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Tag Archives: Time travel

Fiction: ‘Trespasser’

Trespasser
He wakes with a violent jolt. At first he’s not sure he heard anything at all. He sits up in bed, straining to hear, shivering with cold. And then comes the sound of glass shattering and furniture splintering. A crash which shakes the very walls. He throws the blanket aside…

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaJune 3, 2020June 3, 2020Posted inFictionTags:Bloodlines, Heritage, Time travel7 Comments on Fiction: ‘Trespasser’

Fiction: ‘Time Machine’

42 - Time Machine
If you think about it, we are nothing more and nothing less than living, breathing time machines. The past only exists in our minds, rooted down in our collective memories. As a result, we can go back whenever we want. We can travel through time to relive any moment from our past in the blink …

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaMay 10, 2017April 24, 2020Posted inTime and SpaceTags:Philosophy, Recall, Time travel2 Comments on Fiction: ‘Time Machine’

Fiction: ‘The Ripple Effect’

34 - The Ripple Effect
He sits in the park, slumped against a tree with a half-empty cask of wine in his lap. There’s a cigarette stained with hair gel behind his ear. The warm afternoon sun makes him sleepy. He picks up the wine, brings the plastic nozzle to his lips and guzzles down several mouthfuls. People start to …

Posted byEkaterina TretiakovaApril 19, 2017April 24, 2020Posted inFictionTags:Growth, Learning, Time travelLeave a comment on Fiction: ‘The Ripple Effect’
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