Meet Angela Curtis by Lea Wait

“Angel, it’s time to come home. They’ve found your mama.” Gram’s words on my phone kept repeating in my head. I hadn’t even stopped to call her to ask, “Where?” “How?” Her voice had told me what was most important. Mama was dead. I’d thrown a few clothes in my duffle...

A Day in the Life of Phoenix Smith by Carolyn Mulford

Achilles licked my hand to remind me to get up and take him on our morning run. I sat up before my hyperactive Belgian Malinois could lick my face. “Sorry I overslept, boy. My souvenir of Istanbul kept me awake.” I touched the still-tender bullet wound that marked my...

The Day in the Life of Evelyn Baine by Elizabeth Heiter

The office was silent. Empty. No clicking keyboards, no constantly beeping fax machine, no rise and fall of heated voices as other agents in the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit argued over a suspect profile. Not even the persistent smell of burnt coffee that usually...

Zoe Donovan's New Year's Resolution by Kathi Daley

Hi, my name is Zoe Donovan. I am a 25 year old newly engaged woman who lives in the quaint hamlet of Ashton Falls. Every year I make exactly 5 New Year’s Resolutions. No more, no less. My fiancé Zak thinks my adherence to this rule a bit odd, but more than 5 makes it...