Cover: Parting Shots
Fifteen village elders offer their thoughts on life's last call and what comes next.

• Mary Holmes
• Lee Quarnstrom
• Bernice Belton
• Sandy Lydon
• Charis Wilson
• Manuel Santana
• Jeanne Houston
• T. Michael Walker
• Katherine Beiers
• Burney J. Le Boeuf
• Edith Manchester
• Robert Anton Wilson
• Billie Harris
• John Tuck
• Beth Regardz

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