★★★☆☆ For a Limited Time Only, by Peng Shepherd
There is nothing wrong with this story
For a Limited Time Only
Peng Shepherd
There is nothing wrong with this story
Peng Shepherd‘s For a Limited Time Only is the third installment of Amazon’s Time Traveler’s Passport series. At 39 pages, this one is firmly in short story territory.
I found it disappointing. I can’t really say why. It presents a non-trivial twist on Time Travel, without falling into any of the tired time-travel tropes. What’s more, the plot twist was novel and involved time travel in an essential way. The characters are gray business suits who have mostly ordinary cares.
I am disappointed in myself that I can’t explain why I didn’t enjoy this more than I did. It just never caught my interest.