New podcast episode: Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 3 of 3)

The "Chronological Bradbury" strand of my Bradbury 100 series continues with the third and final look at the year 1944 - which sees Ray continue to dabble with crime fiction, but still turning his hand to SF and fantasy, completing the NINETEEN short stories he had published in that single year.

The most notable story of the batch is the timeless "The Jar", a creepy yet amusing fantasy set in the Lousiana swamps. Written when Ray was just 24 years old, it was a story which maintained a fascination for readers/listeners/viewers well into the 1990s and beyond.

Below, I provide links to most of the stories mentioned in this episode, in their original pulp appearances; these versions sometimes differ slightly from the versions in Ray's books.

• Half-Pint Homicide - Detective Tales, November 1944
• The Jar - Weird Tales, November 1944
• It Burns Me Up - Dime Mystery, November 1944
• Undersea Guardians - Amazing Stories, December 1944
• Four Way Funeral - Detective Tales, December 1944 (no online version available)
• Lazarus Come Forth - Planet Stories, Winter 1944

 

The last of these stories, "Lazarus Comes Forth" was already covered in detail in an earlier episode (no. 59) of this podcast, so the final part of this new podcast episode is repeated from that earlier episode. 

And with this episode, Bradbury 100 takes a short vacation. But it will return later in 2025!

 

Bradbury 100 · Bradbury 100 - episode 72 - Chronological Bradbury 1944 (part 3)

 

 

 

 

 

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