The world is ending, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. How do people cope with loss on an unimaginable scale? How does humanity stand its last hours? With the values we've developed over our reign on this Earth, or with the terrible freedom that comes with knowing that there won't be any consequences for our actions? A cop, a kidnapper, a doomsday cultist, a news anchor, and partygoers at the end of the world. Will they learn to cope, or succumb to the nihilistic madness around them? This collection contains the stories "Denial," "Anger," "Bargaining," "Depression," and "Acceptance."