Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes
- by Wendy Nikel
- Flash Fiction
- Fantasy, Comedy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes” by Wendy Nikel, in Flash Fiction Online, August 2017 [webzine].
A church group, knitting in the Fellowship Hall, attempts to teach Jane, a new knitter, how to cast on. They realize her dropped stitch has created a wormhole when Beverly, a member of the group, falls into it. They can see she has gone back in time, but are somehow able to reach into the wormhole and pull her back out. They spend the next several minutes debating which Biblical event they would like to witness. The Pastor eventually arrives and interrupts them, causing a disaster which, fortunately, does not result in any loss of life.
—Tandy Ringoringo
And that, fellow members of St. Paul’s, is how our Fellowship Hall got sucked through time and space and why today’s potluck will be held in the basement instead.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1800 to 1899: “150 years ago”
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: presumed time period
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Rifts: a wormhole, accidentally created by knitting needles
- Themes
- Time Montages: Each time someone piped in with their own idea about where to go, the hole on Jane’s knitting needles pulsed and shivered, changing to the event mentioned [. . .]
- Groupings
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- “Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes” by Wendy Nikel, in Flash Fiction Online, August 2017 [webzine].