Holly Schlivnik by Susie Black

Hello. I’m Holly Schlivnik, President of the junior and private label divisions of Mermaid Swimwear. I work in the California Apparel Mart in the heart of the Los Angeles garment center. I live on a houseboat in Marina del Rey and tool around town in a bubblegum pink...

Andi Anna Jones by Mary Cunningham

Hi Folks, Andi Anna Jones here. Not sure why you’re interested, but here’s a snapshot of a day in my life.  Following a mostly mundane adulthood, present-day seems to leap from one chaotic situation to another. You see, over three years ago, after floundering from one...

Meghan McKenzie by Cheryl A. Head

Hi, I’m Meghan McKenzie. I have the kind of hair that tells me the weather. Today will be humid. That means my hair will double in size by this afternoon, and I have a press conference to attend later. I need to look professional. I’m a reporter at the Detroit Free...

Valerie Rankin by Barbara Emodi

My name is Barbara Emodi and I have just got off the phone with my friend Valerie Rankin. I miss Val. We used to teach evening sewing classes together here in Halifax, Nova Scotia but she recently moved back to Gasper’s Cove, the small town up the coast where she grew...

Chloe Barnes by Emily George

There are only two things certain in a baker’s life—early morning starts and the fact that you will always find flour everywhere. Even when you’ve showered. Even when you’ve washed your clothes. Even when you’ve scrubbed under your fingernails. Little white smudges...

Al Doyle by Erica Obey

Occupation: The Internet’s Greatest Detective in The Case of the Purloined Coffee Mug Doyle’s the name. AI Doyle, if you prefer. Usually, I maintain the fiction that I am nothing but an app that lives on the phone of Dr. Mary Watson, who claims she programmed me. But...