2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

4,378

4,378 by Christina Shaker (a Short Story Contest entry)

 

I always believed time travel existed and I was on a mission to prove it. I was finally ready to test my invention and stay in my youth forever. I fired it up, loud noises and explosions of light surrounded me until all I saw was black. Finally, I had arrived into the future! I marked this entry 4,378, the days I’d been stuck here.