© Roger Bultot
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Used to be called the 59th Street Bridge but that was long ago. Now they call it the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, whoever he was. At least one thing didn’t change. Like in the old days, someone painted a heart on this bench. It’s nice to see.
I’ve been walking up and down the Eternity Road a long time, but not seventy years’ worth. Sure I’m almost seventy myself, but how long…since I was forty-five or so? All my friends are dead, but if I go back, I’ll be so old to them. Being a time traveler is a pain.
I took liberties with the photo prompt since I’m sure it’s not the Ed Koch bridge, but the old Simon and Garfinkel song was the first thing that popped into my head. I married that idea with a concept I’ve been using in my WIP, which I’ll talk about later assuming it’s accepted by the publisher.
I wrote this for the February 10th edition of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields‘ Friday Fictioneers writing challenge. The idea is to use the image above as the inspiration for creating a piece of flash fiction no more than 100 words long. My word count is exactly 100.
To read other stories based on the prompt, go to inlinkz.
My latest SciFi short story “Fall of the Tower” is featured in the Starry Eyed Press anthology One-Way Ticket. Give it a look.
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Not to mention the famous problem of accidentally killing your grandfather
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The old grandfather paradox. There are a lot of ways to avoid that. Mainly, don’t try to kill anyone in the past.
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Pros and cons of time travel. Nothing stays the same.
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True, but it’s a lot of fun.
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Yes, I understand the sentiments you raise. it is a pity that on the train of life’s journey we have to get off at our stop. If only we could choose where to stop or even get a return ticket.
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Time travel changes where we can stop, but we can never stop aging.
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A pain perhaps, but what a perspective it would allow someone to have of history.
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Quite true although I’m sure the actual history and what we read in the textbooks wouldn’t quite match.
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I love that song! great post.
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Thanks, Mason.
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A wonderful piece of science fiction.
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Thank you. Plenty more where that came from if you’re interested. https://poweredbyrobots.com/publications/
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Cleverly done, James. We must change and rename things just to keep it real. 🙂
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Nicely done, James. And it doesn’t matter what real bridge it is, this being a fiction group and all 😉
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True. Sometimes I can be too literal.
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Great story 🙂
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Thanks.
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I had a long discussion with a friend today, about travel in the future… but is there a future if it has not yet happened
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All time travel stories are wish fulfillment, so it’s not really a matter of physics, but imagination.
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Great story. Time travel sure has its quirks.
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Indeed it does. Thanks.
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Leaving so many behind would be tough. Better to travel with another, like Dr. Who.
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I must confess to never being a Doctor Who fan. I tried decades ago when Tom Baker was the Doctor but I couldn’t get the hang of it.
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That’s good then because you aren’t influenced by it for your story.
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Very entertaining! Thanks!
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You’re welcome.
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