First published in Analog, May 1984
Collected in Astounding Days
When I wrote this, I hinted that it would be my last short story. Well, it is certainly the shortest.
And God said: 'lines Aleph Zero to Aleph One — Delete.' And the Universe ceased to exist.
Then She pondered for several aeons, and sighed. 'Cancel Programme GENESIS,' She ordered.
It never had existed.