ABANDONED. Short story ghost/time traveller influenced by J W Dunne

[Crispin]

Hi

I'm trying to find a ghost/time travel short story I read a year or so ago but cannot remember who it was by, where I might have read it or even very much about the story line!

I remember reading an intro about the story which suggested it was influenced by J W Dunne's An Experiment in Time. I thought it might have been a J B Priestley story but can't find a synopsis of any that sound similar.

Anyway, all I can recall is something to do with a house and a gate at the end of the garden and an oldish gentleman who keeps stopping at the gate and is either talking to the protagonist or is observed by the protagonist. The impression at first is given that he is a ghost but then suggests he's a time traveller. Or at least I think that was the idea. My memory of it is so vague, I have a more clear memory or reading that it was influenced by Dunne than what the actual story itself was.


Thanks in advance for any help

[Crispin]

I've been racking my brain on this for more info.

I'm not sure if I'm getting this mixed up with another story now but I think the old gentleman may be a familiar character in the village where it's set. For example the protagonist goes to a pub and the locals talk about him a bit like he's the local ghost that everyone is familiar with.

My memory is so vague I'm not sure if I'm imagining bits now!

[Kate]

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[Kris]

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