Knock (1948) – Fredric Brown
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…”
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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.
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