Sam Burnett crews the Constellation, a ship that drifts behind the battle lines gathering space-slain soldiers onto its cold transparent tables. With only three shelves left to fill before he can return to the living, the strain of the work and his shipmates’ tempers begin to tell. First printed in Planet Stories in the summer of 1944.
An early, moody Bradbury story from the pulp years, showing the young writer already drawn to death and loneliness among the stars. Download the free EPUB.