Tyme (our man from AD 2232) visits editor-in-chief B. Lue Pencill of Future Fiction,
who responds to Tyme’s outlandish claims by having him thrown into an asylum. Not to worry,
though: Tyme shall have the last word in the following year’s sequel, [Error: Missing
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So it was with such thoughts that Pencill turned to the first page. “The End of Time by
Hamil Edmondton,” he read aloud, as was his habit when alone. With but a causual
interest he began the story; but as the clock ticked and he read on, this interest became
more than a casual one, and soon he was reading carefully, keenly, and with much
enjoyment. On and on he read, and inexorable Fate slowly marshalled her forces in favor
of the heroes case into time, and Pencill became aware that soon the story must end. End
it did, in a very logical and pleasing way, and Pencill reluctantly placed the manuscript
on his desk.