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Good decision Nathan. I'm off to find a tunnel. There must be one around here somewhere.

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Right? The tunnel is the start of an adventure.

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This is very you Bill. You certainly seem tantalised by the idea of time travel!

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Thank you, Jilly. I love time travel stories. I think I've read just about every one ever written, and because of that I feel compelled to write them.

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Great story, thank You Bill. Although the past sounds like an adventure filled with excitement….after living in more modern times with our current luxuries, at my age a one way ticket doesn’t appeal to me.

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Thanks, Dan. I'm glad you enjoyed The Tunnel. I agree: The past feels nostalgic, but I don't want to live without air conditioning (among other modern conveniences.)

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This was an incredible read. Love it and thanks for sharing❤️

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Thank you. I'm happy you enjoyed The Tunnel.

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Oh Bill. hope you don't time travel away from Substack, you would be missed . . .

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Thank you for your kind words, Sharon. I'm here to stay.

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Thanks for a great read read, Bill: You are indeed a very talented storyteller. I enjoyed reading "The Tunnel" as well as "Petra Jones' Phone." Since I've never had any prior experience with time tunnels, maybe I'm just confused. The only thing that I can't resolve is - if the workers were from1910 - how did they manage to go into the future of Nathan's time?

Rob in Yautepec

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Thanks Rob. I'm glad you enjoyed these two time travel tales.

You might also like Love Letters, which is my favorite time travel story: https://billadler.substack.com/p/love-letters.

As for building the tunnel, I can only offer this: Time travel is filled with mind-numbing confusion and contradiction. One day we'll figure it out.

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The cool thing about being a writer is that we can always create new possibilities in our story .. for instance; maybe the workers in the tunnel were not exactly "ordinary" workers....

Keep up the good work, Bill.

Rob in Yautepec

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Thank you, Rob.

I agree: As writers, we can do anything.

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Another exceptional story! And again, I can imagine this one as a book.

You are one talented writer and you have quite the vivid imagination.

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Thanks, Donna!

I especially enjoy writing Time Travel tales and I'm glad you liked The Tunnel.

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Backwards compatible 🤣

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It's tempting to take the tunnels all the way to the end. Or is it the beginning?

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Oh hats cool

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Thanks, Kathy. I glad you liked The Tunnel.

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What a great story, Bill! It is beautifully written and constructed. I’d be curious to take a look, but I’m not sure I’d be brave enough to leave this modern world behind.

“The Tunnel” will stay with me for a long time.

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Awesome story, Bill. I love a good time tunnel. Except the ones where you land in the middle of a Civil War battle.

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I would agree. Battles are not the place to travel to...but that might make for a good story.

I'm glad you enjoyed The Tunnel.

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