Jul 29, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Sunday, April 4, 1880 All of my efforts to prove myself an able seaman ended abruptly yesterday with Captain Gray’s order to commence the seal hunt. At first, he was reluctant to let me, his ship’s surgeon, work alongside his crew in the bloody enterprise, but with a...
Jul 28, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Hey guys, Greg King here. I’m filling in today for Jill Gardner, your Coffee, Books, and More owner and columnist. Jill’s working at the bookstore, training her newest employee, Deek. Man, that kid is something else. Fun and smart, but you couldn’t tell it from the...
Jul 27, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’m Janice Grover, wife of Simon Grover, the manager of the bank. When we moved to this little town 20 or so years ago – Autumn Vale, in western New York, in case you don’t know – I swore to myself I was never going to toe the corporate wife line again; all those...
Jul 26, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’m beginning to think I’ve brought a curse on my hometown. Before I returned to North Ashcot, Massachusetts as its postmistress, the town was relatively crime free. A few B&Es and a carjacking or two per year, some shoplifting and teen vandalism, all...
Jul 25, 2017 | A Day In My Life
Detective Ray Greiman called me at midnight. “Luther Ridley Delor’s house is on fire. One body so far. They’re bringing it out. Get over there now.” My heart sank. I’m Angela Richman, Chouteau County Death Investigator. That’s like a paralegal for the medical...
Jul 22, 2017 | A Day In My Life
I’m an outcast. Once I had family, friends, a future—now I’m the young woman whose gaze you don’t want to meet as we pass on the street. Today I’m homeless, sleeping occasionally in a dorm room at St. Michael’s University in south Austin, where my friend Adam lets me...
