Die by Sixty (Novella)

Die by Sixty explores mortality and personal choice through the story of Lily, a weary hospice nurse hardened by years of watching patients suffer at the end, and Arin, a college student from Plaiwan, a small self-governing country where people choose to die before the age of sixty.

In Arin’s world, people grow up preparing for a peaceful farewell they can control. In Lily’s world, death comes late, messy, and often cruel.

This story doesn’t argue which approach to life and death is better. Instead, it holds them side by side and asks:

What if death could be approached deliberately?
What if living and dying with intention could be celebrated rather than feared?