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Those Time Travel Blues

July 19, 2024 7 Comments

By Steven French

“We’ve got us another one!”

“Ok, let’s fire up the ol’ Temporal Displacer. Time to go and stop them messing with time.”

“Do you have to say that every single…time?!”

“Sorry! Somehow, I just can’t help myself.”

“Ok, Gödelian Loop Sequence initialized.”

“Copy that. So, when are we headed?”

“The tracker indicates landing 30 seconds from now.”

“Seems an odd time to indulge in a spot of timeline disruption. Who are they planning to kill?”

“Dunno, but they look kinda familiar to me…”

“Can the tracker get a better fix on the victims’ identities?”

“Sure, let’s see…Oh, crap.”

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  1. David Cuff says

    July 19, 2024 at 6:44 pm

    Brilliant! Great twist at the end.

    Reply
  2. Dan Graves says

    July 21, 2024 at 4:03 am

    I love sci fi stories and this one is a corker.

    Reply
  3. Ramona Taylor says

    July 24, 2024 at 11:36 am

    Loved this! A lot to think about, I liked ‘so when are we headed?’ I suspected where this was going from ’30 seconds from now’. Great end. Well done.

    Reply
  4. Cathy Cade says

    July 24, 2024 at 2:20 pm

    Nice one! Loved that we weren’t spoon-fed the ending

    Reply
  5. Ilona Rapin says

    July 25, 2024 at 10:31 am

    Great story – well done!

    Reply
  6. Charlotte Bennardo says

    July 25, 2024 at 5:52 pm

    Bwahahaha!

    Reply
  7. Steven French says

    July 28, 2024 at 6:05 am

    Thanks everybody for the comments! I really appreciate them.

    Reply

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