Augusta Prima

Literal: Aususta Prima English release: Aususta Prima

by Karin Tidbeck

Release: 2009
Format: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: Swedish

A curious story about a curious girl, Augusta Prima, who lives in the most perfect of the eight lands, a land where places and time (and other abstractions, I would say) float in an unmeasurable way.

After its original Swedish publication, this story was translated to English and widely reprinted, including Weird Tales, Lightspeed and The Time Traveler’s Almanac. Artistic stories tend to be hit-or-miss with me (mostly miss). This one hit, but I never seem to be able to say why.

The hands are moving now. Time is passing now.

DEBUT

[ex=bare]“Augusta Prima” | Aususta Prima[/ex], in Mitrania (Third Quarter, 2009).

VARIANTS

1 Swedish variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Groupings

The Time Traveller’s Almanac (anthology)

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