Project Gutenberg 2009-09-10 Public domain in the USA. 131 De Vet, Charles V. 1911 1997 DeVet, Charles V. Vet, Charles V. de Vet, Charles Vincent de Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill There is a Reaper ... Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy August 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "There is a Reaper ..." by Charles V. De Vet is a short science fiction story written in the early 1950s. The narrative delves into themes of mortality, the afterlife, and the psychological aspects of facing death. It presents a chilling exploration of what may come after life through the eyes of a man who plans to communicate with the dead. The story follows a wealthy man who, upon being diagnosed with only a month to live, concocts a plan to learn about the afterlife by poisoning a homeless man and engaging him in conversation as he dies. The dying man descends into a bleak realm where he constantly awaits a mysterious, malevolent presence. As the wealthy man desperately seeks to know what lies beyond death, he learns that he is not merely an observer but is intricately tied to the fate of the dying man, culminating in a haunting realization that they are waiting for him. This poignant twist emphasizes the inevitability of death and the existential dread that accompanies it, prompting readers to ponder their own mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Horror tales PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 35972 2025-07-12T09:53:56.661201 text/html 31697 2009-09-10T14:15:16 text/html 229583 2025-07-12T09:54:00.434169 application/epub+zip 227922 2025-07-12T09:53:58.258179 application/epub+zip 75920 2025-07-12T09:53:57.197192 application/epub+zip 347300 2025-07-12T09:54:01.979218 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339982 2025-07-12T09:53:59.726220 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126221 2022-09-14T03:45:05.333641 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 29445 2025-07-12T09:53:56.418193 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 29283 2009-09-10T14:15:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20227 2025-07-12T09:54:02.119184 application/rdf+xml 12048 2025-07-12T09:53:57.687271 image/jpeg 3233 2025-07-12T09:53:57.441207 image/jpeg 164284 2009-09-10T14:15:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 11266 2009-09-10T14:15:18 application/octet-stream application/zip 227669 2025-07-12T09:53:56.673223 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog