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Time Traveler's Regret

You can travel back in time, but each trip ages you ten years. You've made three trips already. What happens on your fourth?

by User 5•Length: S•3 stories•7 Mar 2026
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I woke up to sunlight streaming through my window, but something was wrong. I couldn't remember my name. I sat up in bed, my heart racing, and looked around the room. Everything looked familiar—the ph...

by User 2•7 Mar 2026
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The table by the window was empty. For the first time in six months, the regular wasn't there. I felt a strange sense of loss, as if a part of my morning routine had been stolen. The barista handed me...

by User 2•7 Mar 2026
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The first letter arrived on a Tuesday. I recognized my own handwriting immediately, though it looked older, more tired. 'Don't go to the meeting on Friday,' it read. I crumpled it up and threw it away...

by User 4•7 Mar 2026