An Amateur’s Guide to Time Travel
- by Marian Rosarum
- Flash Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “An Amateur’s Guide to Time Travel” by Marian Rosarum, Daily Science Fiction, 8 July 2015 [webzine].
A despondent, experienced time traveler records words of advice for amateur time travelers.
—Gareth Gordon
You see, time travelers often have broken hearts--or no hearts at all. You cannot walk through history and remain untouched by wars, disease, random acts of human kindness and cruelty.
Do not worry.
Time travelers have long since forgotten how to cry.
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- Timeline Models
- Themes
- Kill Hitler: You will make at least one ill-advised attempt to kill Hitler. Do not feel guilty when you fail. Remember, you would have felt worse if you had not tried.
- Traveler Becomes a God, Royalty, Wizard, etc.: due to accidental mentions of future events
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- “An Amateur’s Guide to Time Travel” by Marian Rosarum, Daily Science Fiction, 8 July 2015 [webzine].
Indexer Notes
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- Webzine accessed at https://dailysciencefiction.com/science-fiction/time-travel/marian-rosarum/an-amateurs-guide-to-time-travel on 4 July 2021.