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Cronus: 5* Don't trust white people with time travel. They undid a bunch of black history pivotal moments, causing the remaining black people to get FMP (False Memory P...). Annabeth works for Cronus, the time travel agency, and she is recruited to get other black people to rechange the past.

All Manner of Thing Shall Be: 2* A bunch of "vampires" (they are different kinds, one is a ghoul, but all consume humans) live together in a house. They can time travel (one is obsessed with this one writer, another wants to kill Magellan), but somehow they end up in a time loop? I struggle to follow the story so much.

A Visit to the Husband Archive: Either 1 or 2*, I'm not sure I get what is happening here and this being an audiobook only thing, I struggle to put it together even more. Esther's new husband John tries to teach her about things, but she keeps forgetting. The gods/strangers are aliens who came to steal time, people are dying out. No time traveling here, I don't think, so why is this story in this collection?

For a Limited Time Only: 4* A man works for a time travel investment agency, but he only gets to travel in time to his own lifetime, never getting transfered to a more exciting time. His daughter Opal dies when she is 10, and his coworker from the future knew, which is why he never got promoted. He can sneak in visits to his daughter through his work. Crying a lot right now.

"Making Space" by R. F. Kuang

I really liked this short story. Kuang's prose is solid as ever and the scenario is intriguing. It reminded me a lot of the movie "Tennet." I think it is fascinating how Kuang achieves to depict an American progressive suburb-setting which feels decadent, cruel and sad at the same time. For me, this setting was the real horror, not the boy who comes from the future. 4/5

Making Space: 2* A childless woman finds an emaciated boy during a hike. He doesn't share his name, he isn't in the system. She and her husband become his foster parents. A friend of theirs suffers a late miscarriage after they visited. The husband suspects the boy, the woman flees with the boy from the future who wanted eden instead of the scorched time where he was.

3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years: 3* A man works as a technician for a time machine that sends people into another reality. The time travelers can only stay for 3 days, or 9 months, or 27 years. Some never return. Some try to change things, or meet celebrities. The technician is using his "employee perk" at the end to try to save the world? The narrator is not grabbing me, but the idea of fixed limits is interesting.

Mixed bag - I most enjoyed John Scalzi’s story and also enjoyed R F Kuang’s.

cronus ✅

all matter of things shall be ✅

olivie blake at … not her best i fear

for a limited time only ✅
a visit to the husband archive ✅

making space ✅

3 days, 9 months, 27 years ✅