Aug 24, 2022 | A Day In My Life
If someone had told me, Annie Abbott, that I’d be living in a sleepy little town off the coast of Oregon in my dream house that isn’t actually my house, I wouldn’t have believed it. I also wouldn’t have thought I’d love it so much in Rainbow Falls. My parents asked me...
Aug 23, 2022 | A Day In My Life
Food is my life. It’s yours, too, whether you admit it or not. We’ve all got to gobble down three squares a day, plus snacks, so why settle for noshing on a rock-hard plum or cheese whose flavor is indistinguishable from the plastic film it’s wrapped in? Why not make...
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...