On returning from the future via the Arrowhead mechanism that he invented, Herel Jablov finds himself trapped in a small station between universes along with a pretty woman named Mae and a criminal named Conway.
This is going to sound odd to you, Herel, but the reason for the blank spot in your memory is that you’ve just come from the future.

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  1. “Inside Time” by Tim Sullivan, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 2009.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Tim Sullivan