You are single, alone, and in labor when the Emergency Action Notification cuts into the regularly scheduled programming ... You are having lunch at the rest stop when your tranquility is broken. The customers at the gas station across the way begin to panic... You and your crew are beyond the orbit of the moon in a state of the art rocket when NASA radios with the news ... The World Will End Tonight! What will you do with your precious final hours when there are no repercussions? Will you reconcile with family? Will you fall into the arms of a stranger? Will you take a life? What if the alerts are wrong and you wake up tomorrow to the consequences of your actions? Take a journey with the Fairfield County Creative Writers Co-Op as they explore just those questions. Nine authors, nine stories, and nine different characters who choose how their world will end, and wake up to a new world of their own making. Before and After This collaborative effort was conceived of and realized as a showcase of and fundraiser for the Fairfield County Creative Writers Co-Op, a writers group located in Fairfield County, Ohio and dedicated to providing a supportive community for all writers.