Julian lay back, swallowed the pill and closed his eyes. Bones cracked, muscles wrenched...seconds later Julia sat up and stretched.
He tapped the screen. “Evidence of two World Wars, 1914 to 1939!" She shrugged. "So we've crossed time-lines. I'm still going down."
"Welcome to the Infinite Library." smiled the Librarian. "The Shakespeare section? Ah yes...follow the signs for M...M For Monkeys."
As I kissed her, guiltily running my hand through her hair - so like my own - I realised that I now knew who my father was- would be.
Abe glanced through the window and blinked as a shadow covered the sun. Another Pteranodon! The time distortion field was spreading!
She crouched beside me in the ruins. "Thing's'll look better in the morning!" But morning came and the sun never rose again...ever.
“Engaging Probability Drive. Standby for Reality Shift.” After a second of disorientation the universe rearranged itself about me...
What looked like a tall potted palm regarded me with a pair of blinking eyes. "Hey you! Earth-person! You put laser down now, Okay?"
Drab Colonial ruins. Industrial purgatory. The last starship left seven years ago. I'd die here...if I could afford the funeral...
His ship a mass of twisted metal, the last of the alien invaders collapsed to the ground...and expired. “We’ve won!” she breathed.
The sun quivers reluctantly on the horizon. Bats flicker like moths. The lights in her eyes shimmer and die. The stars watch, amused.
The station rotated at a cool .9 gee as I ventured into the forest, pulse laser in hand. Somewhere in the darkness a lion screamed...
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