In the moments before a jump, a traveler muses over the realities of time travel.
— Michael Main
That's a much nicer narrative device than having to find the right kind of black hole
orbiting the right kind of star and then build a machine around both of them.
DEBUT
“Historicity,” 365 Tomorrows,24 July 2013
[webzine].
VARIANTS
Debut. “Historicity,” 365 Tomorrows,24 July 2013 [webzine].
From a giant machine around a black hole orbiting a star, unspecified time ⋙ to an unspecified location, 700 years in the past. Note: The story leads up to the time jump, but does not include it.