Cover for The Commuter
Short Story

The Commuter

1953

About this story

A railway employee is asked to sell a ticket to a town that does not appear on any map. Investigating the passenger's claim leads him toward a place whose existence seems to be changing the world around it.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Nov 19, 1952

    Composition: no later than Nov 19, 1952

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Nov 19, 1952

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Nov 19, 1952

  3. Aug 1953

    First published Aug 1953

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