Legends of the Rim

The term was an euphemism, because spacemen and space passengers - like seamen in earlier days - were inclined to be superstitious. And people still didn't like the idea of sailing shipmates with a corpse. But this specimen was something more than a cadaver...

 

Story Publications

New Worlds 23 May 1954
Science Fiction Stories May 1957
CATCH THE STAR WINDS Lancer, (US), 1969
LEGENDS OF THE RIM, Act Mockba (Russia), 2003