There is a sweet little horror story that is only two sentences long:

“The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door…”

  • zoombawoomba@lemmy.worldOP
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    24 days ago

    I only discovered Brown recently.
    A while ago, I posted another shorter story (on AI) by him (“Answer”).
    This new story is even better. It’s just a bit too long for an online read, I guess…

    Worth the read though! Airplane mode to the rescue.

  • 🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.world
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    23 days ago

    Oh. 1948. That explains a lot, actually. I hadn’t caught the year when I went to read it. lol.

    That’s why the woman couldn’t get a word in. I’m surprised that he wasn’t pushing repopulation, although I guess that might be the implication at the end. oy.

    Well, taking the year into account, that’s a much better story than if it was more modernly written. lol

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      23 days ago

      Yeah exactly.

      From SFSS’s very first posts in 2019, I chose to include the publication year in the title.

      At first, there was no particular reason for doing so. Later, however, I realized that it was necessary in order to place each story in its proper historical context (especially since I post both Golden Age stories and more recent works).