The Time Traveler
by Pamela HoritaniJuly 20, 2022
I fell in love with a time traveler. Several years my senior, he stilled himself for hours, caressing my skin, gazing into my eyes, as if he could hardly believe my heart was his. "Why become a time traveler?" I once asked, concerned he would soon depart.
"I wasn't always," he answered, drawing me nearer. "Before this voyage, I was a biologist."
"Really! A biologist?" I marveled, raising a cigarette to my lips. "Why change course now?" I pressed.
Taking my hand into his, he replied in barely a whisper, "because I was not able to cure cancer until after your death."
About Pamela Horitani
Pamela delights in traveling and writing outside of her career in the public sector. Her work has appeared in Friday Flash Fiction, 50-Word Stories, and The New York Times Metropolitan Diary. She is stoked to be published in Daily Science Fiction.