Jessup's Door

A Time Travel Story

De: Michael Bunker

Narrado por: Alex Silver

Stacked in the back of Dora's Explorables Antique Shop is an old wooden door with a secret. What would you do if you could go back in time? Would you try to fix the past? Or grab yourself a new future? Jessup's Door is a 12,000-word short story about time and love.

©2016 Michael Bunker (P)2016 Todd Barselow / Auspicious Apparatus Press

Time travel with a great twist

What did you love best about Jessup's Door?

The story started and ended unexpectedly. Time travel with a difference.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Jessup's Door?

Strangely, the ending had me. Not sure if I would have had the strength to do what he did but I admire him for it.

Have you listened to any of Alex Silver’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I haven't heard this reader before and although it wasn't exactly to my taste it was ok,.

Any additional comments?

Got this as a free copy from the author but will definitely be looking out for any other books by him. This was such a wonderful change from the usual time travel stories. Very short but that didn't detract from it.

interesting story that took me back with it

I really enjoyed this short story. The author always does a great job of placing the reader/listener right there with the characters in his stories, and this one was no exception. The story really makes you stop and think the WHAT IF'S of being able to go back in time. What would you change? What would you lose if you did? The narration was very well done as well.

A Time Travelling Love Story

Any additional comments?

Part time-travel story, part love story. A lonely widower is presented with the opportunity to visit the past, prompting significant internal struggles on what to do with this power. A great short read, and the narration was spot on.

Would you change your life if you could?

I am voluntarily submitting my honest review after receiving an ARC copy of the audiobook generously provided by the author.

In this short story, just when a young widower seems to be considering moving on with a new romantic interest, he acquires a magical door that allows them to time travel into the past. At first, stunned by the mere thought of time travel, the couple are fascinated simply by observing life in the past. But then our hero realizes that he now holds the power to manipulate time in such a way as to speak with his wife once again, and to potentially warn her of the cancer that ultimately takes her young life. But even though he can change the course of his life, should he? In this thought-provoking, insightful and inspiring work, Bunker challenges both his hero and the reader to examine life and the nature of regret, loss, guilt, acceptance and ultimately, moving on. The audiobook narration of this short tale is well-done, with the narrator's drawl adding local flavor to the story (the door is a portal to Jessup, TX). I listened to this story in one sitting, and it stimulated my thinking for the rest of the day.

Unconventional Door Through Time

What made the experience of listening to Jessup's Door the most enjoyable?

I liked Bunker's new take on traveling through time. It was a nice blend of time travel sci-fi and a historical fiction.

What did you like best about this story?

I like that Bunker was able to take a story that started out sounding like a late in life budding romance story and turn it completely around into the beginnings of a sci-fi 'time jumpers' series.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.