Carl Frederick

writer
Short Story

The Teller of Time

You get one guess what happens when you juxtapose these circumstances:
  1. As a boy, Kip Wolverton’s best friend is crushed in a tragic accident in a bell tower.
  2. Then, because Kip is too shy to ever approach the bell-ringer of his dreams, the girl goes and marries his other best friend, so Kip goes off to America to drown his sorrows and become an expert physicist studying time.
  3. Finally, 25 years later, Kip returns to England to do time experiments in bell towers where he finds girl grown and unhappily married.
“Research money is difficult to come by these days,” said Neville. “There is a lot of good science lanuishing because more meretricious projects get the funds.”
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

A Zoo in the Jungle

Arthur Davidson decided to become an astronaut when his father disappeared on the moon twenty years ago. Now, Arthur and a cosmonaut are exploring the very crater where the father disappeared when they come across an alien-built planetarium that may have the power to reunite Arthur with his father.
A planetarium on the Moon. It’s like a zoo in the jungle, or building a swimming pool under water. What’s the point?
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Greenwich Nasty Time

An experiment causes Great Britain to swap with a century-old version of itself, but fortunately, physics student Paul and his girlfriend Vicki were with their bicycles on the nearby Isle of Wight, so they make the crossing back to the main island and pedal to the rescue.
The experiment could result in an alternate Great Britain being swapped with ours—one displaced backward in time from the instant of the experiment.
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  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel