Gertie lives on a mattress with all her stuff attached to her by wires so that it won't go wandering away in the no man’s mist where time is in constant flux. I admit, though, that I didn’t understand what was happening in the story which is mostly a conversation between Gertie and a younger girl in the misty land.
You know that whatever we’re connected to—even if only through some conductive medium—comes with us?

Variants

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  1. “Rock or Shell” by Ann Christy, in Synchronic: 13 Tales of Time Travel (edited by David Gatewood, David Gatewood) May 2014.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Ann Christy