Marion Ryan

writer
Short Story

The Heat Wave


Two stories, millennia apart, connected by office worker Paul Feron in a 20th-century New York heatwave and Roman gladiator Ferronius in a heatwave of his own. Time travel? Or a dream? —Michael Main
A dazzling streak of lightning, a mighty clap of thunder, and Paul Feron, suddenly awakened, sprang to his feet with white face and staring eyes. What had happened? God, what had happened?
Pen-and-ink drawing of a man in a Roman togo strangles another man in gladiator
                regalia in front of a gawking crowd.
  • Fantasy
  • Debatable Time Travel