One of the things I like about Truman Capote, other than the celebrated author’s writing, was that owing in part to his discovery of Ray Bradbury’s short story, “The Homecoming,” (languishing in a ...

Even his multitude of short stories — "A Sound of Thunder," "The Pedestrian," and "The Veldt" all come to mind — introduced and explored matters of society and technology that only seem more relevant ...

America at 250: The New Issue of NR Is Out Audio By Carbonatix Welcome to the weekend! I hope you are warm and well. This past week saw me in a rented Chevy Malibu, easing along a frozen river through ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Ray Bradbury has the most amazing dreams. “I write screenplays,’ he says ...

Ray Bradbury, who was born in 1920 and died in 2012 at the age of 91, wrote 400 short stories and nearly 50 books in his lifetime. He is best known for his novels, such as “Fahrenheit 451,” “The ...

Bradbury was a Martian. Though he did root a few short stories in the wet, wan, jungly loam of Venus, his heart belonged to that fourth planet from the sun, the diminutive, rose-tinged one. He planted ...

Four years ago Sam Weller, a onetime New City staff writer who’d written a guidebook, Secret Chicago, was covering the midwest for Publishers Weekly and freelancing stories to the Tribune magazine. He ...

Tales of body-snatching aliens and apocalyptic super-flus by Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and more double as time capsules of American fear. By Michael Koryta As spooky season approaches, the master of ...