Far Horizons: Tales of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. Issue #13 April 2015 | Page 103

trated on work. His theory was so innovative that he
feared exposing it to the public. And the recognition
it would give him, if it were public knowledge, would
be small compared to what he could get using it to his
own advantage. This was exactly what he planned to
do.
According to his theory - from time to time human
genetic patterns repeated themselves in an almost
identical way with minimal differences. This happened over huge intervals of time, but even though
each person living in the present had most probably a
fraternal twin living at some point in the past. He had
developed a machine which could find this twin, all
it needed was a small sample from the genetic material of the person living in the present. Beyond that
the machine could also exchange both twins in time,
opening a portal which would transport both humans
and switch their timelines.
Elliot smiled. If Bianca didn’t want him, he would
make do with her time twin.
2) Bianca’s home, 2229
Bianca heard her doorbell ring. Who can it be, at this
time? Her three husbands were all working.
She looked through the screen showing the outside
door. It was Elliot. She had half a mind to not answer
as she was tired of his insistence, but Elliot was also
a friend of two of her husbands so she had to keep the
dialogue with him to a minimum level of civility. She
opened the door.
Bianca sat at her usual place on the sofa. Great!
Thought Elliot. This way she wouldn’t notice the time
tunnel portal forming behind her.
“I must ask… ” He said. “The denial came from you
or from the other three?”

The woman looked at him confused, but answered.
“Well, Simon usually arrives at five. Joseph at eight
and Anton sometimes works during the night.”
Elliot walked near Bianca, then quickly grabbed her
at h