The Last Night of the World | Ray Bradbury
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3.26.26
TLDR
A couple learns the world will end tonight, but it’s not scary.
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Bradbury does such a good job of depicting this melancholy sadness, and it’s just such a nice short piece.
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She picked up the evening paper and held it toward him. "There's nothing in the news about it."
"No, everyone knows, so what's the need?" He took the paper and sat back in his chair, looking at the girls and then at her. "Are you afraid?"
"No. Not even for the children. I always thought I would be frightened to death, but I'm not."
"Well," he said at last. He kissed his wife for a long time.
"We've been good for each other, anyway."
"Do you want to cry?" he asked.
"I don't think so."