Anna Green

Anna Green is the principal character in the short story “Reunion.” A married, working mother and in her late thirties, Anna attends her high school’s twentieth reunion. At the reunion, she questions some of her choices in life, such as deciding not to marry her high school sweetheart, Warren Vance. Anna is shocked when the reunion becomes the target for a shooting by a former classmate, and is grateful to have escaped alive. She reestablishes contact with Vance, only to be cheated out of money in an investment scam. Anna realizes she made the correct choice by refusing to marry Vance years before and more deeply appreciates her husband, children, and quiet life.

Ginger Klein

Ginger Klein is the principal character in the short story “Theft.” Ginger Klein is an 82 year-old woman who goes on an Alaskan cruise to kill herself after learning she has Alzheimer...