Nelson S. Bond 1 hr 14 min read

Larry Wilson is about to miss his 11 o'clock express out of Philadelphia, an ordinary morning that is the last ordinary thing about to happen to him.

Nelson S. Bond's 1940 story opens in the bustle of a wartime-era city station before sweeping its everyman into a time-travel adventure. Brisk, inventive golden-age SF. Read it for a fast, fun tale where a missed train launches a man across the ages.

In its time

Published in 1940, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

1 hr 14 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Bill Edwards