Short Story
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.
