"The Little Man on the Subway" is a fantasy short story by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl, originally published in the 1950 issue of Fantasy Book, and included in the 1972 collection The Early Asimov.

It was initially written in 1941 by Asimov's friend, the author/agent/writer Frederik Pohl, under the pen name of James MacCreigh.

Patrick Cullen, a conductor on the New York City subway, is astonished when no one gets off his train as it reaches Flatbush, the end of the line.

He meets a man who introduces himself as Mr Crumley, who says he's practicing to be a god and forthwith converts Cullen to believe in him.

In the end, Crumley is deposed and the train, with Cullen on board, re-enters the Flatbush station.