Jerry Oltion

writer
Short Story

The Life of Boswell


Michael Wagoner doesn't really want to be an English major and write poetry for the rest of his life, but what choice does he have—until the first day of his final semester when he meets a centerfold.
All innocence, she turned to the middle, opened the gatefold, held it out sideways, then vertically. I dropped the beer when she shouted, “Grandma!”
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

Salvation


Physicist William Winters asks the church for money to build a time machine to take him and the Reverend Billy back to the time of Jesus.
“I’m talking time travel,” William went on. “You could go back in time and meet Jesus. Assuming he existed.”
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  • Eloi Silver Medal
  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel