Call Time
by Steve Jones· 2023
A time-travelling love letter to the 1980s, all about a spiritually empty corporate shark who discovers the means to avert his brother's childhood death via the use of an old telephone.
Bob Bloomfield's whole life changed when his little brother Tom was tragically killed in childhood. Now a ruthless corporate partner, with a 'materially rich, spiritually empty' existence, Bob has done enough living for two. But then the impossible happens.
A seemingly ordinary phone allows Bob to connect to the past... and speak with his twelve-year-old self. And his calls back through time are creating real changes in the present. Which leaves Bob with two questions: Is this a chance to prevent his brother's death? And will he like the world he's created if he succeeds?
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A time-travelling love letter to the 1980s, all about a spiritually empty corporate shark who discovers the means to avert his brother's childhood death via the use of an old telephone. Bob Bloomfield's whole life changed when his little brother Tom was tragically killed in childhood. Now a ruthless corporate partner, with a 'materially rich, spiritually empty' existence, Bob has done enough living for two. But then the impossible happens. A seemingly ordinary phone allows Bob to connect to the past... and speak with his twelve-year-old self. And his calls back through time are creating real changes in the present. Which leaves Bob with two questions: Is this a chance to prevent his brother's death? And will he like the world he's created if he succeeds?