Oct 13, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Recently, I moved to St James Island in coastal Georgia for a fresh start. I love my new life, but I’m at the point where I need to mix my old life with my new one. My niece Angie and her daughter Gussie joined me on the island. Angie is helping at the Island Art...
Oct 12, 2026 | A Day In My Life
My name is Penelope Thornton-McClure. For decades, customers believed our bookshop was haunted. I never did. Then one dark night, I met him. The ghost. In 1949 Jack Shepard was a New York private investigator. While following a lead in a case, he was gunned down in...
Oct 9, 2026 | A Day In My Life
A typical day in Porth Merryn is considerably quieter than the life I left behind in London. At least, that is what I keep telling myself. These days, mornings generally begin at Seaward Grange with tea, five Buff Orpington hens demanding breakfast as though they have...
Oct 8, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Fancy meeting you here. What’s that? You want to know more about me? There’s really not much to tell, you know. You say that’s not true? That I couldn’t possibly have coasted through seven decades of life and not accumulated stories. Hmmm…coasted is not quite the...
Oct 7, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Teaching isn’t glamorous, but it has its moments. Like the time I derailed one of my summer college literature classes into a discussion of comparative traditions to avert the evil eye. The witches in the class offered to teach me spells to keep aggressive men...
Oct 5, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I had not intended to involve myself in a murder investigation. But I imagine few do, unless they are killers. Murders, like unsuitable engagements and unfortunate hats, are the sort of thing one generally hopes will happen to other people. I’m afraid this particular...
