What Goes Around...

By Gary Kuyper

A time-travel tale of murder and deceit!

Attempting to perfect his MolSaP (Molecular Stimulator and Projector), a brilliant scientist instead discovers he has inadvertently constructed something far better - the first functional time machine. Now it is imperative that it remains a secret from his employers at Etronn, especially from the wily Roger Tlad; a task that would prove most difficult

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gary Kuyper
• Release date: Dec 8, 2010
• ISBN: 9781458112965

Gary Kuyper

Gary Kuyper began his professional literary career writing self-help and general interest articles for Daan Retief Publishers who produced a monthly book for their woman’s club called Woman’s Forum. These articles would sometimes require research and had titles as diverse as The Human Brain and Body Painting!Being a professional photographer on a part-time basis Gary has also managed to have his articles on photography (With accompanying photographs) published in books and magazines. He has also done some free-lance photography and photojournalism projects for numerous local newspapers.Over the past four years he has constantly managed to be one of the top finalists in the Nova Short Story Competition (A competition for budding writers of science fiction and/or fantasy).Last year (2009) Gary had the pleasure of seeing The Devil's Little Tadpoles grace the pages of the local SF & Fantasy Fanzine Probe.He is an avid film buff and amateur film maker. A few years ago I managed to take first prize in the SA Ten Best Film Makers Competition with a short film entitled The Crimson Cobra - An action-packed martial arts / superhero movie using some of the very talented local artists.He is a qualified prosthetics make-up artist and has used this talent on both amateur and professional productions. He has also appeared on television in a youth program especially made for enlightening people in the art of special effects make-up.Gary has a rather excellent general knowledge being not only an avid writer but reader of any material that is able to stimulate him cerebrally.He taught himself Adobe Photoshop and has become adapt and proficient enough at utilizing the software to such a degree that he has managed to sell a number of creations to various institutes and organizations. He is particularly fond of a logo designed for the Krazy Mug Coffee Shop and several covers that have graced the front of Probe.Gary has a vast knowledge of music and has appeared on the local Television Music Quiz Show Note for Note where he was able to win a substantial amount of prize money.In 2008 he entered the SF / Fantasy Mini Radio Play Competition and took first prize with his The Adventures of Captain Max Power of the Intergalactic Police - an obvious homage to the early Flash Gordon radio series’. A number of skilled professionals are now planning to produce Max to CD and have it aired on a local radio station (SAfm).All his literary and photojournalistic accomplishments have been done on a part-time basis due to the fact that his full time career is lecturing mathematics as well as engineering science at a Technical College. Although this is a most fulfilling profession, it has long been Gary's ideal to become a full-time writer – especially of fantasy, science fiction and horror novels.He has recently published his first full-length fantasy novel - The Chronicles of Baltrath: The DARK WIZARDS.As a considerable amount of time and effort has been expended in building the world of Baltrath, Gary has begun work on a sequel to The Dark Wizards.

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What Goes Around…

A time-travel tale of murder and deceit by

Gary Kuyper

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales, is entirely coincidental

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What Goes Around…

Six months ago I killed a man who claimed to have come from the future.

For a number of reasons…factors, the above statement is not entirely true.

Firstly, I didn’t actually kill him. Perhaps, allowed him to die, would be a more appropriate way to have phrased it.

Secondly, I am not sure if it was a man. The full-body metallic suit he…it wore was certainly humanoid in shape, but the voice beeped and buzzed tinny from the mouthpiece of the silver helmet. The eye-slit was too thin to determine the true nature of its ocular organs.

Thirdly, it did not claim to have come from the future. This proclamation I found written in the Queen’s English in a note that was inside an unlocked briefcase handcuffed around the suit’s wrist.

Now, you might find this strange, but the only part of my statement that I know to be undoubtedly accurate is the fact that this being had indeed come from the future.

The suit was constructed from overlapping metal panels and made the strangest humming sound. The droning was unlike any noise I had heard before. It was this very resonance that had beckoned me to my front door.

But, taking everything into consideration, it would be most logical to deduce that the creature that once inhabited the bizarre suit had indeed been a male of the human species; a pathetic laboratory assistant with an even more pitiable name - Niles Butterworth.

His death must have been rather painful. The screams were terrible and will probably haunt me for a very long time. I believe that I could have prevented his demise, but chose not to. I will shortly explain why, but let me start at the beginning; at the time I heard the alien sound.

It was late, around eleven thirty, and I was browsing over some important notes in my study when the reverberation was felt. Before the