One It’s pitch dark, pouring rain, and I have no idea where I’m going, which is also the perfect analogy for my life. As I drive, squinting through the fogged-up windshield, a bug zigzags down the glass, caught in a rivulet where the broken wiper can’t reach. It keeps getting a grip, legs scrabbling to…
Violet, Vail, and Dodie Esmie did not have the best childhood. Their parents were distant, both from them and from each other, as they grew up in a weird part of the already pretty weird town of Fell, New York. There were no other kids in their neighborhood, and people in general had the bad…
Alys is an antiques dealer based out of England, specializing in mourning jewelry. She travels the world to locate and acquire pieces for her well-heeled clients, some of whom she’s happy to fly and sell to as well. But she also has a different sideline in a very specific type of antiquity. It’s taken her…
Wally Daley is the mailman for the sleepy desert town of Bethlam, Nevada. He’s lived there for as long as he can remember, and spends almost all his free time now as an adult taking care of his ailing dad, who’s suffering from Alzheimer’s-related dementia. It’s a simple life, but it keeps him busy enough,…
