"We are so glad to have found you," the aliens said. "So many of our old friends are gone."
"We're so sorry to hear that," the human said. "What happened to them?"
"Oh, just the expansion of the universe. They were closer a few billion years ago. We write, but it's not the same."
The aliens were probably lying. The friends did not just become distant, but died due to self-induced
Nor did I. Just thinking outside the box.
@noam I find that kind of stories both depressing and uninteresting.
It is very rare to see an interesting take on "sudden reveal of horribleness", and for it to work it has to be hinted at earlier, so the reader has a reason to go "Oh, I should have seen that coming".
Without buildup, it's just nihilism.
Micro SF/F by O. Westin
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