Here's my latest short story, "SMOD 2016" (400 words). FYI, it's a little dark, in the spirit of Frederic Brown.
Here is the opening:
SMOD 2016
A short story by Paul Hsieh
"So, basically you're saying that humanity should be extinct by now." MIT astrophysics professor Linda Tsang furrowed her brow.
"Yes, many times over," replied statistics professor Max Wendt. "Based on the new telescope data you provided me about the asteroid belt, the Earth should have been struck by a 'Dinosaur Killer' rock at least 5 or 6 times in the past 10,000 years."
"So, why haven't we?" asked Tsang.
"Well, there are a few possibilities," said Wendt...
Read the rest at: "SMOD 2016".
["Asteroid Belt", image courtesy Wikipedia.]
