The Time Machine
by Ray Bradbury
Charlie takes his pals Douglas and John to visit the old Colonel who—says Charlie—has
a time machine that travels in the past.
— Michael Main
War’s never a winning thing, Charlie. You just lose al the time, and the one who loses
last asks for terms. All I remember is a lot of losing and sadness and nothing good but
the end of it.
“The Last, the Very Last” by Ray Bradbury, The
Reporter, 2 June 1955.