The Recent Future
by Dani Ripley
Two sixth-graders, Scout and her genius best friend Billy, build a time machine to go
back and save Billy’s dad who was “blown up in Iraq.”
He surprised everyone by declaring his intention to build a time machine so he could go
back and save his dad.
“The Recent Future” by Dani Ripley, Daily Science Fiction, 7 October 2014 [webzine].