K. C. Ball

writer
Short Story

Cretaceous on Ice

  • by K. C. Ball
  • in Snapshots from a Black Hole & Other Oddities (Hydra House, February 2010)
Sheriff Lyle, daydreaming of his retirement just outside of Bozeman, spots his brainiac buddy Pete and his egghead nephew Jimmy chasing a Deinonychus full-speed down the highway in their stretch-cab Ram pickup—and it’s not the only one on the loose.
“Lookee here, it’s good you know what this thing is, but where in hell did it come from?”

“The early Cretaceous. One hundred twenty million years ago,” Peter said.

Sometimes real smart people can be a little dense.
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  • Science Fiction
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

In His Prime

  • by K. C. Ball
  • in Every Day Fiction, October 2010
After being stripped of his license to box for refusing to be inducted into the Army based on his religious beliefs, the Greatest finds himself in a dreamlike locker room being prepared for a fight while the crowd outside cheers his name.
He remembers going to bed, tired after a long day of training, and he remembers noises in the night, the rush of cool air over his bared body, but he doesn’t recall how he got here; wherever here may be.
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  • Fantasy
  • Sports
  • Definite Time Travel