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    Clocking Time
    Clocking Time
    Clocking Time
    Ebook35 pages26 minutes

    Clocking Time

    By Mark MCCLURE

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    Two teenagers share a secret superpower: clock jumping.

     

    Confined to his house by the authorities, remote viewer Briann enters into the life and times of a Japanese girl, Nina.

     

    But as Briann's feelings for Nina grow, he must overcome his fear of this unpredictable power and make one final jump before his time runs out forever.

     

    A time travel short story about first love and tough choices.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJFR Publishing
    Release dateOct 31, 2020
    ISBN9781393207283
    Clocking Time
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    Mark MCCLURE

    Mark McClure writes mostly science fiction. Join my email newsletter and I’ll send you occasional news, book updates, and relevant promotional info. https://www.markmccluretoday.com/blog/newsletter/ New subscribers also get my free sci-fi short story: ‘Alien Trader’ Current projects:  - Writing 52 short stories in 52+n weeks about life, reality and worlds unknown. - Three science fiction books involving time travel, parallel worlds and emerging technologies. Follow me on: BuyMeaCoffee: markmcclure

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      Book preview

      Clocking Time - Mark MCCLURE

      Clocking Time

      Copyright 2020 by Mark McClure

      All Rights Reserved.

      Cover art by Andres Rodriguez

      This book is a work of fiction. The characters, places and events are either the products of the author’s own imagination, or are used entirely fictitiously.

      Published by JFR Publishing

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      Join Mark's email newsletter, and get a free sci-fi short story: ‘Alien Trader’.

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      Contents

      Clocking Time

      a time travel short story

      Writer’s Notes

      About the Author

      Brain Read - Introduction

      Clocking Time

      a time travel short story

      Monday. 10:55 a.m. 22 December. Year 30.

      My window’s half-open but I make sure the door is locked. Dad-bot’s working at home today and I don’t want him disturbing this jump. I check my tablet’s set to record whatever happens next.

      Lying here on my bed in our dull little house in dreary old Albion, I close my eyes, and place my thumb on a slight indentation about a centimeter above my left ear. This is my signal for the induction sequence to start.

      Once the timepiece’s grainy image appears, I focus on breathing in phase with its moving pendulum until, on the stroke of eleven, I’m immersed in sensory data that make no sense and looking out through eyes not my own.

      You in my world now, says Nina, her voice growing stronger as our thought streams entwine like two threads on a spool.

      I’m so excited I blurt out the first words that come to mind.

      You never heard of Albion?

      Sorry, I don’t. Her voice trails off.

      Sometimes I forget she taught herself textbook Albionish.

      I rephrase my question as a statement.

      Albion is where I live. It’s an island next to France. You know, Europe.

      She doesn’t answer.

      Nina?

      Gomen. I mean, sorry. I show you map.

      Jumps are so frustrating. I understand every word in Albionish she’s thinking, but what she sees remains a fuzzy mesh of dark blotches and moving squiggles.

      Her auditory cortex is now ablaze with messages. Another female voice speaks Japanese so fast I catch only a

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