Rock or Shell
by Ann Christy
Gertie lives on a mattress with all her stuff attached to her by wires so that it won't
go wandering away in the no man’s mist where time is in constant flux. I admit, though,
that I didn’t understand what was happening in the story which is mostly a conversation
between Gertie and a younger girl in the misty land.
You know that whatever we’re connected to—even if only through some conductive
medium—comes with us?
“Rock or Shell” by Ann Christy, in Synchronic: 13 Tales
of Time Travel (edited by David Gatewood, David Gatewood) May 2014.