Robert W. Krepps 1 hr 21 min read

In the Sunset Fields, ancient bones that never decay are prodded up by bare toes and made into arrow-points, and a people wonders why.

Robert W. Krepps's 1951 story opens on a hauntingly imagined primitive world where imperishable bones seed the soil, framing a tale of a tribe living amid an enduring mystery. Atmospheric, evocative adventure with a strong sense of a strange ecology. Read it for richly textured golden-age SF built on one unforgettable, eerie image.

In its time

Published in 1951, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

1 hr 21 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).

Illustrated by

Walter Haskell Hinton