Bonnie and the Case of Cat Breath by Gabriel Valjan

I wake up to cat breath. Before me is the venomous stare of one hungry feline and the ominous cadence of a thumping tail. Delilah is Shane’s cat. She is staying at my place, though true to the laws of the jungle, what is hers is hers and what is mine is hers. Shane is...

Ally Winter by Laura Scott

Hi! My name is Ally Winter, and I’m a vet. A Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, not the other kind. After my cheating ex fiancé took off with our buxom veterinary assistant, I moved to the small town of Willow Bluff Wisconsin to open my own veterinary practice. My plan...

Gemma Doyle by Vicki Delany

Once the summer tourist hordes leave Cape Cod, I look forward to a chance to slow down, take a breath and take stock. And to restock the shelves of my shop, the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium. I love having the time to read some of the marvellous (and sometimes...

Eve Mallow by Clare Chase

My name’s Eve Mallow and as an obituary writer, I find it quite hard to conjure up a post about myself. It’s normally other people that I write about! Moira, who owns the village store, describes me as working in the death industry, but she’s wrong – obituary...

Aunt Lucy Eagel by Bailey Cates

Thank you for asking about my day, Dru! Typically, it starts at 5:28 a.m, exactly two minutes before the alarm goes off. Honeybee, my tabby cat and witch’s familiar, jumps on the bed and pads up to peer at my face, purring all the while. She’s done it since she was a...

Mitzy Moon by Trixie Silvertale

Contrary to my previous life as a broke barista, my current situation does not involve alarm clocks or schedules. I, Mitzy Moon, share a swanky apartment with the ghost of my generous grandmother, and the only thing I have to do when I roll out of bed is feed the...