Time Travel - An Unofficial Challenge

Good evening fellow travellers! I have a third unofficial challenge for you.

• Please find a little disclaimer at the bottom.

• You can find the results of my first two challenges here:

Mother Nature

1984

My new challenge is very simple:

Your story must include Time Travel.

That's it.

I have always been fascinated with time travel and the effects it causes etc. I love the Back to the Future films, Marvel's Endgame had a crack at it which again, I loved, even Loki the TV show had some. Then there's books, Timeriders is a big one, a series that I loved. But almost all of these have slight variations on what 'the rules' are regarding time travel. So I want to know your take on it.

Criteria:

Short stories only please! I would like anything under 1000 words. This could be stretched, but not by a lot as I don't have loads of time nowadays, and as much as I would love to read full novels by everyone I simply don't have the time!

Please note: I will not disqualify if it's say 1089 words, but if you're verging on 1500-2000 we could be looking at a bit too much - honestly this will depend on how many entries I get.

Comment back!

• Once your story is published, comment on this post, and link your story otherwise I won't find it!

• I will add the stories I see in the comments onto this post, so check back after a few days to make sure your story got added, and if it didn't, comment again to give me a new notification.

• Yes, you absolutely can link stories already written and published if they fit the criteria!

• You may submit as many entries per person as you would like!! As long as they all fit the criteria :)

• Please link this challenge in your story as well, so others can get attracted to the challenge and add their own entries!

• And most importantly, have fun, enjoy yourself, and don't stress out too much, because I know I do!

P.S. Yes I did copy most of this wording from my previous challenge. Which was copied from my first challenge :)

Deadlines:

• I'm starting this challenge on the 1st February 2025, and the last submissions will be accepted on the 11:59 (GMT) 28th February 2025 (no leap year unfortunately).

• Depending on how many submissions there are will depend on the results, but I will aim for Sunday 16th March.

• Both my partner and I will read them and decide which we love the most!

Prizes?

Yes, you will get some prizes, I promise. I have a small pot that I can dip into, so I will gift $10 in total.

Prizes as follows;

1st: $5

2nd: $3

3rd: $2

Please come back to this page in early March and make sure your story got added to the post! If it didn't, once again nudge me and I'll sort it!

I think that's everything, if you have any questions comment them down below!

Thank you and enjoy!

Liam Storm

Disclaimer:

I would like to apologise for any confusion regarding my previous post, I would love to say I can actually time travel, but I'm afraid I can't. This post I made yesterday regarding the results I'm afraid was just a play on the challenge and will not impact the results in any way.

Entrants:

1. Fifteen Years - Jbaz

2. Now Then - Mike Singleton

3. A Time Traveller's Nine Lives - Diane Foster

4. Happy to be Lost - John Cox

5. Butterflies and Songbirds - Shaun Walters

6. Butterflies and Ravens - Shaun Walters

7. In the Wake of Storms - Whimsical Wanderer

8. The race against time - Angie the Archivist

9. The Argumentative Voice - Mackenzie Davis

10. Simon and the Talisman of Time - Rachel Deeming

11. "Wow!" she said - The Schizophrenic Mom

12. One Day in November - Matthew Fromm

13. A Little Imagination And A Steady Breeze - Kelli Sheckler- Amsden

14. Fierce Tears - Addison Alder

15. The Art of Projection - Lamar Wiggins

16. Head of the Gang - JBaz