Wikipedia defines solipsism as the philosophical idea that only one’s (your own) mind is sure to exist. This flash story by Fredric Brown takes an irreverent view of the universe and the place of one solipsist in it. Walter B. Jehovah has had a bad week. He decides to end it all… not just his life, but everything. After some initial success, he finds that willing the universe out of existence is not as easy as it had first seemed. In fact, it looks like he may have to float around alone in the void for millions of years!
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