Free Audio: “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury, Read Aloud by Daniel Shortland

“The Pedes­tri­an,” a short sto­ry by Ray Brad­bury, was orig­i­nal­ly pub­lished in the August 7, 1951 issue of The Reporter (read it online here). It was also includ­ed in the col­lec­tion The Gold­en Apples of the Sun (1953). Above you can hear the sto­ry read aloud by Daniel Short­land, as part of The Read­ing Project. Enjoy.

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