Kat Lawson by Nancy Cole Silverman

June 1999, Phoenix, Arizona My father’s request couldn’t have come at a worse time. He called me one morning to say his B24, the flying Liberator he had jumped out of during the Second World War, had been located. I had heard the story since I’d been a little girl, so...

Morrison F. Nuñez by Davida G. Breier

Sissy flicked her cigarette into the darkness and yanked the door to Video Video Video open. The bells above the door clanged against the glass. Looking back at me, Sissy said, “Morrison, quit being such a whiny baby, we’ll go next weekend. I don’t feel like driving...

Diane Wells by James T. Bartlett

My name is Diane Wells, and I did not murder my husband. The date is November 5, 1953, and I have decided to write down what happened today, though I can barely remember most of it. I feel like I have been through a brainwashing. The police and a US Marshal were...

Stefanie Adams by M.A. Monnin

Traveling is the ultimate escape, isn’t it? Hi, I’m Stefanie Adams, senior private banker at Markham-Briggs Banks. Oops, former private banker at Markham-Briggs, but I don’t want to dwell on that. Looking out the window of the Aegean Airlines flight from Athens to...

Catalina Wright by C.B. Wilson

Who knew a simple weekend bachelorette party could turn my world upside down? And it wasn’t even mine. When my assistant producer, Sandy Wynne, requested a few days off to celebrate with friends, I couldn’t refuse. No problem covering her two live shows. I’d done it...