Duncan Shields

writer
Flash Fiction

Temponaut


—drunken scientists travels forward
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Visits


—visits from a future self
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Time Net


—a net to catch time meddlers
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Through the Hoop


—time machine with no receiver
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Chronomechanic


Duncan Shields is one of the more prolific writers at 365 Tomorrows—quite possibly producing 365 time travelers on his own—and for me, this is one of his better stories.

Normally, I don’t like suicides in stories because I feel that the topic is often approached in a shallow manner, but in this case, Shields’s hero has a hobby of tracking and trying to understand teen suicides while he philosophizes about the alternate universes created by time travel.
I suppose as hobbies go, it’s a little dark. Whatever. It keeps me humble, rooted in the now, happy to be alive, and aware of death.
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Future Saviors


—making best possible world
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Time Travel


—amateur time traveler
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Traveler


—traveler emerges from alley
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Serial Killer


—serial killer targets travelers
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Introdus


—700,000 burning time travelers
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Grandfather Clock


—grandfather paradox twist
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Causality


—branching universes suck
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Ghost of Christmas Future


—janitor visits himself
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Traveller’s Mistake


—jokester time traveler
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Timecasting


—the first time traveler
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Flash Fiction

Update


—time traveler meets future tech
A star emerging from behind a blue planet.
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel