[PW] Re: looking for a short sci fi story

[Robert Sullivan]

> >        Well, it's not about a composer but it is (kinda) sci-fi.  And it IS
> > the shortest short story ever written--its by Hemingway:
>
> No, as far as I can tell, it's by our old pal Anonymous, certainly not by Ernie.
>
> >                 The last man in the world was alone in a room.  There
> >                  was a knock at the door.
>
> In the classic version, it's "sat" not "was" and "on the door" not "at
> the door."

Sounds like "Knock" by Fredric Brown.

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Bob Sullivan
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