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The Scythe

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: Adult
Page count: 19
Categories: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Author

Ray
Bradbury

Appeared in

Mystery Stories

Story Summary

A man comes to regret his good fortune inheriting a farm when he realizes that the wheat that he cuts with the scythe are the souls of humans and that he has actually inherited the job of Grim Reaper.