"Remember the small things can make a big difference..."
The butterfly effect is the idea that small things can have non-linear impacts on a complex system. In other words, small events act as catalysts for starting conditions. The concept is imagined with a butterfly flapping its wings and causing a...
"Two women request assistance."
The two consecutive thuds at my one-o’clock position grabbed my attention. The shockwaves and sudden strong gusts of wind were felt through the steering wheel, pushing the car into the empty oncoming lane. A strange, perfectly vertical dust devil formed...
"Be Kind Rewind"
Here I was again back in the good old Summer of 88. It was the summer I first fell in love and nothing and no one had compared since. There were things I needed to do differently this time around...
"A Dinner, a Dish, and a Dancer"
“Well Tom, this is it. The final stop for your bachelor party.”The two best friends had stopped in front of an old Route-Master bus. The sign over the entrance read: Where Time Stands Still“Mike, this is a great joke, a...
"Be careful where you eat."
The new diner was an old Rout-Master, its sign:Savor the Meal: Where Time Holds Still“Mike, I haven’t seen this dinner before. Catchy name, what do ya think,” said Jamie.“It’s got to be dedicated to that TV show. The windows look like...
"Plaything of the outlaws..."
Zelina woke with a jolt as the coach’s wagon dropped down into a rut in the dry dusty road, causing her body to bump into the passenger seated next to her. Sitting up quickly, her eyes flew open, her hands...
"Any love worth having is worth fighting for even if you have to turn into an eggplant...."
Groan! "Oh, yeah, baby. Suck my snorg. Take it deep into your mouth hole!"Those were the sounds I heard coming from the other side of the wall.'Gross,' I thought quietly to myself. You'd think by now they would have figured out...
"What was hiding in the trapdoor is not what she expected."
The trapdoor creaked open with the heavy resistance you would expect of a door long hidden. Jenna peered down into the dark room below. The smell of dust and stale air rose up to meet her, laced with something a...
"If you could go back in time, would you do what I did?"
My name is Sarah Pendleton, senior science advisor and consultant for TrueTime. I'm special, but everyone over the age of forty thinks they're special, right!I've worked with time for so long now that I'm starting to believe that it's an...
"The world tomorrow will soon be yesterday"
A church bell tolls twelve strokes as he automatically spreads his legs wide apart to keep his balance. There is a moment of vertigo and confusion before he reorients himself taking care to not attempt to control this body. Then his new mind becomes melded, filled with his...