August Derleth

writer
Short Story

A Traveler in Time


Derleth’s newspaper reporter Tex Harrigan had at least one time-travel encounter: a man named Vanderkamp who saw an atomic war thirty years in the future and then considered escaping back to 1650 New Amsterdam. But 1650 has a shrewish woman who reminds him a bit too much of his own shrewish sister, so that’s obviously not an ideal destination. The machine also has a curious effect on aging that Tex never did figure out (and neither did this reader).
It looked like a top. The first thing I thought of was Brick Bradford, and before I could catch myself, I’d asked, “Is that pure Brick Bradford?”
He didn’t turn a hair. “Not by a long shot,” he answered. “H. G. Wells was there first. I owe it to Wells.”
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Tex Harrington

The Penfield Misadventure


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  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

The Ancestor


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  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

The Lamp of Alhazred


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  • Undetermined Time Travel
Short Story

Halloween for Mr. Faulkner


Mr. Guy Faulkner, an American lost in the London fog, finds himself back in the time of the Gunpowder Plot.
I say, Wright, now Guy’s here, we can get on with it.
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  • Fantasy
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Tex Harrington

An Eye for History


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  • Undetermined Time Travel