There Will Come Short Rains ☔️ - A Slightly Creepy Short Story
There Will Come Soft Rains I recently read the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury and thought it was interesting, so I wanted to write my thoughts about it. You may know Bradbury from some of his other well known works such as Fahrenheit 451 , The Martian Chronicles , and Something Wicked This Way Comes . An important detail to note about There Will Come Soft Rains is that it was written during the Cold War, when the fear of nuclear destruction was everywhere, and that’s something to consider when thinking about the story’s mood. There Will Come Soft Rains is a short story about an automated modern day house that continues to function even though it’s completely untenanted. The story is told by descriptive scenes that are set by the house itself, especially the talking clock that announces reminders and daily routines that were once meant for the family who lived there. It says things like “ Eight-one, tick-tock, eight-one o'clock, off to school, off ...