The universe is cold and vast and ancient, and there comes a time when the final living creatures huddle around a little sun, telling the story about the humans.
"Her husband walks beside her, though he has been dead for three years. And a dead son is close, and two grandchildren who died as babies, and she carries a living grandchild while walking behind a living daughter and her daughter's husband and ten others who still cast shadows."
Robert Reed has published nearly 300 stories. "In Passing" is a love letter to an extinct human.
Genre: Science Fiction
"Her husband walks beside her, though he has been dead for three years. And a dead son is close, and two grandchildren who died as babies, and she carries a living grandchild while walking behind a living daughter and her daughter's husband and ten others who still cast shadows."
Robert Reed has published nearly 300 stories. "In Passing" is a love letter to an extinct human.
Genre: Science Fiction
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