Mark needs to travel 1000 years into the future because he is the only one capable of
ensuring a successful restart of the human race after a millennium-long plan to exterminate
the alien, invading Ants. But the only way to make that trip is for him to spend 1000
(non-aging) years in various alternate history pasts, after which he can head back to his own
future.
Mark had been supplied with a thousand names and bank account numbers, identities of
organizations and individuals throughout the Twentieth Century together with details of
various winning lottery numbers, sporting events and stock market fluctuations plus a
handful of gold coins. Luckily the field was strong enough to encompass his clothes and a
few personal effects. Mark often fantasized about how much more difficult his life would
have been had he been forced to arrive naked like the time travelers in the Terminator
movies.
DEBUT
“In the Cracks of Time,” in Sci Fi Stories Vol. 4 (Smashwords, June
2009).
VARIANTS
Debut. “In the Cracks of Time,” in Sci Fi Stories Vol. 4 (Smashwords, June 2009).
Mark had been supplied with a thousand names and bank account numbers, identities of
organizations and individuals throughout the Twentieth Century together with details of
various winning lottery numbers, sporting events and stock market fluctuations plus a
handful of gold coins. Luckily the field was strong enough to encompass his clothes and a
few personal effects. Mark often fantasized about how much more difficult his life would
have been had he been forced to arrive naked like the time travelers in the Terminator
movies.
1 English variant