Mar 18, 2026 | A Day In My Life
It’s another bright, beautiful spring morning in New Jersey. I’m always grateful for a sunny morning since my day begins with multiple dog walks. First, I walk my pups, Boone and Crockett. Then I’m off to the Forever Friends Animal Shelter. There are five to...
Mar 17, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Have you ever not known what you wanted to do in life? I recently was laid off from my third position this year, and everyone’s telling me to take a chance and do what I really want to do. Only, I don’t know what that is. I dropped out of nursing school because I...
Mar 16, 2026 | A Day In My Life
Hi, I’m Madelyn Garcia Castillo. If my name sounds familiar, it’s probably because I was the rookie cop who got framed for murder in JAILHOUSE GLOCK. A wannabe gangster ended up dead in a jail cell, my gun was used, and I nearly traded in my badge for an...
Mar 12, 2026 | A Day In My Life
When Ella thought of her father’s best friends, she remembered piggyback rides, snowball fights and hot cocoa by the fire on frigid Adirondack nights at the logging camp. She was only three when her father died while breaking a jam on the river and she had no real...
Mar 11, 2026 | A Day In My Life
The name’s Verona Montero, and I’m a private dick. Not a private investigator, not a detective—a private dick. I’m adamant about that point for two reasons: one, it lets me drop the word “dick” into conversation like confetti, and two, it sounds like I’m living in a...
Mar 10, 2026 | A Day In My Life
I lock up the restaurant and step out onto the cobblestoned walk. I breathe in the fresh air, but my nose is still full of the scents of the night’s menu—Burgundy beef cheek, pork spareribs, and monkfish with roasted fennel. The kitchen had been hot, and I can feel...
