Rachel Can See
- by C. R. Berry
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- YA and Up
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “Rachel Can See” by C. R. Berry, in Metamorphose: V2, edited by Tammy Davies (Metamorphose Literary, November 2016).
Teenager Rachel is sent to the Pinewood facility because she remembers events that never happened and people who died but are still inviting her to dinner.
—Michael Main
She frowned. “I’m not crazy.”
“I’m not saying you are,” Dr. Flynn said. “But there is a problem with your memory and there are people at Pinewood who may be able to find out wht it is.”
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: Some time after 9/11, but still while Rachel is a teen. We’ll guess 2015 because November 13th is a Friday.
- Timeline Models
- Branching Timelines: The different timelines that Rachel can see are caused by time travelers.
- Sensing Unfamiliar Timelines: “You have an ability we don not yet fully understand, which very few people posseess. You have a different perception of time. A larger perception. You can see beyond. You can see the changes. The work we do sometimes necessitates changes.”
- Themes
- Time Travel Research Program: “The work we do has to remain secret, and we cannot continue to operate in the dark with you shining a light on us.”
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Rachel Can See” by C. R. Berry, in Metamorphose: V2, edited by Tammy Davies (Metamorphose Literary, November 2016).
- revised for collection.
“Rachel Can See” by C. R. Berry, in Million Eyes: Extra Time (Elsewhen Press, October 2019).
Indexer Notes
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- Variants—According to the copyright page of Million Eyes: Extra Time, the nine republished stories in that collection are revisions of their earlier publications.