Time travel in a variety of ways. Through a secret government project, through a time tunnel in the back of a school locker. With a watch, whether fancy or cheap. And in the final story, a man joins a corporation covered in dust. Five science fiction stories presented here come packed with wonder.

Escape your own world into these wondrous and imaginative places in these six science fiction short stories by Rob Vagle.In a world . . .Where a new form of execution transforms more than just the condemned.Where a being made of gears and scales calculates a human life’s monetary worth.Where a stranger courts away mirror reflections of others, leaving one narcissist desperate andalone.Where the Earth holds what completes each of us to fill th...

Where Everything GoesExtraordinary writer, Rob Vagle, offers a brief, wild and freaky trip.Roger, a homemaker dad, takes a trip down a rabbit hole in the form of the laundry dryer.A heartfelt tale of items lost, time slipping away, and dealing with the moment.

Time Travel Is For The TreesStuart and his whole family gather in the backyard to build a tree house in the enormous elm tree. But when the air shimmers and the birds go crazy, they find out they are not alone and learn even arborists can travel through time.An enchanting twist on the use of time travel in a heartfelt and humorous tale.

Dispatch From The Other SideYoung Antonio Vega lives in America with his Aunt Maria after losing his family, as an infant, crossing the Mexican border eighteen years earlier. On the morning of July 22, 2036, his Aunt pushes him out the door because of the infamous postcard.That infamous postcard arrived in 2019 with a mysterious message for Antonio Vega with coordinates and a future date for a dispatched message from Carmen Vega, his deceased mother.

The afterlife in The Eternal Bar.The bartender has drinks to make Adam remember, drinks to make Adam forget, drinks to bring back any moment of his life.Exit through the ancient double doors in the back.Except Adam waits. He waits for his wife, Margaret. For decades he waits.The bartender offers him one of the black bottles from the top shelf behind the bar. The black bottle holds answers but the drink would transform him.Adam is growing tired of wai...

ConfessionalFrom the acclaimed Rob Vagle, writer of the weird and fantastic.Patrick Sanders enters a quiet bathroom stall for some welcome alone time. But the moment of peace breaks when a ghost in the stall next door begs Patrick to absolve him.A short story that is both a ghost story and a crime story, filled with chills.

Dog StepsGo the direction the spirit moves you. That is Dog’s way.After losing his home, Dog is on the road trying to find another home and more humans to love. When he meets a young hitchhiker a connection is forged, but humans make bad choices and the fist of the law threatens to sever that new connection.In the spirit of The Littlest Hobo, acclaimed writer, Rob Vagle, brings a heartfelt story about Dog facing the world in the only way he knows how.

Ready MundaneFrom acclaimed author, Rob Vagle, the writer of the weird and fantastic.Brian works the graveyard shift at Ready Fuel because of the quiet. But tonight alien hunters, a breach between worlds, and sentient flames will upend his mundane life.A humorous science fiction short story about events that offer a glimpse into a world one young man never knew existed.

Eternal FlameFrom the acclaimed author, Rob Vagle, the writer of the weird and fantastic.Flame is a dragon raised alone in a broken world without another one like her. When a dead dragon washes up on the shore clues point towards the west. Over the ocean and beyond there might be dragons.An intimate fantasy tale about the heart of a dragon.

Fancy Names For BlueBenjamin, a widower, rents an island to get away from it all and build sculptures in the beach sand. Alone.When a raft with two dirty and disheveled men approach his beach, he attempts to help. The men wear jumpuits. Benjamin thinks they look like clowns without makeup.By the time Benjamin notices the blood stains his vacation is over. Ruined.Isolated with his life in peril.

Walking NonexistentInventive writer, Rob Vagle, dazzles with a transcendent short story.Jessie leads a fragile existence. For your eyes only, if you can keep a promise and a secret.A bittersweet study on the nature of human existence. A story of love and the drive for human connection.