“One Was Stubborn”
Published under the pen name Rene Lafayette

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Publication date: November 1940

Original publication: Astounding Science-Fiction

Genre: Science Fiction

Story description: George Smiley claims things are vanishing because he wants the world to disappear; stubborn Old Shellback, deciding two can play at that game—makes a new one.

Currently available as part of the Stories from the Golden Age series, in book One Was Stubborn.