TIME GETS AWAY FROM YOU
Bob sets out to explore a black hole.
Alice thinks she witnesses his demise.
Bob may return, but his time frame is no longer Alice’s.
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The Mistaken Time Traveller (Circa 2010)
The Mistaken Time Traveller (circa 2010),
originally published in Bangalore Review as flash fiction,
is actually a science-fiction, narrative, Shakespearean sonnet.
http://bangalorereview.com/2020/09/the-mistaken-time-traveller-circa-2010/
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