The Last Man Heard a Knock: Difference between revisions

* Averted in ''[[Discworld/Eric|Eric]]''. Since the last man on earth is, in fact, Death, he knows full well that no one's left. However, new matter begins to, very slowly, create itself, and he prepares himself to wait the billions of years necessary until he'll be needed again.

* [[Fredric Brown]]'s short story "Knock" begins by quoting in full a short story that has become known as the world's shortest horror story:

** Which was shortened by one letter to create something even creepier:

** This is quoted by [[Guillermo del Toro]] in ''[[One Hundred Scariest Movie Moments]]'', when talking about ''[[The Haunting]]''.

* The science-fiction short story ''[http://rametzger.com/shadow.htm In the Shadow of Bones]'' is eventually shown to be an example. {{spoiler|And then the trope is subverted...}}