Jun 17, 2018 | A Day In My Life
December, Orcas Island I just had to ask about the barn, didn’t I? Twenty-seven-year-old former actress Tish Yearly brushed a blonde lock of hair out of her eyes and scrutinized the scary movie worthy interior of the barn. Scary Movie, 2000, directed by Keenan Ivory...
Jun 14, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Hi ya. I’m Kandi and I live in the awesome town of Carolan Springs, Colorado. It’s so beautiful here, and like, the people are so friendly. Except Ralph, my next-door neighbor, who is—or should I say, was—so grumpy. But he got killed and, like, everyone blamed me. Can...
Jun 13, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My name is Romaine Gabriela Sadie Heloise Wilder, I’m fortyish, of mixed race French Creole, and death is my legacy. Let me explain that . . . When I was twelve my parents died and I moved to Roble in East Texas with my Auntie Zanne whose home was also a funeral...
Jun 12, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Finding Out Dad’s Secret “What did you say?” I leaned forward toward the mahogany desk stacked with folders of papers. It was the first time I’d been in a lawyer’s office, and this one was as intimidating as the ones I’d seen on TV. Maybe I hadn’t heard him right. Mr....
Jun 8, 2018 | A Day In My Life
Tenacity, that’s what I call my overzealous nature and go get ’em drive. Gifford McGrady, aka Giff, prefers the term thinly veiled insanity. Silly Giff. He’s just jaded because he used to work for me when I was an up-and-coming junior ad exec in one of Chicago’s...
Jun 1, 2018 | A Day In My Life
My day starts early—four o’clock if I can manage it. That’s my writing time. It’s also my catching up on news time. I’m a bit of a news fanatic. Normally I have a mystery I’m working on and those quiet hours from four to six give me the space to slip into my fictional...
