Being an avid hardcore science fiction freak and having watched hundreds of movies and read thousands of short stories and novels, I recently acquired the urge to write something myself.
One story is about the real cause of climate change and the other is about the ramifications of time travel. I'll deal with the latter in bare bones form.
"In the not-so-distant future, Man has perfected time travel into the past. Firstly, it was used by historians to witness past significant events to verify what really happened.
"Then some misguided souls decided to use it to change past events, usually for their own benefit. This was outlawed before it got started.
"Next was the advent of time travel tourism where a group of individuals would travel to a time of their choice such as the rise and fall the Roman Empire, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and to see the life of the Neanderthal in the flesh. There were strict rules regarding this so as not to change the course of the future from that time onwards.
"On the year 2048, one group decided on seeing the Age of the Dinosaurs. As all other time travel excursions, the participants travelled on floating platforms so as not to disturb the ground or vegetation.
"As the group observed Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex and Triceratops in all their glory, one participant had a huge dragonfly land on his leg. Instinctively, he swatted it and grounded it into the platform floor.
"When the group returned to their time, something was not right. The wall clock only went to 10 instead of the usual 12. The electronic calendar read '5 Màrz 103' and all the signage was in German."
I will let that sink in for a moment and I'll come back tomorrow if you haven't already worked it out.
