The Pact
- by an unknown writer
- Short Story
- Weird Fiction
- YA and Up
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- “The Pact” by an unknown writer, Journey into Mystery #2 (Atlas Comics, August 1952).
Frances Conrad learns the dark truth about an unholy pact made by his ancestor from the horse’s mouth itself.
—Michael Main
The year is 1693, the month is June, and the day is the fifteenth. Come and watch with me.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1600 to 1699: time being viewed: 15 June 1693
- Circa AD 1950 to 1959: presumed start time
- Timeline Models
- Unexplained Timeline Model
- Viewing the Future: Branders gains the power to see the future.
- Themes
- Meeting or Viewing Ancestors or Descendants: viewing Branders Conrad.
- Self-Visitation: Satan sees his earlier self.
- Viewing the Past
- Real-World Tags
- Witch Trials: Probably intended as Salem.
- Fictional Tags
- Dickensian Guides: In this story, Satan is a mildly Dickensian guide, showing an ancestor’s past to Conrad.
- Satan: the “Uninvited Guest”
- Groupings
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- “The Pact” by an unknown writer, Journey into Mystery #2 (Atlas Comics, August 1952).
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