Project Gutenberg 2016-03-08 Public domain in the USA. 72 Evans, Dean Kull, George Stone, David Stone Stone, D. Not a Creature Was Stirring Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Not a Creature Was Stirring" by Dean Evans is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative unfolds in a post-apocalyptic world, exploring themes of isolation and the aftermath of nuclear war, as humanity faces the consequences of its own destructive capabilities. The story delves into the life of Tom Gannett, a gold miner who emerges from his solitude to discover a desolate world following mankind's annihilation. The plot follows Tom Gannett, a hard-edged hermit-like figure, who lives in a remote gold mine in Nevada. Upon emerging, he discovers that he is the last surviving person in a world blanketed in eerie purple snow, the result of a catastrophic war. As Gannett navigates through deserted towns, he encounters the lifeless forms of fellow citizens, experiencing disbelief and confusion. His desperate search for answers leads him to the realization that the world he once knew is gone, and he is now utterly alone in a silent, haunting landscape. Despite the tragic circumstances, Gannett's character offers a raw, gritty reflection on survival and human resilience in the face of utter despair. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Gold miners -- Fiction Nevada -- Fiction Apocalyptic fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 56744 56748 2024-09-21T12:25:03.775417 2023-09-22T09:24:59.726928 text/html text/html 52863 2016-03-08T10:22:30 text/html; charset=us-ascii 230928 2016-03-08T10:22:32 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 259978 2024-09-21T12:25:05.727448 application/epub+zip 258898 2024-09-21T12:25:04.193421 application/epub+zip 82457 2024-09-21T12:25:03.965406 application/epub+zip 296965 2024-09-21T12:25:07.030402 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289399 2024-09-21T12:25:05.515409 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 113318 2022-09-23T11:56:40.925342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49878 49783 2024-09-21T12:25:03.637412 2023-09-22T09:24:59.544915 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 49700 2016-03-08T10:22:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19199 2016-03-08T10:22:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19147 2024-09-21T12:25:07.198380 application/rdf+xml 27975 2024-09-21T12:25:04.039397 image/jpeg 4890 2024-09-21T12:25:04.004399 image/jpeg 232346 2024-09-21T12:25:03.788414 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog