A Small Matter, Really

Short Story by Monte Cook

Text and Audio free at Escape Pod

A May 2011 Escape Pod Original

I'll keep this very short, because I don't want to take time on detail.

Lots of really cool ideas and a good setup. Possibly too many good ideas, including:

• The Catholic Church of Osirus and their time travel plot
• Aliens who think humans are gods
• A grieving woman who will change time itself to bring back her husband
• Time Hackers

Extremely disappointing conclusion, featuring:

• a joke reference to the title
• a random POV switch
• an unjust comeuppance caused by totally random chance but written as if it were deserved
• faux tragedy that doesn't make sense within the logic already established by the story
• Any of the cooler plot elements introduced at the beginning

More with the church, less with the unearned Be Careful What You Wish For tragedy!

2 time hackers out of 5.