Remainder
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by Alex Sobel
- Flash Fiction
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Remainder” by Alex Sobel, Daily Science Fiction, 7 September 2022 [webzine].
The setting is necessarily vague, but it seems that in the future, doctors may recommend limited time travel to seek closure for a lost personal relationship.
—Michael Main
She wants to go back more, as far as possible. Maybe before he was sick, even. But two years is the limit the doctor from the company gives her, his voice serious, concerned.
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Single Consistent Timeline: She realizes that this has already happened to him, that time wants to move one way.
- Themes
- Nude Travel: Naked, empty handed.
- Seeking Closure: Does she want him to cry? To feel desperate, alone? Guilty?
- Wisdom or Consolation to Your Younger Self: the revised plan
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Remainder” by Alex Sobel, Daily Science Fiction, 7 September 2022 [webzine].