I wrote this short story, 1070 words, thinking about the (purported) five stages of grief. “Think Kindly on Our Fossils” tells how an asteroid is going to end humanity, an idea that takes a little getting used to. You can read it here.
It was also published in the anthology called Triangulation: End of Time in July 2007. The anthology was produced by PARSEC, which organizes Confluence, an annual speculative fiction literary conference in western Pennsylvania. The anthology describes itself this way:
What happens when you ask a bunch of writers to come up with stories based on the theme “End of Time?” Well, you get stories that are apocalyptic, stories that are whimsical, and stories that are whimsically apocalyptic. You get continents running amok, zombie stampedes, and cryogenic mishaps. You get hurricanes, killer comets, and all-consuming deserts. You get frivolous time travel, alien invasions, and trickster gods threatened by an eternity of boredom. In short, you get this anthology.
You can buy the anthology here.
The story has also been translated into Spanish by Sergio Gaut vel Hartman. You can read “Piensa con cariño en nuestros fósiles” here.
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