In A Place Between, (my soon to be published debut novel that is experiencing some title changes), a black hole looms at Earth’s backyard. It feeds off the hate and ill will, radiating from a dystopian planet that has given up on equality and the common good. I was recently innocently surfing space news, when this awkward art-imitates-life headline appeared: A Black Hole is ‘Almost on Our Doorstep’

Was this black hole manifested by the wrongdoing of people of Earth? Unlikely. Is it poised to swallow the planet hole? Doesn’t seem so. Is it a strange coincidence to see this as an Atlantic headline as I pour my heart into a book about a black hole on Earth’s doorstep? Yes, yes it is.