Lost between the Plates
- by Benjamin Abbott
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Lost between the Plates” by Benjamin Abbott, Daily Science Fiction, 21 May 2021 [webzine].
A woman seems to be chasing someone via random jumps through time.
—Michael Main
I’ve been chasing him for years and forever. Spinning through time and space without a sail.
Tags
(8)
- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1970 to 1999: ”I think that makes this the 1970s”
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: 2031, 2022, and probably other times
- Unspecified Future Year: “Skyscrapers fit for their name.”
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Ships: “I need to ground myself soon or this whole ship will tear apart.”
- Themes
- Chases through Time
- Fix History!: I think she's trying to undo the “reconstitution,” although there may be some personal past involved as well.
- Kill the Despot/Psychopath/Etc. (excluding Hitler)
- Groupings
Variants
(1)
- “Lost between the Plates” by Benjamin Abbott, Daily Science Fiction, 21 May 2021 [webzine].
Indexer Notes
(1)
- Length—Just barely a short story at 1,006 words.