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    The Suicidal Time Traveler
    The Suicidal Time Traveler
    The Suicidal Time Traveler
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    The Suicidal Time Traveler

    By James Remley

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    Imagine the intensity of a suspense thriller combined with elements of the science fiction and horror genre packed into a short story that will keep you guessing up until the last page.

    If you could meet yourself fifteen years in the past what would you say?

    Stephen Jenkins knows the answer. He has just met an older version of himself - the world’s first time traveler. The consequences of this ten minute meeting will ripple through his life until Stephen is finally able to confront Dr. Tim Lee the machines inventor.

    What Stephen doesn’t know is that the future isn’t what he what he was expecting.

    From The Suicidal Time Traveler:

    .....He began walking across the lawn instinctively feeling for the gun. He knew it was there a .357 revolver he had bought at a flea market from a bald man selling knives and temporary tattoos. The toothless Carney had dug it out of his travel trailer and sold it to him on the spot. No background checks just cash for merchandise. It was now tucked in the waist of his cargo shorts, underneath a worn out AC/DC t-shirt.

    “Mind if I join you.”

    Lee looked up. Squinting into the sun, he smiled, opened his hand as a gesture of acceptance and pointed to a space on the far side of the bench.

    “You are Dr. Tim Lee aren’t you?”

    Lee put his book down beside him and turned to the stranger. He hadn’t really looked at him the first time. He was a young guy, younger than him, in his early twenties. He was on the short side maybe five nine, a little husky, with a black goatee, rimless glasses, and puffy features. He looked a little spooked. An undergrad with questions about geometry he guessed.

    “Yes, I am” he answered waiting for the inventible.

    “Dr. Lee you ruined my life.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJames Remley
    Release dateMay 16, 2011
    ISBN9781458140555
    The Suicidal Time Traveler
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    James Remley

    James Remley is an author of short stories as well as a professor of history at Lewis and Clark college just outside of Portland, OR. He has been writing fiction for several years and has been published in numerous magazines. As an author he likes to write what he enjoys reading mainly science fictions and horror. James is also a jazz muscian. He spends many nights traveling with his band, the Argonauts across the Northwest playing at any place that will provide the group with a venue and black coffee. He lives with his wife of many years in Tigard on just under a half acre of land surrounded on all sides by a lush forest. As a student of history James has traveled the world twice in search of interesting places. The first trip included only a backpack and $5000 dollars saved by working as a carnival barker for three summers with his father. The second as a cruise ship director.

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      The Suicidal Time Traveler - James Remley

      The Suicidal Time Traveler©

      By James Remley

      Published by Atlas Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright© 2011 Jim Remley

      No more stalling, you have to move forward, he told himself again.

      Slowly he began walking across the lawn, instinctively feeling for the gun. He knew it was there, a .357 revolver he had bought at a flea market from a bald man selling knives and temporary tattoos. The toothless carney had dug it out of his travel trailer and sold it to him on the spot. No background checks just cash for merchandise. It was now tucked in the waist of his cargo shorts, underneath a worn out AC/DC t-shirt.

      Mind if I join you.

      Dr. Lee looked up. Squinting into the sun, he smiled, opened his hand as a gesture of acceptance and pointed to a space on the far side of the bench.

      "You are Dr. Tim Lee, aren’t you?"

      Lee put his book down beside him and turned to the stranger. He hadn’t really looked at him the first time. He was a young guy, younger than him, in his late twenties or early thirties. He was on the short side maybe five nine, a little husky, with a black goatee, rimless glasses, and puffy features. He looked a little spooked. An undergrad with questions about geometry he guessed.

      Yes, I am, he answered waiting for the inevitable.

      Dr. Lee, you ruined my life.

      Uh-oh, this kid must be in one of my classes and I didn’t even recognize him, thought Lee. He must be one of the wallflowers that always sit in the back of the class and are surprised when they get a D- on their midterms.

      Which of my classes are you having trouble with? Lee asked patiently. He had seen many students become despondent over one bad grade, even suicidal. A quick referral to one of his assistant professors would probably help the kid’s outlook.

      I’m not in any of your classes. My name is Stephen Jenkins. Jenkins paused for a split second, as he looked Lee in the eye. "Dr. Lee, what I’m about to tell you is going to sound crazy, and then you are going to realize

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