The Chronokinesis of Jonathan Hull
Private Eye Fergus O’Breen is back for his third and final encounter with time travel,
this time with a time traveler who shows up dead in his room one day and is alive and
walking in a stilted manner the next. In the process of explaining himself, the traveler
also displays knowledge of Boucher’s traveler in “Barrier” and also of Breen’s
other time travel encounters.
And now, I realize, Mr. O’Breen, why I was inclined to trust you the moment I saw yoiur
card. It was through a fortunately preserved letter of your sister’s, which found its
way into our archives, that we knew of the early fiasco of Harrison Partridge and your
part therein. We knew, too, of the researches of Dr. Derringer, and how he gave up in
despair after his time traveler failed to return, having encountered who knows what
unimaginable future barrier.