Aug 19, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Ben Dougherty, pronounced “Dock-ur-tee.” I’m a detective with the Penns River, Pennsylvania police department. Detective Sergeant, actually, though the rank was kind of forced on me and I can live without it. Oh, and don’t call me “Ben” or “Bennie” or “Benjy”...
Aug 16, 2022 | A Day In My Life
I, Belladonna, An Elite Courtesan Of Venice Venice, March 19, 1612 Each day, as soon as the dawn reaches out its red orange tendrils across the lagoon and the first shimmers of sunlight reach my windows, I think of Isaak. He is out there, beyond the lagoon, perhaps...
Aug 12, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Well, hello there! Ace said you wanted to meet me. My name is Tom Burns and I’m a deputy coroner for Fayette County. (Ouch, she just poked me. I guess I’m not supposed to be so formal – or such a smarty-pants, take your pick). By the way, Ace is my nickname for...
Aug 9, 2022 | A Day In My Life
I had put down my copy of the Wall Street Journal to take a sip of coffee and respond to my ex-husband’s demand that I stop trying to get him a boyfriend. “It takes risk to find something really special,” I said. Jay shook his head, his chiseled cheekbones catching a...
Aug 8, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Whoa! What have I gotten myself into? Reader, here’s what happened: I got a job as an archivist at a fancy manor house in the hills of North Carolina. You should see this library! It houses the most wonderful collection of books I’ve ever seen. So, on my first day of...
Aug 5, 2022 | A Day In My Life
I am awake before First Sun. How can I sleep? This is going to be an exciting day. There is no day that is a normal day in this new land. When our tribe has been here more long and has gotten more settled, I hope that we will establish a rhythm to our days, like we...
