A Day in the Life of Frankie Lou McMasters by Lora Lee

Hi y’all. My name is Frankie Lou Birmingham McMasters and I want to thank Dru Ann for inviting me to introduce myself. I admit my daily life has been pretty dull since I moved back to Ruby Springs, a small, dry and dusty community in West Texas. However the dull part...

Words from Gus Farnham by Barbara Ross

“Jule-YA, there’s a dead guy in the walk-in.” Howdy. My name is Gus Farnham, proprietor of Gus’s, an exclusive restaurant in Busman’s Harbor, Maine. I been here before and explained all that bit. My days have been pretty much the same for the last fifty years. At five...

A Day in the Life of Savannah Webb by Cheryl Hollon

I’m nervous. Yep, I never imagined that I would be judging the glass category at the annual Spinnaker Art Festival. It’s a world famous highly-competitive art venue that has been going on for decades right on the waterfront in St. Petersburg, FL. I think the committee...

The Many Adventures of Kelly Reynolds by Dianne Harman

I can’t believe how my life has changed since I met and married the sheriff of Beaver County, Oregon, Mike Reynolds. He kept coming to my coffee shop, Kelly’s Koffee Shop, to eat whenever he could. It didn’t occur to me for a long time that he was interested in...

A Day in the Life of Nina Crisp by Barbara Graham

I want to nominate Theo Abernathy for best friend ever. My name is Nina Crisp and like Theo, I grew up in tiny Silersville, Tennessee. After college, Theo worked in textiles for a while before reconnecting with Tony Abernathy and they married. They lived in Chicago...