Mags McAllister by Molly Fitz and L.A. Boruff

My life has never been so hectic as it has been lately. Normally, filling out a day in the life of Mags McAllister would be maybe a paragraph. Wake, make candles, make candle-making videos, go home, maybe watch a movie or read a book, go to bed. Lather, rinse,...

Dot Morgan by Teresa Trent

Good morning! Welcome to Camden, Texas, May, 1962. Hurry and get a cup of coffee from the percolator because we don’t want to be late for the Hudson Secretarial School. Wait, let me turn up the radio. I love this song. Twist and Shout by the Isley Brothers. I...

Sydney Farina by Kristen Brand

A normal day, huh? That’s impossible to describe since none of my days are normal anymore. But I can tell you what a normal day used to be like—back when my life made sense and dead people couldn’t send me text messages. My name is Sydney Farina, and I’m a baker. I...

Lucille Pfiffer by Tanya R. Taylor

My name’s Lucille Velma Abigail Pfiffer. I live with my beautiful little Shih Tzu Vanilla – Nilla, for short – in Harriet’s Cove. A few years ago, I lost my eyesight just before my beloved husband, Donnie, passed away but luckily for me, I...

Hope Miller by Alafair Burke

From PATCH Hopewell-Pennington, NJ POLICE SEEK WITNESSES TO ROLLOVER CRASH A woman was found on Tuesday night with critical injuries, not far from an overturned 1999 Toyota 4Runner. Emergency crews responded at 11:20 PM to a report of a single- car accident on East...

Ida Berkowitz by Mark Reutlinger

You want I should tell you what a day at the Julius and Rebecca Cohen Home for Jewish Seniors, where I live, is like? So what should it be? Life in a retirement home is a bissel different from that outside, but not much. We eat three meals a day in the dining room,...