The Lake
- by Ray Bradbury
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury, in Weird Tales, May 1944.
In this tragic tale, Doug returns to the lakeshore where a decade before, at age twelve, he built sandcastles with Tally, his first love.
—Michael Main
Tally, if you hear me, come in and build the rest.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: Presumed adult time time, circa 1933.
- Circa AD 1940 to 1949: Presumed flashback time, circa 1943.
- Themes
- Moments Surrounding Death: Perhaps Tally travels during the time surrounding her drowning.
- Fictional Tags
- Ghosts: Possibly a ghost rather than time travel, but we don’t think so because of the well-preserved body.
- Groupings
Variants
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- “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury, in Weird Tales, May 1944.
Derived Works
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- “The Lake” by Ray Bradbury, directed by Pat Robins (21 July 1989).