Tim Weed is the author of two novels and a collection of short stories. His new novel, THE AFTERLIFE PROJECT, a finalist for the Prism Prize in Climate Literature, received a starred review from Library Journal and was a Middlebury Magazine Editors’ Pick. His stories have won multiple Writer’s Digest Annual Fiction Awards and have been shortlisted for the Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction, the Fish International Short Story Award, the New Rivers Many Voices Project, and many others. A former international travel guide, Tim serves on the core faculty of the Newport MFA in Creative Writing and is the co-founder of the Cuba Writers Program. He lives rural Vermont with his family and three disobedient cats. 
The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed
The Afterlife Project by Tim Weed is a cli-lit book that follows two distinct storylines, one set in the not-too-distant future wracked by climate disaster and a “hyper-pandemic” and the other set 10,000 years later in a vibrant recovered world, one that may or may not have us humans around anymore. The two-track structure is appropriate, as I had two differing reactions to the book, finding the far-future section (mostly) quite strong while having a less favorable reaction to the near-future setting,
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Do it! One of the best things I've read in recent years.
This reminds me. I want to read Addie LaRue.
We’re in total agreement David!
I felt just the same. The prose and character work was excellent. The larger story was unsatisfying, especially compared to…
Hmmm. I think I'll pass.