Dec 24, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Occupation: Texas Ranger One hundred and nineteen. That’s how many murder cases I’ve cleared. A perfect record—maybe the only currently unbroken streak in the Texas Department of Public Safety. It’s what landed me this job—Texas Ranger, the best of the best Lone Star...
Dec 23, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My name is Marabella Vinegar. No, I’m not making it up. It’s not an alias, or a pseudonym. My family name was courtesy of the kind folks at Ellis Island. We were respectable Vinnaucyurs back in south-middle Poland. My strange first name came from my...
Dec 19, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My name is Sadie Elizabeth Coleman. Up until a few months ago, I was living in Boston with my boyfriend, Eric. I lost my job to a merger back in the spring and then my relationship completely fell apart (it had been crumbling for a while). I needed to get away, so I...
Dec 18, 2018 | A Day In My Life
The phone waking me this morning was bad enough, but hearing my twin sister say, “Bill’s dead and, uh, I’m afraid the police think I killed him,” was worse. Why? Because Emily is the perfect cheerleader type who never deviates from the straight and narrow, while the...
Dec 17, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Welcome to Mac’s Bikes! I’m Mackenzie Almeida, but everybody calls me Mac. What’s that, you don’t want to rent a bicycle? No worries, although our Cape Cod bike paths run for miles and are mostly flat. You didn’t bring one in to be repaired, either, I see. Hang on...
Dec 16, 2018 | A Day In My Life
So, right off, let’s get something straight. I don’t want to be talking to you. I don’t think it’s any of your business how I spend my day. It’s personal, okay? I’ve lost enough privacy over the years, and I’d rather not lose all of it. But Dru is a friend of mine,...
