Dec 26, 2025 | A Day In My Life
It was the week before Thanksgiving in 1989 when Niles Landry, formerly of the U.S. Army, called me for a job. I’m a grifter, also known as a small-time con man. How I got into the game is easy. My dad was a grifter. How I got into grifting for the United States...
Dec 25, 2025 | A Day In My Life
How does that saying go? No good deed goes unpunished? It sure is true today at the Double C Ranch. Callie Garcia here, venting for a minute while I search for a missing cat. It’s just one more indignity I gotta suffer because I couldn’t say no. When an Oklahoma storm...
Dec 24, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I had a talk with my author, Susan Van Kirk, and she agreed that it was high time I got my share of print about my role in her Endurance Mysteries. My wife, Grace Kimball, has always been the main character peeking out of Van Kirk’s laptop, but now that I asked the...
Dec 23, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I am Lane Sanders, aide to one of the most famous New York mayors, Fiorello La Guardia. It is May 1937 and I am about to board the Hindenburg. We had a major crime incident on our hands, but I and my cohort of chosen family and friends felt that it was only a hint at...
Dec 16, 2025 | A Day In My Life
The ceiling fan has opinions this morning. Round and round it goes, thwacking the humid air with all the subtlety of a vaudeville drummer who’s lost the beat. Somewhere to my left, the oscillating fan has joined the chorus. Together, they form a percussion...
Dec 15, 2025 | A Day In My Life
I’m Jess Walker, and as the manager of a B&B, I’m always planning months ahead. By December, I’ve done everything I can to prepare for Christmas, so my sisters attack the to-do lists while I get ready for Valentine’s day. I can’t...
