Like Black Mirror on steroids, The Darkest Timeline issues 9 vignettes of doom in the form of theoretical essays that outline not the likelihood, but the certainty of our demise as a species. Taking into account an array of apocalyptic modalities, Bram E. Gieben shows us with sardonic wit and erudition that there may be no silver lining. We are left to choose how to countenance our demise.  The moment for bleak critical theory capped off with a wistful longing and silver linings has passed: “... it is time to stop imagining alternate worlds, and confront whatever monsters are lurking in the basement.”