Going Time
ShortStory 4,780 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"It’s six weeks ’til Going Time. I never really got used to that naming convention. The phrase has “Going” and “Time” in it, the latter carrying the entire weight of the definition. The former is vague. Going where? Beneath the crusty morass of our dead-lead roads. Beyond the white veil of the digital everforest."
Content warnings 1
death
Quasar links out; the story lives on Clarkesworld, where the author gets the click.