Travel Short Stories

They don't alter the past. They don't spy on the future. Yet, even very cautious time-travel research leaves plenty of room to get into trouble. Time, Limited is a foremost authority on space and time research. Wary of the time travel-related doomsday scenarios described by science fiction writers, the employees of the company take every precaution imaginable and move forward carefully as slowly. But when a critical experiment is threatened by a natural disaster, even the best-laid precautions go tumbling down, and the nerds have to think on their feet to protect the research and ensure the company's recovery.

During the time Knoll's Fly Shop and Knoll's Yellowstone Hackle has been in existence, Doc Knoll has written numerous articles for various publications. A majority of these articles are fly fishing related, and he has also taken on a few other subject matters that happen in and around Yellowstone County. The Book of Bathroom Tales is a compilation of these short stories.

Jed finds out some disturbing news after a DNA test: He is his own great-great-grandfather. However, Jed's daily struggles involve video games and crippling self-doubt. He's not the time traveling pioneer type. He may as well try to get to the bottom of the mystery. It's at least a reason to get off his couch.

In an effort to save and help her family, Penny lands the "Time Machine" and sets off on a journey to learn more about this new dark-age for humanity which is controlled by aliens trying to help. She befriends and enlists a space ship-pilot, and they embark on a way to start a fruitful business to earn more money using her abilities. Things go well at first and they soon become entangled in an deep secret underground operation to protect the free Federation of Worlds.

All Dave Miller wanted to do was commit suicide in peace. He tried, but the things that happened after he'd pulled the trigger were all wrong. Like everyone standing around like statues. No St. Peter, no pearly gate, no pitchforks or halos. He might just as well have saved the bullet....

The reenactment of the iconic battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, is in its second day, and the paramedics at Aid Station Three have seen their share of cuts and scrapes and heat exhaustion. With 20 minutes until the start of the next battle scenario, Eric, the senior EMT, sends the minor injury cases on their way. Suddenly, a cannon shot booms, followed by more in quick succession, followed by thunder. Has the battle started early? Strangely, it sounds more like the sounds of battle are coming from the actual site of the Battle of Gettysburg.

“Hello, my name is Aura Smith; we are here to take you back to your time. I do not exactly why you think killing, what was his name again...oh yes, Stalin was a great idea, but you can’t just go around fixing things like that. Without Stalin, the world would have been a very different place, you see. I understand he was evil for whatever the historical context is, but we just can’t go altering all the bad things in history. The Fates do not like it."

Un ya no tan joven aspirante a escritor, a quien la rutina y la necesidad de ganarse la vida han hecho desistir de sus aspiraciones, descubre que uno de sus viejos textos de juventud ha sido plagiado. ¿Cómo conseguir que los demás crean en lo que dice cuando ni él mismo se atreve a hacerlo? La cuestión resulta especialmente difícil si el supuesto plagiario es un autor fallecido hace un siglo y medio.

Indigo and her friends, Bobby and Sarah, reside in a homeless community by the river until the local police raid the area. Scared they will arrest them for trespassing the trio escapes in different directions. Things look bleak for Indigo until she reunites with Bobby who finds a stopwatch which allows them to travel through time. After meeting up with Sarah, painful memories take Indigo and her friends on a grand adventure none of them see coming.

Florida homicide detective Brianna Breeze can't seem to catch a man unless she handcuffs him. So her best friend decides to take matters into her own hands and tricks Brianna into seeing the Love Gypsy, a time traveler's friend noted for her extraordinary matchmaking skills. When a tall, muscular man wearing jeans, a black leather jacket, and slicked-back 50s hair bursts in on her first visit, Brianna is bewitched. Despite the gypsy's warning not to get involved with him, Brianna can't get him out of her mind.

She's a no-holds-barred, kick-butt, don't-cover-the-ugly-parts archaeologist. History wants to teach her a lesson. Caitlin lands hard on the decks of an infamous ship - with only 24 hours before it sinks, and John is missing. Trapped in 1912 on the Titanic, sand is slipping through the hourglass as she tries to jump ship before it plunges to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Time is a healer! Born into a family with the power to wield time, Elaine Marie Jacobs is tasked with a very special mission. Will this special little girl be able to right a very serious wrong and make sure the timeline continues?

Cycling through Time is about second and third chances. Trevor Rogers is one of the few people in the world who has access to his own past. Trevor's wife, Susan Rogers, a physicist, works in a highly contained government facility. The news of her pregnancy came the same week as news that Trevor had only a few months to live. The numbers all added up in her head. They did not look good.... Once she sent him to the past, they would both have to work smart and fast. When he returned from the past, they would hop into the gate together in their future.

This quirky, futuristic romp into extreme consumer activism pits time-traveling sentient giraffes and lions against each other in a society where corporations have total control. Who says crime doesn't pay?

Through Their Lenses is a collection of 29 award-winning short stories by tweens. These stories encompass a wide range of genres, inviting listeners to explore a wealth of important themes passionately crafted by these young writers, from a girl going on a quest to release a curse bestowed on her by a witch to a guy trying to escape after being stranded in a different time.

Med sina drömmars kraft reser Fiona till Surrealia och får viktiga lärdomar om livet. Fiona Orchard är en vanlig 7-årig tjej som bor med sina föräldrar Lars och Ling-Ling i Sydney. Fiona har dock en mycket livlig fantasi som manifesteras i form av verklighetstrogna drömmar där hon har kontroll.

Loaded with plot twists and surprises, this short story delivers a powerful message about forgiveness and how our life affects other people, even those we don't know. The book is widely endorsed by therapists and ministry leaders because it helps the listener to be set free from the bondage of unforgiveness.

Travel writing takes an erotic twist with these 24 tales of sexual adventure. Written to satisfy wanderlust or arouse it, Erotic Travel Tales offers explicit erotic fiction set in evocative locales, including Milan, Prague, Paris, New Orleans, San Francisco, and more. Such established sex writers as Maxim Jakubowski (the editor of Mammoth Book of Erotica), Helena Settimana, Christopher Hart, Alison Tyler, Thomas S. Roche, and M. Christian are featured.