In Times Like These (In Times Like These, #1)

by Nathan Van Coops

“It doesn’t pay to insult another time traveler. In fact you should make it a rule of thumb to never anger anyone today, who can go back and stab you yesterday.”

“If you find a timestream you can live with, don’t be afraid to stay a while. The grass isn’t always greener. Sometimes they don’t even have grass.” -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 2208

As a teacher of anything it is often difficult to remember that just because you have covered something does not mean it has sunk in properly, or really been processed to the point of understanding.

“I like to believe that my discovery of time travel was for the betterment of mankind, but I must be honest with myself. It has spawned its share of weirdos” -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 2088

“I once met a time traveler who insisted on only traveling to his own birthdays. He claimed he was over a thousand years old. I found the idea rather ridiculous, but I have to admit, he did get a lot of free drinks that way.” -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 2115

“If you post your used concert tickets on Craigslist and someone actually buys them, you know you’ve found yourself a time traveler.” -Excerpt from the journal of Dr. Harold Quickly, 2013

Lawrence holds his hands up and wiggles his fingers around. “Wibbly wobbly, timey wimey.”

“Dr. Who? . . . Nobody?” “Dr. Who?” Francesca says. “Is he another scientist?” “Ha. No. He’s a TV alien. You guys really are babes in the woods aren’t you? Twenty-first century time travelers and you’ve never even heard of Dr. Who? If the Journeymen hadn’t torched my digital media library, I’d make you sit and watch every episode till you were properly ready to have intelligent conversation on time travel culture.”

“One unusual fringe benefit of time travel is the ability to visit your own grave. Personally I find the practice a tad morbid, but I do get some satisfaction from the fact that the disproportionate dates on my tombstones have confounded many a passerby.” -Excerpt from the journal of Harold Quickly, 1897

You can never change the past. Not really. You can just choose to live in a time where things are different.”