Lies Time Travelers Tell

by Tony PisculliJanuary 25, 2018

I was born in 1992.

I'm not from around here.

I know we just met, but I really like you.

I can't believe this happened; I'm on birth control.

I wonder what the future holds for us.

I've never met anyone like you.

I've never met you before.

Time travel doesn't exist.

I'll see you tomorrow.

I love you.

About Tony Pisculli

Tony Pisculli is a theatre director and fight choreographer living in Hawaii and a student in the Stonecoast Creative Writing program. This is his first story.

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