Mr. Bradbury ends most of his full stories with a glimpse of hope, even when the themes are quite dark and foreboding (F451, M.C., SWTWC, FTDR, DW, I.M. - some examples).

He has not been one to produce a "series" or follow-ups. However, a simple question - with maybe a not so simple answer would be -
What ever became of Douglas and Tom Spaulding after their magnificent summer of 1922?
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Yes. Summer of '28. Thanks, Dandelion!
('22 -year of RB's birth.)

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It was 1928, and for years a sequel was talked about, "Farewell Summer," about them in the winter. I've noticed Bradbury's aversion to writing anything with a winter theme or setting. The only glimpse that's shown up so far of the sequel is a story by that title in "The Stories of Ray Bradbury," though Orson Scott Card's excellent novella in "The Bradbury Chronicles" shows Douglas as a grandfather with a namesake son and grandson. That story, by the way, advocates calling this decade "the zips." Since we're two years into it and no one seems to have coined a name yet, Card may win!