In their wheelchairs and sweaters

They hit the town every day

Stealing library books and stale bread

Never bothering to pay

They make fun of the locals

Despite their plentiful numbers

And the changes in society

Since when they were the youngers

They whisper and giggle,

Eyes bright through their glasses

Townspeople pretend to be annoyed

But they giggle too when an elder passes (by, not awa...

Meadowbrook was a sleepy little town nestled in the rolling hills of the countryside. With a population that barely reached 500, nothing much ever happened there. The most exciting event of the week was usually a debate over who made the best apple pie for the annual harvest festival. Life moved at a leisurely pace, and the people liked it that way. But beneath the surface of calm, a group of elde...

“ Ready mates? TODAY IS THE DAY WE ESCAPE THIS HORRID PRISON! “

Adolf shouts out.

“ Oh come on, don’t exaggerate it, we have taco Tuesdays! “

“ Don’t ruin the moment, Elisabette. You know how he gets. “

Marissa croaks, squeezing her wooden cane.

“ Oh fine. But how do we escape then? “

“ I SHALL ENCHANT THEM WITH MY MAGIC FLUTE! “

As he says that, Adolf takes out a tiny pan flute from his p...

“Hey Pete did you hear that?”

Pete sighed. “Carl i swear if you farted i’ll kill you if i can grt out of this seat” Pete started shifting as if to find a good angle to push himself up.

“If i farted youd be dead by now” laughed Carl. “With great age come great power in the way of toxic waste”.

“Well spit it out then” Pete was definitely testy in his old age.

“Its a whole lot of nothin” a gen...

We retired here 15 years ago, thinking that we were dwindled down and our golden years, and that we would get calmer and more peaceful and settle into life.

We didn’t. This town is so boring. It’s killing me.

My husband and I are retired federal marshals. We didn’t expect for everyone from the office to just forget about us after I retired, and he retired, but that was a long time ago. We still...

As you get older, you get more invisible. Your life fades into the background noise of your children, followed by their children, and suddenly before you know it, you become a faint beat that occurs once per stanza in a four minute song.

I’m only 60 years old, which I know isn’t nearly as old as I think it is, but it isn’t exactly young either. I’m widowed. I live alone. My days roll by relative...

We all knew our village was small, but we did not realize how small. My eentire life in this village everyone has known everyone. We never lock our doors or cars. We never had crime before. Parents did not worry about thier kids in our little village. Once in a way a traveler would make a wrong turn on the way to the coast. The traveler would stumble into our small village and not be sure what to ...

Ethel woke up and felt dangerous. Well, as dangerous as an 88 year old woman can feel. The legs didn’t quite work the way she wanted them to anymore, nor did the back. But she was insanely good at scrabble. And she was really good at trash talking Terry because Terry was truly awful at the game.

She slowly got up out of bed and got ready for the day. Today was going to be an exciting day, she co...

The small group of five set out at dawn, ready to get their day started. The leader of the group, Vidar, leads them to the mess hall to greet the cooks. The five elders walk slowly, their pace never breaking. Their black robes touch the ground, giving the appearence of floating in the fog.

“Hello Dagfinn,” Vidar greets the main cook. The scarred man nods his head at the elder, turning back to...

"You guys wanna go for a walk?" SQ's creaky old voice asks.

The three other old grandmas turn around slowly and smile crookedly.

"I don't think that would be a problem." JATG's voice breaks and she coughs.

Suddenly, some kids rush by and one accidentally hits JATG's leg.

"Ye old whippersnappers!" She shouts after them, raising her cane furiously.

SQ's body shook as she laughed. Fluffy just st...