"The Last Man", a tale of the last man on Earth, is by this woman known for another book on creating a man
The film's vampires are almost zombie-like, whereas in the book, they 
are fast,... [DOC] [TLE] Knock (short story) - Wikipedia [PAR] "Knock", written by Fredric Brown, is a science fiction short story that starts with a 
short-short story based on the following text of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Imagine all 
human beings swept off the face of the earth, excepting one man.