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Bid Time Return by Stephen Dedman
Science Fiction survival Travel small town stranger
“The Greyhound groaned and shuddered as it pulled up outside the roadhouse, and the driver turned his head to look at Rob. ‘You sure you want to get out here?’”
In a lonely post-apocalyptic backwater, residents turn back the calendar every year, hoping to reach happier times—and they don’t take kindly to suspicious outsiders, like Rob.
Author Stephen Dedman has been publishing short stories and novels for more than twenty years. He’s been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, the British Science Fiction Association Award, and many more.
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