Future Science Fiction, July 1953

# Graveyard

Future magazine carried "Graveyard," a science-fiction story by Gordon R. Dickson illustrated by Paul Orban. The narrative opens as Kenneth Parnell, a worker at the classified T and T project in Kentucky, recalls a pivotal incident. Three years prior, a radioactive explosion destroyed the main laboratory and storehouses. Rescue workers recovered Jim Marks, a colleague shielded from radiation, and Martha, Marks's pregnant dog, who had no protective shielding but remained unscathed physically. The setup establishes the story's central mystery: Martha's unexpected survival despite radiation exposure and her impending litter, suggesting anomalous biological consequences from the incident that will define the narrative's science-fiction premise.