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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 05/08/2026

Happy birthday to me.

The ending of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (pre-1997 editions but not the first magazine appearance; these had different dates):

Smoke and silence. A great quantity of smoke.
Dawn showed faintly in the east. Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said, over and over again and again, even as the sun rose to shine upon the heaped rubble and steam:
"Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is..."

Molly McGhee @mollymcghee.com · 05/08/2026

Happy birthday, Jesse!

Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 05/08/2026

Thank you!