Cousin Entropy

"...(a) far-flung space opera reminiscent of Liu Cixin's book."

— Alex Shvartsman, Future SF

“Cousin Entropy”(...) mixes pure sense of wonder with hard science, exploring the universe and a far, far future of humanity with imagination, kindness, and wisdom.

— Simone Heller, SFF writer & translator

“Cousin En­tropy” ... has a wonderfully Stapledonian scope."

— Karen Burnham, Locus Mag

Welcome to the end of the universe!!

True to the laws of thermodynamics, the expanding universe keeps cooling down. Now, the last transformed humans linger near the black hole at the center of our Galaxy.

The UnAttached, who count their age in billions of years, feed on the powerful X-ray emissions and rail against Entropy, that selfish cousin who sucks leftover energy. The Attached, recently forced to leave their ruined worlds, live too fast.

As the stars around them wink off one by one like in a dying city, what can they hope for ?

Science fiction at its best, a mind-boggling short-story told by multiple award-winning author Michèle Laframboise, translated to English by N. R. M. Roshak.