THE BIG LOOP • by Bill Doorley

“Control, this is TIDO on the big loop.”

“Go, TIDO.”

“I have a Hawking anomaly on the timeline. Might be the start of a loop.”

“CHRONO, any secondary indications?”

“Negative, Control. Timecraft systems are nominal. I still have the return at three-five, one-six, plus or minus two.”

“Mission Control, this is Pilgrim Thirteen, do you copy?”

“Loud and clear, Thirteen.”

“We just felt a wicked shimmy here.”

“Control, TIDO, another Hawking!”

“Okay, let’s not panic, people. Work the problem.”

“Control, this is TIDO.”

“Go, TIDO.”

“I have a Hawking anomaly on the timeline. Might be the start of a loop…”


Bill Doorley: Born 1957, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Still alive.


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