Detta kan vara Den andra typen ensamhet av George R R Martin.
Från Goodreads :
Isolated millions of miles from Pluto for the last 4 years, a lonely man stations a lonely outpost in space to open vorteces for interstellar travel. When his 4 years is up, however, our lonely stationer gets a little shook up.
...
In this story, he presents the reader with a single nameless protagonist, whose problem, his loneliness and isolation on a distant outpost beyond Pluto is about to come to an end.
GRRM promises, in a way, that there is a happy resolution to the story, but this promise is only something his protagonist believes. This early story sets a trend for Martin as a writer who writes stories that don't have pat, "happy" endings.
As a reader, I wanted to feel for Martin's protagonist. Martin doesn't allow us that. He shows us instead that this individual is only worthy of our pity. His loneliness and isolation are things entirely of his own making.