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Re: Where is everybody? (cont.)

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From: JimP
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:25
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On 19 Mar 2018 21:47:40 GMT, Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se>
wrote:

>On Mon, 2018-03-19, JimP wrote:
>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 07:40:53 +0000, AndyW <An...@nojunqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On 14/03/2018 13:26, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>> Nothing at all for the last couple of days? Is this maybe an Eternal
>>>> September problem? I have visions of getting thousands of messages all at
>>>> once.
>>>
>>>I use a different usenet server and it is quite.
>>>Maybe it is like that point at a party where everyone just stops talking 
>>>for a few seconds at the same time?
>>>
>>>Andy
>>
>> There was an interesting short story written about that some years
>> ago. A guy tried to investigate it, and shortly after he got started,
>> something arrived outside of a party he was attending and the world
>> came to an end. I didn't understand it, but apparently some being was
>> going to return, not necessarily God, at that time of an hour, and
>> thats why people all stop talking for a few seconds at the same time.
>
>Which story was that?  I've read it but cannot remember who wrote it.
>The only hint I can offer myself is that almost all short fiction I
>read is SF from the 1960s or earlier (aka "some years ago").
>
>/Jorgen

I'm at a loss as well as to author and story title. I seem to remember
it as a short short story, less than 1,000 words.

--  
Jim
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Subject: Re: Where is everybody? (cont.)
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2018 09:25:24 -0500
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