Eric McLaughlin is a father and husband first and a writer second. He has authored two self-published novels, Collision and Calamity. His short fiction has been published by several outlets including Night Picnic Press, Dodging the Rain, and the Ripples in Space Podcast.

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I Used to Be An Optimist

By ERIC MCLAUGHLIN

but current scientific understanding suggests that an unthinkable number of years from now, the universe will come to an end.