# ID this Connie Willis story

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**Created:** [July 8, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-connie-willis-story/502286 "2009-07-08T01:54:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-connie-willis-story/502286/1 "2009-07-08T01:54:59Z")

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I attended a reading by Connie Willis at MIT, probably in 1996 or so. She read a short story that I think was not published at the time, but I thought that it was supposed to be soon. The plot involved various angels attempting to organize Armageddon, and was essentially a parody of a church committee meeting, complete with finally deciding to postpone the event because some slackers hadn’t gotten their part done. Does anyone recognize this? Was it ever published?

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2009, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-connie-willis-story/502286/2 "2009-07-08T02:14:35Z")

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Look over titles, “Why the World Didn’t End Last Tuesday” might fit.