I'm with you completely about the story being longer! It's not often that I feel that way about any short story, but with this one, I think he could've written a few paragraphs about what everyone had for breakfast and I would've been interested. It would have been a great novella if he could've expanded on the Farnham and Vetter characters, and given us a more in-depth view of what goes on after the Americans see the smoking man-shaped hole in the ground.Update! I finishedwas really good but man I could have used a lot longer story! Was so good. Wish it had explained a little more but more spooky to keep the mystery