The Color of Paradox
by A. M. Dellamonica
The Allies, facing the inevitable end of the world at the hands of the Russo-German Axis
in the second Great War, send a young man back to 1920 Seattle where he hopes to enlist
the aid of Agent Sixteen and change the course of the next three decades provided, of
course, that he can overcome the psychological-horror-story side effects from the time
travel.
Alyx Dellamonica says that this story is just the start of a longer work that she originally conceived but hasn’t yet developed. I would like to see the longer piece and have a better understanding of the psychological effects of time travel in Dellamonica’s universe.
My stomach cramped and I was, all at once, brimming with fury. I had an urge to chase her
out of the room, to smash her head against the banister until her blood ran between my
knuckles. To lick, drink. . . I touched my tongue to the notch
between my clenched index and middle fingers, imagining salt, and saw a flash of
color. . .
“The Color of Paradox” by A. M. Dellamonica, Tor.com Original Fiction, 25 June 2015 [webzine].