The Hourglass Path

Book One of the Continuum Cycle trilogy

von S Michael Edwards

46 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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Seven stories. Seven fractures in time.The Hourglass Path is a high-concept speculative short story collection-the foundational entry in The Continuum Cycle.Inside, explore seven distinct, bite-sized tales where everyday life collides with subtle temporal anomalies: - The Afternoon That Vanished - A single afternoon slips through the cracks of reality, leaving behind a mystery that can't be unlearned.- The Lost Summer of 1998 - Nostalgia meets a temporal rupture, unearthing memories that shouldn't exist.- The Commute That Felt Like a Blink - A routine daily drive turns into an unsettling glitch in time.- The Birthday That Arrived Too Soon - When time accelerates, a celebration becomes a race against an unfolding future.- The Week That Wouldn't End - Trapped in a subtle loop of repetition, where every choice echoes endlessly.- The Year That Disappeared Into Routine - The frightening speed at which unremembered time slips away-and what is stolen in the process.- The Day They Realized They'd Grown Up - A poignant, high-concept look at the quiet moment childhood becomes history.Looking for quick, thought-provoking sci-fi you can read in a single sitting?Perfect for commuters, busy readers, or fans of time-bend fiction and speculative mysteries.Scroll up and hit "Buy Now" or "Read for Free" with Kindle Unlimited to enter the Continuum today!The Continuum CycleAcross three books, The Continuum Cycle explores a world where time is not an abstract measure but a living force-felt, carried, borrowed, and sometimes broken. The trilogy moves between intimate vignettes and sweeping narrative, revealing how ordinary lives bend under the quiet weight of passing hours.In The Hourglass Path, a constellation of standalone stories introduces the rules and mysteries of this universe, each centered on a different figure point whose choices ripple through unseen timelines.The Timekeeper's Ledger narrows the focus to a single journey, following Marlin Quill as he uncovers the machinery behind time itself-its ledgers, its guardians, and the consequences of imbalance. Finally, Borrowed Seasons returns to multiplicity, offering a reflective collection of stories shaped by the emotional weather of the four seasons and the moments we hold onto before they slip away.Together, these books form a tapestry of possibility, consequence, and memory-an exploration of how time shapes us, and how we shape it in return.

• ISBN: 9798191180106
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.08.2026
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp