Time Bent Anthology
Ghost Hunter Mystery Parable Anthology
Reeks: Ghost Hunter Mystery Parable Anthology
S. H. Marpel ; J. R. Kruze
- A
- different
- take
- on
- time
- travel.What
- if
- the
- "grandfather
- murder
- conundrum"
- didn't
- exist?
- Where
- you
- could
- freely
- travel
- in
- time
- without
- affecting
- your
- or
- anyone
- else's
- present?The
- trick
- is
- that
- this
- also
- tends
- to
- "haunt"
- you,
- even
- drive
- you
- insane...This
- anthology
- contains:Time
- Bent
- by
- S.
- H.
- Marpel
A
- World
- Gone
- Reverse
- by
- J.
- R.
- Kruze,
- S.
- H.
- Marpel
A
- Very
- Thin
- Line
- by
- S.
- H.
- Marpel-
- -
- -
- -Time
- Bent:TIME
- HAUNTED
- HER.
- IT
- didn't
- do
- what
- it
- was
- "supposed
- to"
- when
- she
- was
- around.It
- ran
- forward,
- backwards,
- sideways.
- Sometimes
- time
- helped
- her
- solve
- her
- problems,
- sometimes
- it
- made
- them
- worse.For
- a
- lovely
- young
- woman,
- you'd
- think
- there
- would
- be
- young
- men
- lined
- up
- to
- talk
- to
- her
- at
- any
- gathering.
- But
- she
- stayed
- away
- from
- them
- –
- perhaps
- to
- protect
- them
- from
- what
- was
- "haunting"
- her.Two
- Ghost
- Hunters
- came
- to
- help
- her
- solve
- it.
- But
- she
- left
- with
- only
- the
- promise
- of
- returning
- "just
- in
- time"
- -
- and
- didn'tOr
- was
- this
- time-problem
- contagious?
- Were
- other
- people
- at
- risk
- because
- of
- her
- -
- or
- could
- she
- pass
- it
- onto
- her
- children?Life
- didn't
- seem
- any
- more
- safe,
- just
- because
- you
- could
- bend
- time
- any
- way
- you
- wanted.A
- World
- Gone
- Reverse:When
- the
- hamburgers
- all
- disappeared,
- along
- with
- the
- buns
- I
- was
- warming,
- I
- thought
- I
- was
- seeing
- things.But
- when
- my
- spatula
- went
- through
- the
- cast-iron
- grill
- top
- -
- I
- had
- to
- let
- it
- go
- out
- of
- reflex.
- No
- way
- was
- I
- going
- after
- it
- -
- I'd
- been
- burned
- too
- many
- times.It
- wasn't
- like
- I
- had
- a
- choice
- after
- that.
- Because
- the
- grill
- itself
- dropped
- out
- through
- the
- bottom
- of
- the
- rolling
- coach
- we
- were
- cooking
- out
- of
- that
- summer.I
- looked
- up
- at
- Hami,
- my
- order-taker,
- business
- partner,
- and
- lover
- -
- only
- to
- see
- her
- fall
- through
- the
- floor
- as
- well.
- A
- look
- of
- shock
- and
- trying
- to
- say
- something,
- but
- frozen
- in
- time.Then
- the
- coach
- disappeared,
- and
- I
- fell
- with
- it
- -
- but
- only
- as
- far
- as
- the
- pavement
- it
- used
- to
- be
- parked
- on.
- I
- could
- see
- the
- asphalt
- beneath
- my
- feet
- at
- least.Until
- it
- turned
- to
- some
- sort
- of
- foamy
- waves
- lapping
- on
- a
- beach
- I'd
- never
- seen
- before.
- Green
- hard
- sand.
- Green
- water.And
- a
- long
- white
- line
- that
- went
- down
- this
- beach
- like
- it
- was
- some
- sort
- of
- dual-lane
- highway
- going
- nowhere...A
- Very
- Thin
- Line:I
- was
- walking
- in
- my
- pasture
- one
- sunny
- afternoon,
- when
- a
- pair
- of
- hands
- pulled
- me
- into
- the
- underworld.Once
- I
- arrived,
- I
- relaxed
- -
- a
- bit.
- Because
- it
- was
- an
- old
- friend.
- Carol.
- A
- time-bender
- and
- now
- a
- Lazurai
- as
- well.
- Meaning
- she
- could
- walk
- through
- rock
- -
- and
- other
- things."Hi
- John.
- How
- have
- you
- been?"
- Carol
- was
- standing
- in
- front
- of
- a
- crystal
- fire
- place,
- warming
- herself
- from
- the
- magma
- heat
- that
- was
- channeled
- out
- of
- the
- earth's
- core."Not
- bad,
- Carol.
- Other
- than
- being
- pulled
- deep
- into
- the
- earth
- without
- a
- simple
- request,
- or
- how-de-do.""Sorry
- about
- that.
- Really.
- But
- I
- need
- your
- help
- -
- because
- I'm
- worse
- than
- haunted
- now
- -
- I'm
- being
- hunted.""And
- I'm
- the
- only
- one
- who
- can
- help
- you?"She
- smiled,
- embarrassed,
- and
- shrugged.
- "Yeah,
- that
- about
- sums
- it
- up
- -
- other
- than
- how
- many
- people
- are
- after
- me..."-
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