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Return of the Moon Man

by E. L. Malpass
During a surprise trip to the moon by Grandpa, Grandma is mad about being left behind and leaves town with another man with a time machine. Grandpa returns, finds another time machine, and strands Grandma in time and space.
— Dave Hook
We got the meal ready, and then someone said, “Where is Grandfather?”
“Return of the Moon Man” by E. L. Malpass, in The Observer, 2 January 1955.

Future Science Fiction, February 1960

Through Other Eyes

by R. A. Lafferty
Although the story is not about time travel, the characters do spend the first couple of pages reminiscing about their disappointing experiences with a time machine.
— Fred Galvin
“And watching the great Pythagorous at work.”
“And the three days that he spent on that little surveying problem. How one longed to hand him a slide-rule through the barrier and explain its working.”
“Through Other Eyes” by R. A. Lafferty, Future Science Fiction, February 1960.

The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass

by Frederik Pohl
This cautionary tale about Snodgras—time traveler who brought modern-day healthcare back to the Roman Empire—originally appeared as an essay in the editorial pages of Pohl’s Galaxy[/em] along with a nod to L. Sprague de Camp’s Lest Darkness Fall, but it’s since made its way into more than one story compilation.
— Michael Main
Snodgrass decided to make the Roman world healthy and to keep its people alive through 20th century medicine.
“The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass” by Frederik Pohl , Galaxy Magazine, June 1962.

Marley and Marley

by J. R. Dawson
Somewhat jaded 28-year-old Marley comes back through time to take care of 12-year-old orphaned Marley.
— Michael Main
He told me all the horrible things that would happen if I broke any Time Laws. Worlds would collapse. I would turn inside out. Important people would die and important things wouldn’t happen.
“Marley and Marley” by J. R. Dawson, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November/December 2017.

The Art of Navigating an Affair in a Time Rift

by Nika Murphy
Audra Cobb is pulled through time rifts from one parallel universe to another with a bit of time travel thrown in. I think the parallel universes are a literary mechanism to explore daydreaming about what might have been while under the spell of limerence.
— Michael Main
The egg yolk path glistens in my periphery and my fingertips tingle. Once the rift closes, we go back. Back to before the rift ruptured. Back to when Joseph first moved in and before we . . .
“The Art of Navigating an Affair in a Time Rift” by Nika Murphy, Clarkesworld #189, June 2022 [print · e-zine · webzine].

Ad Nauseam

by Josh Warriner
Illegal time travelers Jin and Rhea are stuck in a time loop in the 1950s.
— Michael Main
Was this the fourth, or the fifth time around?
“Ad Nauseam” by Josh Warriner, Daily Science Fiction, 24 June 2022 [webzine].
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