historical fiction · new york city · pre-9/11 · tragedy · suspense · time travel · alternate history · dramatic · serious · moral dilemma
A low electrical hum fills the elevator car, thick with the quiet expectancy of tourists. It is September 10th, 2001. You are among visitors from the Emirates, ascending toward the observation deck of the Twin Towers. Without warning, reality splinters. A brutal premonition grips you: tomorrow, 2:14 PM. Aircraft veering off course. Metal rending. The Pentagon engulfed. The vision dissolves, leaving only the chilled air of the present moment. The fate of tomorrow rests in your unsteady hands. The world is waiting, unknowing, for your warning.