Effect and Cause

by Grove Koger

Release: 15 September 2014
Format: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Content: Debatable Time Travel
Original Language: English

Over dinner, a group of professional men and women called the Club discuss a recent happening at a house that’s been haunted since 1928.

— Michael Main

The house Parry lived in had been built in 1928, right before the Depression hit, and the odd thing was that it apparently was haunted from the very beginning. From day one.

DEBUT

“Effect and Cause,” Bewildering Stories, 15 September 2014.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

Circa AD 1900 to 1929: The house was built in 1928.
Unspecified Year: The year of the story is unspecified, but could have been around 2014.

Timeline Models

Unexplained Timeline Model

Themes

Death Travel: The Club speculates that Parry’s death triggered his ghost to travel back to 1928.

Fictional Tags

Ghosts

Groupings

Bewildering Stories (periodical): 15 September 2014

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

From Parry’s house on the day that he killed himself at an unknown time ⋙ to the same house, 1928. Note: The Club members speculate that Parry’s ghost may have traveled back in time.