Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes
by Wendy Nikel
A church group, knitting in the Fellowship Hall, attempts to teach Jane, a new knitter,
how to cast on. They realize her dropped stitch has created a wormhole when Beverly, a
member of the group, falls into it. They can see she has gone back in time, but are
somehow able to reach into the wormhole and pull her back out. They spend the next
several minutes debating which Biblical event they would like to witness. The Pastor
eventually arrives and interrupts them, causing a disaster which, fortunately, does not
result in any loss of life.
— Tandy Ringoringo
And that, fellow members of St. Paul’s, is how our Fellowship Hall got sucked through
time and space and why today’s potluck will be held in the basement instead.
“Plain Jane Learns to Knit Wormholes” by Wendy Nikel, in
Flash Fiction Online, August 2017 [webzine].