Carly Hale by Linda Reilly

Hello, I’m Carly Hale, and I hail from Balsam Dell, Vermont. Sorry for the silly pun, but I’m just so tickled that Dru Ann invited me here to tell you about myself! My typical day starts at around eight every morning at my charming restaurant—Carly’s Grilled Cheese...

Mags McAllister by Molly Fitz and L.A. Boruff

My life has never been so hectic as it has been lately. Normally, filling out a day in the life of Mags McAllister would be maybe a paragraph. Wake, make candles, make candle-making videos, go home, maybe watch a movie or read a book, go to bed. Lather, rinse,...

Dot Morgan by Teresa Trent

Good morning! Welcome to Camden, Texas, May, 1962. Hurry and get a cup of coffee from the percolator because we don’t want to be late for the Hudson Secretarial School. Wait, let me turn up the radio. I love this song. Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers. I...

Sydney Farina by Kristen Brand

A normal day, huh? That’s impossible to describe since none of my days are normal anymore. But I can tell you what a normal day used to be like—back when my life made sense and dead people couldn’t send me text messages. My name is Sydney Farina, and I’m a baker. I...

Lucille Pfiffer by Tanya R. Taylor

My name’s Lucille Velma Abigail Pfiffer. I live with my beautiful little Shih Tzu Vanilla – Nilla, for short – in Harriet’s Cove. A few years ago, I lost my eyesight just before my beloved husband, Donnie, passed away but luckily for me, I...

Hope Miller by Alafair Burke

From PATCH Hopewell-Pennington, NJ POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ROLLOVER CRASH A woman was found on Tuesday night with critical injuries, not far from an overturned 1999 Toyota 4Runner. Emergency crews responded at 11:20 PM to a report of a single- car accident on East...