Not This Tide

by Sheila Finch

Release: January/February 2020
Format: Novella
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Definite Time Travel
Original Language: English

Through the eyes of young Rosemary (in 1944 London during the time of buzz bombs and V-2 rockets) and old Rosemary (now called Mary in 2035 Oslo), we see the picture of her whole life from her imaginary friend during the war to her physicist grandson at Princeton.

— Michael Main

DEBUT

“Not This Tide,” in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2020.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1940 to 1949: December 1944
Circa AD 2000 to 2099: December 2035 and possibly later for the actual travel

Timeline Models

Single Static Timeline: “She understood now that it was because he had no choice.”

Time Travel Methods

Unexplained Time Travel Methods

Themes

Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: both Rosemary and her father
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Real-World Tags

World War II

Groupings

Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine (periodical)

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Princeton University (most likely), 2035 or later ⋙ to London and the English Channel, December 1944. Multiple round trips. Note: Gabriel (as Frank and Sir Francis).