A Stone’s Throw Through Time
I ejected before my plane hit the ground, the explosion showing a stone circle beneath me. My parachute slowed my descent. I felt a wave of dizziness, my head sticky where I’d hit the console; I was unconscious before I landed.
I awoke to find a young woman leaning over me in the bright morning light, mopping my face with a rag. Her matted hair hung loosely around her shoulders, beautiful clay patterns decorated her face and arms.
Everything was different now. Wattle and daub straw-thatched huts surrounded the henge. My plane… vanished. I definitely wasn’t in my time anymore.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI love stories of time travel and yours really captures the imagination Carrie, leaving us to wonder what now awaits the pilot and what may be learned about Stone Henge. Well written.
Thanks Linda. I love time travel stories too. I find the whole concept quite fascinating and actually started writing a children’s story about it back in my teens, several decades ago.
I went to the movies with a friend who had read ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’ and she was quite disappointed in the film. I’d not read the book but really enjoyed the film. Have your read the book or seen the film?
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleStarted reading the book once, but wasn’t keen on the writing style. Haven’t seen the film though.
The story and the picture go together so well. Well done.
Thanks Eric. It’s a place I’d love to visit someday.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleWow, another well-written story, Carrie. You captured my imagination completely from the beginning until the end of the story. Linda is right, I am also wondering now what life awaits the pilot.
Thanks for commenting Lotchie, glad you enjoyed it. The pilots name is Alexander, though he is known by the nickname ‘Sandy’. One thing that does await him is meeting some very close relatives. Oh what a tangled web we weave; that’s the awesome thing about time travel! Or about writing it anyway.
Thank you for adding the apostrophe to my title Voice-team ???
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I loved this story, Carrie. I’m particularly intrigued by the clay patterns on the woman’s face and arms. I also wonder about the picture – it doesn’t seem to be Stonehenge, since there are no lintels and there are mountains or hills in the background. I know there are many other ancient Henges – which one is pictured with your story?
That one is Castlerigg, near Keswick, Cumbria.
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleA super story! I love stories that take you back in time. It takes my imagination back in time as well.
I love time travel stories too, Daisy. I’ve learned more about history reading time travel stories than I ever did at school ?
This is another fascinating story, Carrie! It is very captivating and leaves me wondering if the protagonist would make it back to his own time or will he decided to stay where he is?
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To Leave Comments - Please SignIn with GoogleI indeed love the way the story ended. Suspense! How I wish it could proceed further.