That was very good. I'm really curious what you read that lead to this sort of time-traveling ghost-sh story. I wondered, with her calmness, if she might "slip through". But now, is she in the same situation? Running? Or saved? Maybe saved by the deadnowbutnotthen traveler? What a great story.
Excellent! attention grabbing tale... it did signpost where it was going and i felt like Pennys exposition tipped her into the spotlight of the time travelling monster but ultimately there was enough uncertainty around the edges that im not 100% sure what you intended...but to my mind the time travelling reckoner is within penny now...and who knows where she has got to!
Ha! Okay, admittedly, this all came about because I was reading about Mount Olive, which is a place that existed a long time ago in a location not too far from where I live, but doesn't anymore. I was fascinated by the idea that a fast-growing town can be poised to become a major political hub and then, thanks to the decision to move the county seat somewhere else, it pretty much disappeared from the map. It exists today under a different name and isn't even considered a real town anymore. That's wild to me!
The speculative elements arose from some other ideas I had been having, but setting it in a town destined to be "doomed" really helped everything fall into place. :)
A period Western as a backdrop setting for a time shifting sci-fi horror mystery...just so cool! I could see this as the seed for a sci-fi horror novella with lots of angles to explore. Just saying you know...
We wonder if she escaped, but my mind wondered if the creature came and took her, to clean up after the time traveler’s mess?
Maybe that’s reading into it too much and she did escape. But the tension was phenomenal. Excellent piece.
By the twitching of my thumbs,
Something eldritch this way comes.
Something so unusual, and what an intriguing story. I couldn't stop reading. Well done.
I suppose that's why the Doctor's always running...
But seriously, this is awesome. The best time travel/western story I've read since ever.
That was very good. I'm really curious what you read that lead to this sort of time-traveling ghost-sh story. I wondered, with her calmness, if she might "slip through". But now, is she in the same situation? Running? Or saved? Maybe saved by the deadnowbutnotthen traveler? What a great story.
This was so beautiful, eerie, and poetic! Exactly the story I needed today!
That was a cool mix of sci-fi into a western setting! 😄
So so good. Also love the name Penny Foote/Lucky Penny
Excellent! attention grabbing tale... it did signpost where it was going and i felt like Pennys exposition tipped her into the spotlight of the time travelling monster but ultimately there was enough uncertainty around the edges that im not 100% sure what you intended...but to my mind the time travelling reckoner is within penny now...and who knows where she has got to!
Fabulous story 😎
This. Is. Gorgeous. Oh my god, Sally. So many wonderful lines. Such a satisfying payoff. You are, and always will be, a legend.
What did the traveller tell her on those other nights? How to do it?
Very good 😊
Oh good!! I was a bit worried Time would allow for collateral damage. What was the story/factoid that inspired this?
Ha! Okay, admittedly, this all came about because I was reading about Mount Olive, which is a place that existed a long time ago in a location not too far from where I live, but doesn't anymore. I was fascinated by the idea that a fast-growing town can be poised to become a major political hub and then, thanks to the decision to move the county seat somewhere else, it pretty much disappeared from the map. It exists today under a different name and isn't even considered a real town anymore. That's wild to me!
The speculative elements arose from some other ideas I had been having, but setting it in a town destined to be "doomed" really helped everything fall into place. :)
An ambiguous end indeed....
A period Western as a backdrop setting for a time shifting sci-fi horror mystery...just so cool! I could see this as the seed for a sci-fi horror novella with lots of angles to explore. Just saying you know...