The Crystal Trench
- Eloi Honorable Mention
- by A. E. W. Mason
- Short Story
- Mainstream
- Adults
- Time Phenomena
- English
- “The Crystal Trench” by A. E. W. Mason , The Strand Magazine, December 1915.
A young wife’s husband disappears down a crevice in the Alps. The tale has but mild genre content, if that, and little to no time phenomena, but nevertheless, the characters are memorable, and the tenor foreshadows time travel stories yet to come. Combine that with a small time phenomenon, a masterful ending, and the result is an entry in your favorite time travel database.
—Michael Main
Yes. They had only been married a couple of months.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 1900 to 1929: the story's start, circa 1915
- Circa AD 1930 to 1939: the story’s end, 24 years later
- Themes
- Calculating the Future: I told him about the accident on the Weisshorn. He promised to make a calculation. He took a great deal of troulbe. He sent for me again and told me the month and the year.
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- “The Crystal Trench” by A. E. W. Mason , The Strand Magazine, December 1915.