Aug 16, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I’m a lucky woman. Less than a year ago I worked in a job with no advancement for a misogynist boss who was so cheap he once asked me if I could use the free floss he got from the dentist instead of thread on a line of dresses. I shared a 500-square-foot apartment in...
Aug 13, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I don’t sleep well. Maybe it’s a holdover from my old life as a homicide inspector. Maybe it’s the remnants of paranoia that cling to me, shaking me awake in the middle of the night to listen to the quiet for a whispering voice. . . Hey there, darlin’, Did you miss...
Aug 12, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I set my alarm every night but it’s the city that wakes me up, the sounds of my Paris street coming alive, voices and footfalls drifting up through my half-open bedroom window. I know how lucky I am to have a top-floor apartment, looking out over Rue Jacob in...
Aug 11, 2016 | A Day In My Life
My name is Emi, and I am an actor’s daughter. My father, Satsu, acts in the chorus of the Yutoku-za, one of Kyoto’s most famous theater troupes, and my little brother Haru is the troupe’s most promising young performer. In fact, last week I overheard my grandfather...
Aug 10, 2016 | A Day In My Life
I’m Matt Viera, currently a reporter for the Cove Chronicles, and I’m supposed to be telling you a story about how hard it is to date a celebrity. I used to be something of an internet sensation. That’s all behind me now, and people are starting to forget, which is...
Aug 9, 2016 | A Day In My Life
Even without the murders that have happened, (too close to home!) I’d have to say it’s been a crazy year. I moved into my inherited castle (who ever thought I’d say THAT??) in western New York State, met a bunch of folks in Autumn Vale, made friends, had the great...