Tash Dodd by Catriona McPherson

So which of my three jobs do you want to hear about? Not the sub-contract to deliver medical supplies, surely? I mean it’s nice to think I’m zipping about bringing folk stuff they actually need – plasma, insulin, dialysates – instead of another haul from the Home...

Emma Reed by Jennifer Hawkins

My name is Emma Reed. I’m 45 years old and I run Reed’s Classic Cakes & Tea in the village of Trevena. You see, there comes a time in everyone’s life when they have to decide what they really want to be. Mine came after over twenty years working in London’s...

Nora Blake by Veronica Bond

My name is Nora Blake. For the last several years I’ve been a part of the Chicago Theater scene, auditioning for (and often getting) roles in various productions, in theaters large and small. When I wasn’t working, I was religiously checking call boards,...

Riley Rhodes by Meri Allen

Hi I’m Riley Rhodes, manager of the Udderly Delightful Ice Cream Shop. Dru asked me to write about a day in my life. A day in my life? Which life? As a former librarian, I think of my life in chapters. For years I enjoyed my work at the Central Intelligence Agency...

Whitney Dagner by Gabby Allan

Hello there, island visitors! I’m Whitney Dagner, Whit for short, and I’ll be your guide around the island of Santa Catalina, off the coast of California. We’re small but mighty on this little slice of heaven out in the ocean. Ignore the guy who keeps trying to wave...

Chloe Ellefson by Kathleen Ernst

I admit it: my decision to accept this consulting gig in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was impulsive. Perhaps I shouldn’t have agreed to spend a week at a remote abandoned farm without learning a little bit more about the job. But how could I resist the...