The Second Time Travel Megapack: 23 Modern and Classic Stories Read online

  Table of Contents

  COPYRIGHT INFO

  A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

  THE MEGAPACK SERIES

  SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES, by Robert J. Sawyer

  THE BUSINESS, AS USUAL, by Mack Reynolds

  THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 18, by Grendel Briarton

  TIME WELL SPENT, by George Zebrowski

  THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner

  SAVING JANE AUSTEN, by Robert Reginald

  IN THE CARDS, by Alan Cogan

  A WITCH IN TIME, by Janet Fox

  YESTERDAY’S PAPER, by Boyd Ellanby

  A MATTER OF TIME, by Robert Reginald

  THE MAN WHO SAW THROUGH TIME, by Leonard Raphael

  CAVERNS OF TIME, by Carlos McCune

  THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 110, by Grendel Briarton

  LOST IN TIME, by Arthur Leo Zagat

  THE LAND WHERE TIME STOOD STILL, by Arthur Leo Zagat

  OUTSIDE OF TIME, by Carroll John Daly

  BULL MOOSE OF BABYLON, by Don Wilcox

  COMPOUNDED INTEREST, by Mack Reynolds

  THE MAN WHO CHANGED HISTORY, by John York Cabot

  TIME ON YOUR HANDS, by John York Cabot

  INSIDE TIME, by Tim Sullivan

  THROUGH TIME AND SPACE WITH FERDINAND FEGHOOT: 116, by Grendel Briarton

  THE GALLERY OF HIS DREAMS, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  COPYRIGHT INFO

  The Second Time Travel Megapack is copyright © 2014 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the publisher.

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  “Seems Like Old Times,” by Robert J. Sawyer, originally appeared in Dinosaur Fantastic. Copyright © 1993 by Robert J. Sawyer. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Business, As Usual,” by Mack Reynolds, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1952. Copyright © 1952 by Mercury Press, Inc. Copyright renewed 1980 (renewal #RE0000068550). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.

  “Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 18,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept. 1959. Copyright © 1959 by Mercury press, renewed 1987. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.

  “Time Well Spent,” by George Zebrowski, originally appeared in Nature. Copyright © 2013 by George Zebrowski. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Day Time Stopped Moving,” by Ed Earl Repp (writing as Bradner Buckner), originally appeared in Amazing Stories,February 1939.

  “Saving Jane Austen,” by Robert Reginald, originally appeared in Katydid & Other Critters: Tales of Fantasy and Mystery, by Robert Reginald (Ariadne Press, 2001), and revised for The Elder of Days: Tales of the Elders, by Robert Reginald (Borgo Press, 2010). This version has been slightly edited. Copyright © 2001, 2010, 2013 by Robert Reginald.

  “In the Cards,” by Alan Cogan, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1956.

  “A Witch in Time,” by Janet Fox, originally appeared in Fantastic Stories, Sept. 1973. Copyright © 1973 by the Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.

  “Yesterday’s Paper,” by Boyd Ellanby, originally appeared in Other Worlds Science Fiction, June 1953.

  “A Matter of Time,” by Robert Reginald, originally appeared in slightly different form in Katydid & Other Critters: Tales of Fantasy and Mystery. Copyright © 2001, 2013 by Robert Reginald. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “The Man Who Saw Through Time,” by Leonard Raphael, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, September 1942.

  “Caverns of Time,” by Carlos McCune, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, July 1943.

  “Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 110,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Jan. 1983. Copyright © 1983 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.

  “Lost in Time,” by Arthur Leo Zagat, originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Popular Library, Inc. Copyright renewed 1964 (renewal #R321789). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.

  “The Land Where Time Stood Still,” by Arthur Leo Zagat, originally appeared in Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1936. Copyright © 1936 by Popular Library, Inc. Copyright renewed 1964 (renewal #R321789). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.

  “Outside of Time,” by Carroll John Daly, originally appeared in Weird Tales, Jan. 1950.

  “Bull Moose of Babylon,” by Don Wilcox, originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, April 1943.

  “Compounded Interest,” by Mack Reynolds, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1956. Copyright © 1956 by Mercury Press, Inc. Copyright renewed 1984 (renewal #RE0000216995 ). Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.

  “The Man Who Changed History,” by David Wright O’Brien (writing as John York Cabot), originally appeared in Amazing Stories, Feb. 1942.

  “Time on Your Hands,” by David Wright O’Brien (writing as John York Cabot) originally appeared in Fantastic Adventures, April 1944.

  “Inside Time, by Tim Sullivan, originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 2009. Copyright © 2009 by Tim Sullivan. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  “Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 116,” by Grendel Briarton, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, July. 1989. Copyright © 1989 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Reginald Bretnor.

  “The Gallery of his Dreams,” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, originally appeared in 1991 as a limited edition chapbook from Axolotl Press in July 1991 (and was reprinted by Asimov’s Science Fiction in Sept. 1991). Copyright © 1991 by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Reprinted by permission of the author.

  A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER

  I have always loved time travel stories...and it seems I’m not alone. The Time Travel Megapack proved to be one of the most popular volumes in the series, so we put our heads together (ouch!) and assembled a follow-up, with even more modern and classic takes on the time travel theme.

  We actually had a few complaints about our very broad interpretation of “time travel” in the last book. We included the original “Buck Rogers” novel, Armageddon 2419 A.D., by Phillip Francis Nowlan, in which a contemporary man ends up hundreds of years in the future. (Who says time travel has to be a two-way street?) Others readers hated, hated, hated to the Feghoot stories...which still others praised as great fun and the best thing in the book!

  Well, you can’t please everyone. Hopefully you can find something in this volume to enjoy. I certainly think we’ve come up with another winner.

  Enjoy!

  —John Betancourt

  Publisher, Wildside Press LLC

  www.wildsidepress.com

  ABOUT THE MEGAPACKS

  Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”

  The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This i
ncludes John Betancourt, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, A.E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).

  RECOMMEND A FAVORITE STORY?

  Do you know a great classic science fiction story, or have a favorite author whom you believe is perfect for the Megapack series? We’d love your suggestions! You can post them on our message board at http://movies.ning.com/forum (there is an area for Wildside Press comments).

  Note: we only consider stories that have already been professionally published. This is not a market for new works.

  TYPOS

  Unfortunately, as hard as we try, a few typos do slip through. We update our ebooks periodically, so make sure you have the current version (or download a fresh copy if it’s been sitting in your ebook reader for months.) It may have already been updated.

  If you spot a new typo, please let us know. We’ll fix it for everyone. You can email the publisher at [email protected] or use the message boards above.

  THE MEGAPACK SERIES

  MYSTERY

  The First Mystery Megapack

  The Second Mystery Megapack

  The Achmed Abdullah Megapack

  The Bulldog Drummond Megapack*

  The Carolyn Wells Mystery Megapack

  The Charlie Chan Megapack*

  The Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Megapack

  The Detective Megapack

  The Father Brown Megapack

  The Girl Detective Megapack

  The Second Girl Detective Megapack

  The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack

  The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

  The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

  The Jacques Futrelle Megapack

  The Anna Katharine Green Mystery Megapack

  The Penny Parker Megapack

  The Philo Vance Megapack*

  The Pulp Fiction Megapack

  The Raffles Megapack

  The Red Finger Pulp Mystery Megapack, by Arthur Leo Zagat*

  The Sherlock Holmes Megapack

  The Victorian Mystery Megapack

  The Wilkie Collins Megapack

  GENERAL INTEREST

  The Adventure Megapack

  The Baseball Megapack

  The Cat Story Megapack

  The Second Cat Story Megapack

  The Third Cat Story Megapack

  The Third Cat Story Megapack

  The Christmas Megapack

  The Second Christmas Megapack

  The Classic American Short Stories Megapack, Vol. 1.

  The Classic Humor Megapack

  The Dog Story Megapack

  The Doll Story Megapack

  The Horse Story Megapack

  The Military Megapack

  The Pirate Story Megapack

  The Sea-Story Megapack

  THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION MEGAPACKS

  1. Winston K. Marks

  2. Mark Clifton

  3. Poul Anderson

  4. Clifford D. Simak

  5. Lester del Rey

  6. Charles L. Fontenay

  7. H.B. Fyfe

  SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

  The First Science Fiction Megapack

  The Second Science Fiction Megapack

  The Third Science Fiction Megapack

  The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack

  The Fifth Science Fiction Megapack

  The Sixth Science Fiction Megapack

  The Seventh Science Fiction Megapack

  The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack

  The Edward Bellamy Megapack

  The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack

  The Fredric Brown Megapack

  The First Theodore Cogswell Megapack

  The Ray Cummings Megapack

  The Philip K. Dick Megapack

  The Dragon Megapack

  The Randall Garrett Megapack

  The Second Randall Garrett Megapack

  The Edmond Hamilton Megapack

  The C.J. Henderson Megapack

  The Murray Leinster Megapack

  The Second Murray Leinster Megapack

  The Jack London Science Fiction Megapack

  The Martian Megapack

  The A. Merritt Megapack*

  The E. Nesbit Megapack

  The Andre Norton Megapack

  The H. Beam Piper Megapack

  The Pulp Fiction Megapack

  The Mack Reynolds Megapack

  The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack

  The Science-Fantasy Megapack

  The Robert Sheckley Megapack

  The Space Opera Megapack

  The Steampunk Megapack

  The Time Travel Megapack

  The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

  The Wizard of Oz Megapack

  HORROR

  The Horror Megapack

  The Second Horror Megapack

  The Achmed Abdullah Megapack

  The Second Achmed Abdullah Megapack

  The E.F. Benson Megapack

  The Second E.F. Benson Megapack

  The Algernon Blackwood Megapack

  The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack

  The Cthulhu Mythos Megapack

  The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack

  The Ghost Story Megapack

  The Second Ghost Story Megapack

  The Third Ghost Story Megapack

  The Haunts & Horrors Megapack

  The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack

  The M.R. James Megapack

  The Macabre Megapack

  The Second Macabre Megapack

  The Third Macabre Megapack

  The Arthur Machen Megapack**

  The Mummy Megapack

  The Occult Detective Megapack

  The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack

  The Vampire Megapack

  The Weird Fiction Megapack

  The Werewolf Megapack

  The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

  WESTERNS

  The Western Megapack

  The Second Western Megapack

  The Third Western Megapack

  The B.M. Bower Megapack

  The Max Brand Megapack

  The Buffalo Bill Megapack

  The Cowboy Megapack

  The Zane Grey Megapack

  The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack

  YOUNG ADULT

  The Bobbsey Twins Megapack

  The Boys’ Adventure Megapack

  The Dan Carter, Cub Scout Megapack

  The Dare Boys Megapack

  The Doll Story Megapack

  The G.A. Henty Megapack

  The Girl Detectives Megapack

  The E. Nesbit Megapack

  The Penny Parker Megapack

  The Pinocchio Megapack

  The Rover Boys Megapack

  The Second Carolyn Wells Megapack

  The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Megapack

  The Tom Swift Megapack

  The Wizard of Oz Megapack

  AUTHOR MEGAPACKS

  The Achmed Abdullah Megapack

  The H. Bedford-Jones Pulp Fiction Megapack

  The Edward Bellamy Megapack

  The E.F. Benson Megapack

  The Second E.F. Benson Megapack

  The Henri Bergson Megapack

  The Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson Megapack

  The Algernon Blackwood Megapack

  The Second Algernon Blackwood Megapack

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p; The B.M. Bower Megapack

  The Max Brand Megapack

  The First Reginald Bretnor Megapack

  The Fredric Brown Megapack

  The Second Fredric Brown Megapack

  The Wilkie Collins Megapack

  The Stephen Crane Megapack

  The Ray Cummings Megapack

  The Guy de Maupassant Megapack

  The Philip K. Dick Megapack

  The Frederick Douglass Megapack

  The Erckmann-Chatrian Megapack

  The F. Scott Fitzgerald Megapack

  The First R. Austin Freeman Megapack

  The Second R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

  The Third R. Austin Freeman Megapack*

  The Jacques Futrelle Megapack

  The Randall Garrett Megapack

  The Second Randall Garrett Megapack

  The Anna Katharine Green Megapack

  The Zane Grey Megapack

  The Edmond Hamilton Megapack

  The Dashiell Hammett Megapack

  The C.J. Henderson Megapack

  The M.R. James Megapack

  The Selma Lagerlof Megapack

  The Harold Lamb Megapack

  The Murray Leinster Megapack***

  The Second Murray Leinster Megapack***

  The Jonas Lie Megapack

  The Arthur Machen Megapack**

  The Katherine Mansfield Megapack

  The George Barr McCutcheon Megapack

  The A. Merritt Megapack*

  The Talbot Mundy Megapack

  The E. Nesbit Megapack

  The Andre Norton Megapack

  The H. Beam Piper Megapack

  The Mack Reynolds Megapack

  The Rafael Sabatini Megapack

  The Saki Megapack

  The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack

  The Robert Sheckley Megapack

  The Bram Stoker Megapack

  The Lon Williams Weird Western Megapack

  The Virginia Woolf Megapack

  The William Hope Hodgson Megapack

  * Not available in the United States

  ** Not available in the European Union

  ***Out of print.

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