Emil Petaja

writer
Short Story

Dinosaur Goes Hollywood

While waiting at a bar for Susie May, a man hears Jock Wemple’s story of how a big-shot scientist brought a brontosaurus to Hollywood just in time for the opening of Back to the Dawn.
I heard a shrill feminine shriek. It was Dorothy LaMarr. Her dress was gold, and shone fit to knock your eyes right through the back of your head.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Ancestral Thread

Lem Mason’s eleven-year-old nephew, Sydney, doesn’t want to go to a ballgame on Sunday afternoon. He’d rather show his Uncle Lem the contraption that Professor Leyton left in the attic, which has allowed the boy to experience the lives of his ancestors and his descendants!
But you seem to have forgotten one little detail—the second big dial, the one marked ‘Ahead’!
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  • Undetermined
  • Definite Time Travel