This short book includes a bit of fiction and a bit of nonfiction. There are 15 short stories of the flash fiction variety, though some run longer than the typical flash story. In addition, there are 11 book reviews.

While the stories have been much more enjoyable to write, the book reviews are important to me, particularly those related to works on political economy, a subject that I've been interested in since college—two score years ago. They called it economics then and still do, but I prefer 'political economy' because politics is inseparable from economics.

Both genres include pieces that relate to the title of this collection—Writings Near the End of the Human Era. Not that I happen to believe or know or predict that the end of the world is imminent. It's more that there's a hint that the human race is on the cusp of a revolution that may shatter our view of ourselves and our limits as humans on Earth as well as within the universe (for lack of a better word). To speak in the 1st person is misleading though, because it isn't likely that I'll be around to find out.

About the Author

Peter McMillan lives with his wife and Lottie, their flat-coated retriever, on the northwest shore of Lake Ontario, and in addition to writing he teaches English.