Edward Page Mitchell

writer
Short Story

The Tachypomp: A Mathematical Demonstration

This was Mitchell’s first of many anonymous stories for the New York Sun, and although it contained a clever method of achieving unlimited speed, it had no time travel. But not to worry! Two of [Error: Missing ':]' tag for wikilink] —Michael Main
Just whisper to him that when he has an infinite number of cars with an infinitesimal difference in their lengths, he will have obtained that infinite speed for which he seems to yearn.
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  • Science Fiction
  • No Time Phenomena
Short Story

An Uncommon Sort of Spectre

On the 1352 evening of the birth of quadruplets sons to the baroness of a Rhine castle, the baron himself entertains a traveler with memories of the coming 80 years. —Michael Main
For you allow that, while ghosts out of the future are unheard of, ghosts from the past are not infrequently encountered.
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  • Fantasy
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

The Clock That Went Backward

A young man and his cousin inherit a clock that takes them back to the siege of Leyden at the start of October 1574, where they affect that time as much as it has affected them. This is travel in a machine (or at least an artifact), but they have no control over the destination. —Michael Main
The hands were whirling around the dial from right to left with inconceivable rapidity. In this whirl we ourselves seemed to be borne along. Eternities seemed to contract into minutes while lifetimes were thrown off at every tick.
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  • Eloi Honorable Mention
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel