process, so that the characters can be traveling to Mars in 2000 but still remember the 1920s. Plot The Third Expedition find themselves lulled into a collective hallucination by the Martians and then killed by them. The ending leaves it ambiguous whether this was the plan of the Martians all along, or, given the telepathic origins of the hallucination and the way it was molded to their expectations and desires, Captain John Black accidentally willed it into being by coming to believe the hallucination was a trap for those perceived as invaders. June 2001/2032: —And the Moon Be Still as Bright Publication history First published in Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1948. Plot Jeff Spender, a crew member with the Fourth Expedition, becomes repelled by the others' ugly American attitude as they explore a dead Martian city and begins to kill the others for their disrespect of the ruins. August 2001/2032: The Settlers Publication history First appeared in The Martian Chronicles. Plot "The Settlers" is a vignette that describes the "Lonely Ones", the first settlers of Mars, single men from the United States who are few in number. December 2001/2032: The Green Morning Publication history First appeared in The Martian Chronicles. Plot A tall tale concerning Benjamin Driscoll, who Johnny Appleseed-like, is an emigrant who is threatened to be returned to Earth because he has difficulty breathing due to the thin Martian atmosphere. Driscoll believes Mars can be made more hospitable by planting trees to add more oxygen to the atmosphere. Referencing this story, Driscoll Forest is a place named in "The Naming of Names". February 2002/2033: The Locusts Publication history First appeared in The Martian Chronicles. Plot A vignette describing the arrival of ninety thousand American emigrants to Mars. August 2002/2033: Night Meeting Publication history First appeared in The Martian Chronicles. Plot "Night Meeting" is the story of Tomás Gomez, a young Latino construction worker on Mars, who drives his truck across an empty expanse between towns to attend a party, and his encounters along the way with an elderly gas station owner and a Martian who appears to him as a phantom. They each regard each other as a dream. The fearless Tomás Gomez reflects a common Mexican attitude toward death, which Bradbury understood. Prior to the publication of The Martian Chronicles in 1950, two of his short stories relating to the Day of the Dead were published in