Fact beats fiction once again. Consider these samples of flash fact, the sibling of flash fiction (aka, the short short story). These tales all take bitter turns. Chapter I: A man with ALS, a ...

Author Hortense Calisher once called the short story "an apocalypse in a teacup." Critic Jane Ciabattari presents her favorite mini-apocalypses of 2012, from veteran authors like Sherman Alexie to ...

Calling herself a “natural volunteer,” Susan Chambers has spent the past 15 months reading to the elderly in assisted living homes through the Readings from the Heart organization. Chambers ...

A senior center in Burlington is recording video of seniors telling their life stories to both create important historical records and give the older generation a chance to be heard.

In 2023, Big Hearts for Seniors hosted “Big Hearted Stories: On Purpose” and raised more than $150,000, organizers said. “The program was awesome.