title: Every Day a New Day: and other short stories.
author:  Dot Hatfield 
description: Dot Hatfield is a writer living in Central Arkansas. After working for 25 years in various social service agencies serving children, special needs adults and victims of crime, she began writing in 2000. Dot has written for the Nashville Tennessean, the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, The Upper Room, Mature Living, Evangel, Church Educator and Ministry Now Magazine. Dot's new novel, To Find a Home, will be published in January 2011. Her previous books include The Last to Know, a novel, and Every Day A New Day, a collection of award- winning short stories. You can visit Dot's website at dothatfield.com
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  _Presenting a new original story, “Day One,” by Matthew Costello, set in the
  same universe as his upcoming novel_ [Vacation
  ](http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vacation-matthew-j-costello/1101905226)_, a
  horror/thriller about a near-future where a massive drought has decimated all
  crops and livestock. In “Day One”, NYPD cop and family man Jack Murphy starts
  his first day of work at the 76th Precinct in Red Hook. With the onset of a
  food shortage, society is crumbling. Grocery store shelves are emptier by the
  week, and the city has gone from bad to worse. People are getting desperate.
  And hungry.  
  
  
  Jack and his new partner, Schiller, take to the streets on a blistering hot
  summer day, cruising around for hours until they can grab lunch. But when they
  get a routine noise complaint call, they get more than they bargained for, and
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