I’ll be out past my bedtime...

A Day in My Life ~ Ibby Russell by Carol J. Perry

I’m Isobel Margaret Russell. Most folks call me “Ibby” I’m a pushing seventy, happily single, part-time research librarian. I live in the fine old house in Salem, Massachusetts where I was born. It’s a big house, and sometimes I rent a few upstairs rooms to short time...