A day in the life with Jonathan Stride by Brian Freeman

Occupation: Duluth Police Lieutenant It’s race day. Five in the morning. We’ve already closed the streets. There’s no sun over the lake today, just black clouds. The morning is cool, and drizzle spatters the streets. The spectators don’t mind; nothing keeps the people...

A day in the life with Kat Stanford by Hannah Dennison

I can’t believe I have been living in Devon for almost a year! I also can’t believe I am actually happy here. True, it was a bit rocky to start with. Moving in with my mother at the grand old age of thirty-nine is not something I ever imagined would happen. It just...

A day in the life of Meg Barrett by Kathleen Bridge

The hurricane barreling up the East Coast wouldn’t bother me in the least, except for the fact that I’m staying on a friend’s vintage sailboat docked at the East End Yacht Club and there is an evacuation order for Montauk. The reason I’m living on a sailboat in the...

A day in the life with Lena London by Julia Buckley

Return to Blue Lake: I’ve been in Blue Lake for months now. I arrived on a stormy October day; the town was beautiful, even in the rain, and I fell in love with my employer, the famous novelist Camilla Graham, along with her big house on the bluff. I fell in love with...

A day in the life with Allie Harper by Annie Hogsett

Last August I would have told you that my life would be perfect if I could find myself a nice, smart, hot, guy and enough money to get my car fixed. Well, bingo. As luck would have it, all I needed to do was show up at the bus stop across the street from Joe’s Super...