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Mars Maze
A short, episodic, tongue-in-cheek story based on the Time Meddlers series.
Thirteen-year-old Matt Barnes, while searching for his father, a scientist trapped in quantum foam, ventures onto the red planet. He and his faithful, though reluctant, companion, Sarah Sachs, stumble through a canyon maze and make a grisly discovery – perhaps a bizarre twist of evolution. Things go downhill from there. After all, Mars is a planet with an unbreathable atmosphere and hurricane-force winds where your blood might boil. The perfect place for a summer vacation, or a short disastrous adventure. Will they escape the maze, and will they stop arguing long enough to survive their next deadly encounter?
Thirteen-year-old Matt Barnes, while searching for his father, a scientist trapped in quantum foam, ventures onto the red planet. He and his faithful, though reluctant, companion, Sarah Sachs, stumble through a canyon maze and make a grisly discovery – perhaps a bizarre twist of evolution. Things go downhill from there. After all, Mars is a planet with an unbreathable atmosphere and hurricane-force winds where your blood might boil. The perfect place for a summer vacation, or a short disastrous adventure. Will they escape the maze, and will they stop arguing long enough to survive their next deadly encounter?
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 11, 2012
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Deborah Jackson
9 books30 followersDeborah Jackson grew up in the Toronto region, received her undergraduate degree from the University of Ottawa and worked for many years in the healthcare field before beginning her writing career. She is the author of several science fiction and historical fiction novels. Deborah is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and Speculative Fiction Canada. Articles about Deborah and reviews of her books have appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, MORE Magazine, the RT Bookclub Magazine, Canadian Teacher Magazine, SF Site, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine and many more.
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August 25, 2025
Sarah and Matt use Matt’s dad machine to go to Mars and they find a weird spacesuit.
This short story is part of the Time Meddlers series and takes place after the third book. It’s definitely not to be read as a standalone story. That said, it doesn’t really feel like this story fits the series all that much. This story takes place on the planet Mars while the other stories are all about time travelling to the past. This story focuses more on exploring the planet and the mystery of the spacesuit, while the other stories in the series focus more on the history and the characters.
It’s quite a good short story with a cool space setting and an interesting mystery, but it doesn’t really feel like it gels well with the rest of the series. Might have been better as a standalone science fiction story. Still, it’s nice to have an extra little adventure with these two loveable characters.
This short story is part of the Time Meddlers series and takes place after the third book. It’s definitely not to be read as a standalone story. That said, it doesn’t really feel like this story fits the series all that much. This story takes place on the planet Mars while the other stories are all about time travelling to the past. This story focuses more on exploring the planet and the mystery of the spacesuit, while the other stories in the series focus more on the history and the characters.
It’s quite a good short story with a cool space setting and an interesting mystery, but it doesn’t really feel like it gels well with the rest of the series. Might have been better as a standalone science fiction story. Still, it’s nice to have an extra little adventure with these two loveable characters.
September 24, 2015
I guess you have to read the series - Time Meddlers - I haven't and I certainly didn't get this story.
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