Paths
by Edward Bryant
A traveler from the future makes his way to Morisel’s office to warn the reporter about
the consequences of continued mindless rape of the environment.
In addition to acknowledging that Ed Bryant’s stories are among my favorites, I can also add that he is a kind and generous mentor to writers in the Denver area, including myself!
I don’t want to seem cynical. You may be my ten-times-removed egg-father or something,
but right now it’s awfully hard not to believe you’re just a run-of-the-mill
aberrant. I mean, here you crawl into my office close to midnight, spread yourself down,
and then calmly announce you’re a traveler from the future.
“Paths” by Edward Bryant, in Vertex, April
1973.