# Rice — Short Fiction character guide

> Rice in Short Fiction by Ray Bradbury.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-ix

## Who they are

A character who appears in a tense confrontation.

## Relationships

### [Sam Burnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sam_burnett)

_friendship_

Rice and Sam Burnett are loyal friends who rely on each other in difficult situations.

### [Sam Burnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sam_burnett)

_friendship_

Rice and Sam Burnett are loyal friends who rely on each other in difficult situations.

### [Sam Burnett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/characters/sam_burnett)

_friendship_

Rice and Sam Burnett are loyal friends who rely on each other in difficult situations.

## In the story

### [Morgue Ship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_46_se/chapters/morgue-ship)

Burnett's partner on the morgue ship; he is bitter and defiant, ultimately left to carry on after Burnett's death.

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