Ellie Carr by Lisa Black

I could say that it started out as an ordinary day, but that’s not entirely true. Evidence Response Team (think CSI) is a peripheral duty at the FBI, which means I’m usually following paper trails in Organized Crime and only sometimes get to snap photos and pull out...

Miranda Trent by Cheryl Hollon *plus giveaway*

Hi there, I’m Miranda Trent, owner of a cultural tourist business in the back-hills countryside of Eastern Kentucky. This is my service: I guide tourists up a mountain trail, usually an easy hike because we’re carrying art supplies. Then I instruct them in a group...

Elena Hartwell and Writing

One of the best aspects of working from home is flexibility of schedule. I love having freedom to plan my day based on mood, inspiration, and my to-do list. And the weather. It may seem weird that a writer considers weather, but I’ll explain that further down....

Eddie Cayce by Lynn Cahoon

Hi, I’m Eddie Cayce. I’m a junior interior designer with a top Seattle design company. Or at least I was last week. Now, I’m home in New Orleans. A place I left as soon as I chose my college. I never have looked back. It’s not that I...

A Day In My Life ~ Vinny Delgado by Leslie Budewitz

I’m not big on change. I’m big on a full-bodied Oregon Cabernet Franc, and on the rich syrahs and grenaches grown in the Horse Heaven Hills in southeast Washington. I’m big on a spicy French Viognier, with notes of apricot, peach and a hint of honeysuckle that will...

Chen Su Lin by Ovidia Yu

Hello from Syonan (Japan Occupied Singapore). It’s August 1945. My name is Chen Su Lin and I’m twenty-four years old, born in the year of the metal monkey. Some say the war is over in the West, Germany has surrendered. Here we are isolated without radios and Japan...