I enjoy writing time travel stories. Time travel is my favorite genre because it lets me play with endless what-ifs.
I've written about a couple that travels into the distant past and how that affects their love (Love Letters), a man who finds happiness in a time long ago (The Tunnel), a dying woman who gets the treatment she needs in the far future (The Ferris Wheel), a hopscotch board that's a time portal (Hopscotching), and more.
The MRI let me explore the question: What if our younger and older selves swap times? As I played with this idea, I realized that our older self would travel back knowing everything that had happened. (Whether they could undo the mistakes they made is another question.) But our younger self, suddenly old, would feel they missed a lifetime of joy and happiness, even if it had been a miserable life.
This was another of your time travel jaunts and brilliantly executed. I have only had one experience of an MRI and I have to admit my first thought was "Suppose there's a nuclear war whilst I'm in here. How will I know?"
Love the idea of MRI as time machine! I had to get an MRI of my head a while back and this brought me right back to being in the metal tube. For some reason, my technician only played Billy Joel the whole time I was in there, felt like I was on the verge of being teleported to New Jersey (of all places!)
This brings up an interesting point that doesn’t normally get addressed in these types of stories (what would you call it? Mental time travel?) like the movie “13 going on 30”. If your old self goes back into the body of your younger self or vice versa, what happens to the original consciousness that was there? I suppose the normal outcome in this situation is that the original consciousness was overwritten, so the idea that both consciouses swap places is a very unique take on the genre.
Whoa! What just happened Bill Alder? I'm an ER Nurse I know all the tricks to these MRIs they can def... take you places to the unknown. Excellent read.
Well done, Bill. Who doesn't want to have a portal into the past for a right proper do over? Oh yeah, me. I liked it though. Well done. Interesting concept.
"He ached everywhere ...varicose veins hurt ...insomnia ... hearing ... peed every five minutes...acid reflux ... His back." Get out of that MRI, Casey! It's all normal... sounds like you are just getting old. Clever story, Bill!
I enjoy writing time travel stories. Time travel is my favorite genre because it lets me play with endless what-ifs.
I've written about a couple that travels into the distant past and how that affects their love (Love Letters), a man who finds happiness in a time long ago (The Tunnel), a dying woman who gets the treatment she needs in the far future (The Ferris Wheel), a hopscotch board that's a time portal (Hopscotching), and more.
The MRI let me explore the question: What if our younger and older selves swap times? As I played with this idea, I realized that our older self would travel back knowing everything that had happened. (Whether they could undo the mistakes they made is another question.) But our younger self, suddenly old, would feel they missed a lifetime of joy and happiness, even if it had been a miserable life.
This was another of your time travel jaunts and brilliantly executed. I have only had one experience of an MRI and I have to admit my first thought was "Suppose there's a nuclear war whilst I'm in here. How will I know?"
Love the idea of MRI as time machine! I had to get an MRI of my head a while back and this brought me right back to being in the metal tube. For some reason, my technician only played Billy Joel the whole time I was in there, felt like I was on the verge of being teleported to New Jersey (of all places!)
I really enjoyed it !
This brings up an interesting point that doesn’t normally get addressed in these types of stories (what would you call it? Mental time travel?) like the movie “13 going on 30”. If your old self goes back into the body of your younger self or vice versa, what happens to the original consciousness that was there? I suppose the normal outcome in this situation is that the original consciousness was overwritten, so the idea that both consciouses swap places is a very unique take on the genre.
Nice twist Bill. I like the link to Ferris Wheel too!
Whoa! What just happened Bill Alder? I'm an ER Nurse I know all the tricks to these MRIs they can def... take you places to the unknown. Excellent read.
I prefer the first Casey MRI. But what if my new life was awful? We can’t control everything. And I had a pretty good life. Glad it’s fiction. 🤓
The next time I have to get an MRI, I will be reminded of this story! Nicely done, Bill! :) Let's hope I won't need an MRI ...
Well done, Bill. Who doesn't want to have a portal into the past for a right proper do over? Oh yeah, me. I liked it though. Well done. Interesting concept.
Yahoo, I'm getting a PET scan this week. Look out world, here I come again.
My god man your good.
"He ached everywhere ...varicose veins hurt ...insomnia ... hearing ... peed every five minutes...acid reflux ... His back." Get out of that MRI, Casey! It's all normal... sounds like you are just getting old. Clever story, Bill!
That would suck. Go back in time 50 years and thinking you have a chance to change things but you get yanked back before you can do anything.
Ah, the multiverse, she can be a fickle beast. This was great, Bill, I really enjoyed how you used the MRI. Very original!
Time is not kind to any of us.