‘siseneG’ First published in Analog, May 1984 Collected in Astounding Days When I wrote this, I hinted that it would be my last short story. Well, it is certainly the shortest. *** And God said: ‘Lines Aleph Zero to Aleph One—Delete.’ And the Universe ceased to exist. Then She pondered for several aeons, and sighed. ‘Cancel Programme GENESIS,’ She ordered. It never had existed.

