Chronostream's Father

By Adam David Collings

How do you raise a child with the ability to reverse time?
I'm just an average dad, trying to raise my son as best I can. It can be a daunting responsibility to raise any child. But my situation is special. My son has the ability to reverse time. He can wind it back and rewrite the past.
How do you raise a child with super powers? What am I supposed to teach him? How far do I let him go in using them? Kids don't come with a manual, but there's plenty of advice out there for raising them. But this? There are no rules for raising a son like mine.
My name is Ryan Porter. And I am Chronostream's Father

Note: Contains occasional PG level language

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Adam David Collings
• Release date: Dec 9, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215276891

Adam David Collings

Adam David Collings is an author of speculative fiction. He lives in Tasmania, Australia with his wife Linda and his two children.  Adam draws inspiration for his stories from his over-active imagination, his life experiences, and his faith. Adam is a great lover of stories, enjoying them in books, movies, scripted TV and computer games. Adam discusses these on his own youTube show – Stories with Adam Collings.

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Chronostream's Father

A Short Story

Adam David Collings

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Tamar Publications

Copyright © 2017 by Adam David Collings

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This story was first published in Superheroes The Crossover Alliance Anthology v3

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or read, is fictionalised or coincidental.

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Chronostream's Father

Somebody is staring at us. Has been since we arrived. He's middle-aged. Bit of stubble. The weird thing though, is the sunglasses. You don't wear sunglasses in winter. Not in Tasmania. So he's either blind, or he's trying to hide his eyes. What's his problem? I ignore him. Don't want to alarm Melissa or Flynn. I mean, what can the bloke do in the middle of Salamanca Market? There are people everywhere.

I'm not real big on the market. I don't like crowds. When we first moved to Hobart, it was a bit of a novelty, but not anymore. I mean it's on every Saturday for goodness sake. My family dragged me along today. Melissa loves the fresh produce from the farmers, and Flynn, well, he just wanted a Dagwood Dog. Child after my own heart. They call 'em corndogs in America y'know. Only just learnt that.

Flynn has Melissa’s blue eyes, but my brown hair. Not curly like mine though. He’s starting to get my podgy belly, but if grows as tall as his mother, he might thin out.

Have a look at these Flynn. Melissa stops next to a stall with hand-made wooden puppets and pushes her glasses up her nose.

No. Don't bring them to his attention. Not before you know how much they cost.

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