One-Way Time Machine Science Fiction
the journal of literature and the arts at saint david ’ s school
One-Way Time Machine Science Fiction
The year was 2134 . I had just graduated from MIT and was looking for a job with a moderately high pay because , at the moment , I was completely broke . I was fortunate enough to secure an interview for a position that had significantly piqued my interest . It was for a company called Quantum Horizons , and they had a unique business model . Around five years earlier , they had developed the world ’ s first time machine . It was a huge breakthrough in the scientific community and an even bigger news story .
Everyone seemed to have an opinion about this new piece of technology . Some deplored the idea , stating that we should not be attempting to circumvent the traditional laws of our universe . Others were eager to test it out for themselves by traveling back to a previous era in our history .
There was a catch , though . Due to ethical reasons , the government had implemented a stringent set of laws that banned the act of traveling into the future , meaning it was only possible to travel into the past . And , because there were no time machines in the past , anyone who traveled to the past stayed in the past . There was no returning to the present .
Naturally , because profit is an inherent part of business , Quantum Horizons had started charging intrepid customers hundreds of thousands of dollars to travel to their favorite era of history , never to return . They had disseminated advertisements throughout the country to promote their business . In fact , I had found three concurrent promotions for the company ’ s services in that day ’ s newspaper . My potential job was to perform maintenance
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