Under the Surface

by Diana Urban

But I hadn’t even considered the media I won’t see, the sequels I’ll miss, the cliff-hangers that will last forever.

“That really sucks about dying,” I say. “I mean, besides everything. But not getting to see all the cool stuff that happens after—what people invent, how society evolves, where humans end up. I want to see all of it. Well, assuming we don’t blow ourselves up—”