Ad Nauseam

by Josh Warriner

• Release: 24 June 2022
• Format: Flash Fiction
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

Was this the fourth, or the fifth time around?

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1950 to 1959: where they are stuck
• Circa AD 2200 to 2299: their home time period

Timeline Models

• Time Loop

Time Travel Methods

• Generic Time Machine

Themes

• Ban on Time Travel
• Letters, Texts, Phone Calls, Talking, and Other Direct Communications through Time: phone calls
• Memory Wipes: During the final loop of the story, the travelers’ memory is wiped, which may be happening every five or six times through the loop.

Groupings

• Daily Science Fiction (periodical): 24 June 2022

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From near Montreal, circa 2250 ⋙ to the 1950s. Note: the initial trip.
2. From an office building near Montreal, sometime in the 1950s ⋙ to 11 minutes earlier. Multiple trips. Note: the time loop.