In the Cards

By Alan Cogan

It is one thing to safeguard the future ... and something else entirely to see someone you love cry in terror two years from now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jovian Press
• Release date: Jan 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781537816234

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IN THE CARDS

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Alan Cogan

JOVIAN PRESS

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In the Cards

IN THE CARDS

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THE FIRST THING I DID when I bought my Grundy Projector was take a trip to about two years ahead and see what was going to happen to me. Everyone was doing it around that time; students were taking short trips into the future to learn whether or not they would pass their exams, married couples were looking ahead to see how many kids they were going to have, businessmen were going into the future to size up their prospects.

I took the trip because I was getting married and I couldn’t resist the temptation of finding out how things would work out with my fiancee Marge and myself. Not that I had any doubts about Marge, but the Grundy Projectors were guaranteed harmless and there’s no point in taking chances with a serious step like marriage.

Everybody was looking ahead then. Within a week after the Grundy Projectors were introduced, you could walk past homes every evening and see people with those shimmering bird-cages around them. Their bodies were there, but heaven knows when their minds were—months and often even years ahead of time.

I knew exactly when to go on my first time trip. I even knew where: I’d already put a down payment on a home in the new dome housing area where Marge and I would be living after the wedding. Knowing where to go on a time trip is important. On this one, for instance, I