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The Time Travel Situation: Part Six

15 Apr 202129 Dec 2021

"Alright, let's get to it!" Mavis said, steering the Time Capsule down towards the train once more. "This is going to be tricky," he grit his teeth as he phased…

The Lessons of Pretend

12 Apr 202128 Dec 2021

It might be all fun and games for the characters in my latest story, The Time Travel Situation, but for me this is all serious work! Actually, no, there's been…

The Time Travel Situation: Part Four

1 Apr 202129 Dec 2021

All was chaos once more as pirate and children chased each other all about the Time Capsule. Blackbeard was a more persistent predator than the raptors, though, far less prone…

The Time Travel Situation: Part Three

25 Mar 202129 Dec 2021

All at once the Time Capsule's engines groaned to a halt and the time travelers became tethered to this current moment of history. Now the spray of ocean water came…

Boat of Three: Part Five

20 Aug 202014 Dec 2021

"How could it be three days?" Captain Molley shook his head in disbelief. "I would have died." "I gave you water, I gave you what food I could...you couldn't take…

Boat of Three: Part Four

13 Aug 202014 Dec 2021

"What?!" Captain Molley shot out of his sleep and looked about wildly, trying to make sense of what was going on. His eyes settled on Bartholomew slumped in the bottom…

Boat of Three: Part Three

6 Aug 202014 Dec 2021

And so began the long tedium. Each man took his rest, the others continued rowing during the interim, and then all progressed forward as quickly as they could. Though each…

Boat of Three: Part Two

30 Jul 202014 Dec 2021

Julian shook his head firmly. "I don't trust him, Captain. I don't trust this man at all!" "No, I don't trust him, either," Captain Molley sighed. "But frankly, that doesn't…

Boat of Three: Part One

23 Jul 202014 Dec 2021

"Come to, man! I say, come to!" A slap across the face and Julian snapped awake with a gasp of horror. In his mind's eye he still saw the ship's…