Nov 18, 2013 | A Day In My Life
My name is Amelia Louise Ivery Hobbes. The Amelia was from my mother; she wanted me to have the spirit of Amelia Earhart. What I got was a hopelessly old-fashioned “Amelia Louise” with a last name that was always spelled Ivory on the first try. I settled on Amy Ivery...
Nov 16, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Yo, Lucille Mazzarella here. That’s like mozzarella but with an “a.” Sheesh, you wouldn’t believe what’s been going on! I was doing the flowers over at St. Rocco’s where we go to church when my brother-in-law’s body falls out of the confessional! I almost had a heart...
Nov 15, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Hi! My name is Rose—Rosalyn, if you want to get technical (and I don’t)—Strickland. Until recently, I referred to myself as a former-rich-girl-turned-waitress. My life used to be pretty simple—and by that, I mean boring. My waitressing job at Ma’s Diner kept me...
Nov 14, 2013 | A Day In My Life
First of all, I’m not a ghost. You may think I’m a ghost, or a spirit, or whatever, but I’m not. Seriously. I’m not. I am a young woman who is formerly alive. That’s all. It’s a long story how I got this way, and I don’t have time to tell it all now. But suffice it to...
Nov 13, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Gerry Porter put down her glue gun and slid her phone open. The ringtone stopped and she greeted her friend, the only college math professor she knew. “Hey, Sophie. Meant to call you. Congratulations on the new book. How are the sales?” “Thanks, but...
Nov 12, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Hi, this is Robert. I’m that totally handsome dude that works at Pettistone’s Fine Books here in Brooklyn. Ha, ha, just kidding about the handsome. I look pretty regular, I guess…except when I shave off my eyebrows and draw on eyeliner and put in my nose ring and...
