Ten Favorite Short Stories About Time Travel

(alphabetically by author, mostly distinct from my list of favorite time travel novels, and with a soundtrack by John Gorka)

 

  • “Myths of the Near Future” by J. G. Ballard

  • “Enoch Soames” by Max Beerbohm

  • “The Time Machine” by Dino Buzzati

  • “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang

  • “Great Work of Time” by John Crowley

  • “Paper Lantern” by Stuart Dybek

  • “The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” by John Kessel

  • “Memories of the Future” by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

  • “7C” by Jason Roberts

  • “The Man Who Walked Home” by James Tiptree, Jr.

— June 11, 2022


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