{"id":5573,"date":"2012-02-24T12:53:45","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T17:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2012-02-25T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2012-02-25T22:05:36","slug":"fiction-friday-the-travel-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=5573","title":{"rendered":"The Travel Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Harris Tobias is an enigma in the world of indie writers. His Facebook<\/a> and blogspot<\/a> pages are rather cryptic. For a man who has written several novels and hundreds of stories, there is simply not much to find out about him.<\/p>\n

This story, featured in Quantum Muse<\/a>, is a variation on a theme: \u00a0a tale spinning through time, literally.\u00a0 Myrna and Lester Crump need a vacation. Hearing from their friends about the wonders of a temporal trip, they come to pay a visit to Lorna Trabish to seek out the obscure and different…<\/p>\n

Submitted for your approval, “The Travel Agent”:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u201cWell, there\u2019s no time like the present you know?\u201d Lorna Trabish leaned on her desk for emphasis and opened the brochure. A full figured woman in her early sixties, Lorna looked the part of the eager to please travel agent. \u201cWe have tours to fit every budget and every activity level.”\u00a0 \u00a0She eyed the heavyset couple sitting across from her and gave them a dazzling capped tooth smile.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could visit the pyramids. We\u2019re having a big promotion right now\u2014two for the price of one. A tremendous savings. It\u2019s filling up fast. You get to be a part of a slave gang and actually help build the pyramids. Just think of the stories you can tell your friends. It\u2019s very exciting. We have a wonderful guide who will be your overseer. You get to live with a slave family and…\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s for us,\u201d interjected Myrna Crump who had been leafing through the brochure during Lorna\u2019s breathless pitch. \u201cLester doesn\u2019t like the sun.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The rest of the story can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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