A woman gets a closer look at the Titanic than she expected in "A Night to Forget" by C.A. Verstraete, coming in TIMESHARES.
In my new story, "A Night to Forget," a woman's dream of visiting an exhibit of items from the RMS Titanic results in a closer look at the fabled ship than she ever expected.
The short story will be published in the TIMESHARES anthology from DAW books, edited by Martin Greenberg and sci-fi author Jean Rabe, coming March 2, 2010. The book is available for pre-order at Amazon.com
About the book: Sixteen original stories about taking your dream vacation-in any era you desire.
Take a vacation through time with the help of a Time Travel Agency offering excursions into the past and future. Readers will find themselves in exotic, adventurous locales-and in all manner of trouble and mysteries. And figures from the past will be able to squeak by the other way.
Picture Cleopatra in modern-day New York City, or Hannibal searching for elephants at Wisconsin's Circus World. And that's just the beginning of the thrills and danger...
Excerpt
From "A Night to Forget" by C.A. Verstraete
The building’s faded pink brick and dirty windows made Jessica Adams question whether she’d found the right place.
She eyed the ad once more before exiting the car. Matt should’ve come and checked the place like he promised. Would’ve saved her a trip, and a ton of aggravation, she muttered.
Her mood sour, Jess inched closer and tried to peer beyond the layer of dirt in the front window. The inside of the store was dim and dark, its secrets well hidden. She rubbed the dirt from the section of a pane of glass, her effort providing a slightly improved view of the items piled haphazardly on the window ledge. The collection included a faded cruise program, a black-and-white image of a woman in an elegant, ankle-length dress, and a pair of lady’s gloves, the tiny pearl buttons dull with age, the cloth’s once pristine white a memory.
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