I go out walkin', after midnight...
It feels unfinished...yet it really is finished. There is no mystery when it comes to this
story by Ray Bradbury. He sets up the
plot and when we're done reading its scant paragraphs, the mind fills in the
horror of the rest.
First published in The
Reporter in 1951, The Pedestrian was conceived and sprang to life after Bradbury was hassled by LAPD while walking the city
streets with a friend. The
story also appeared in Bradbury's anthology, The
Golden Apples of the Sun, published in 1953.