The author of the short story “Chicxulub” by T. Coraghessan Boyle uses an interesting trick for presenting the plot: he alternates the sections between a meteor crash as scientific fact and a meteor crash as a metaphor.
The writer links artistic recreation with personal tragedy. Readers see here the reality vs world catastrophe comparison. It is a narration of emotions with remarkable credibility.
The point of the story is that anyone could die at any moment. Every second is an unpredictable spin of the roulette wheel.
The author continues to intrigue the reader throughout the story and leaves the twist all the way until the end. The story was published in the magazine The New Yorker.
Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/03/01/chicxulub
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