Temporally Deactivated

by David B. Coe (Editor), Joshua Palmatier (Editor), Ken Altabef (Contributor)

What does it mean to be “temporally deactivated?”

Experience a historical moment through the intervention of a time travel agency. Be trapped inside a time bubble—willingly—so that you can save the universe from Darkness over and over again. Step outside of time at the order of your queen in order to stop a traitor…or to keep an assassin from destroying the future. Or travel forward into the future in order to kill off timelines to save your son…or backwards to halt an accident to save your relationship.

Join fantasy and science fiction authors Ken Altabef, Alex Gideon, Stephen Leigh, D.B. Jackson, Faith Hunter, C.S. Friedman, Emily Randall, Gini Koch, Misty Massey, Rhondi Salsitz, Edmund R. Schubert, R.K. Nickel, Marie DesJardin, and Christine Lucas as they defy time and warp space in order to define what it means to be “temporally deactivated.” So get ready and hold on tight.

It’s time to step outside of time.

Contents:
* Introduction (Temporally Deactivated) • essay by David B. Coe
* Keeper of the Light / short story by Ken Altabef
* The Eyes of Odin / short story by Alex Gideon
* All the Time in the World / short story by Stephen Leigh
* The Other Walker / short story by David B. Coe [as by D. B. Jackson]
* My Dark Knight / novelette by Faith Hunter
* Eye of the Needle / short story by C. S. Friedman
* Tempus Erratum / short story by Ember Randall [as by Emily Randall]
* Missy the Were-Pomeranian vs. the Lord of Time / short story by Gini Koch
* The Mirror Trap / short story by Misty Massey
* Love and the Improper Unicorn / short story by Charles Ingrid [as by Rhondi Salsitz]
* Shrodinger's Fractal? / short story by Edmund R. Schubert
* Clockwork Corsair / short story by R. K. Nickel
* Compassionate Retry / short story by Marie DesJardin
* Neutrons Lost and Found / short story by Christine Lucas
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Genres: Anthologies

305 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2019

About the author

David B. Coe is an author of fantasy novels and short stories. He lives with his wife, Nancy Berner, and their two daughters on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.
He has begun writing a new historical fantasy series under the pen name D.B. Jackson. The first one is titled Thieftaker, published in 2012.

Reviews

[Steven · Rating 5 out of 5]

For now, I read just the Jane Yellowrock world story about Angie and Edmund. Loved it!

[Brenda Rezk · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really good anthology about things that are outside of time or which involved temporal manipulation. I especially enjoyed Faith Hunter's story about the Everhart witches, Angie in particular, and the vampire Edmund from the Jane Yellowrock series. Misty Massey had a good story about an independent, calm-under-fire, quick-thinking, female custodian that I quite liked. Some stories, such as Schrödinger's Fractal and Compassionate Retry asked moral questions about what lengths someone would be willing to go to for loved ones. Neurons Lost and Found stuck with me as an interesting, post-apocalyptic, sci-fi story about the horrors of war and long-awaited revenge.

[Nancy Tice · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding anthology! Highly recommend. Usually in anthologies there will be a few that are good, and at least one by an author I know that grabs my attention, but this one surprised me.

This batch of stories were just wonderful. There are some by writers who I know and love, while I was introduced to several others that I will now start to look for. I also really appreciate anthologies that are all new material, and not simply republished stories from other publications.

[L.E. Doggett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very well done set of short stories all dealing with some respect of time being deactivated or broken. Except for maybe the last one. A good story but I think it pushes the premise a bit. There are fun tales, more serious ones, some quirky. Some fantasy, some science oriented, a steampunk tale. A couple done by well known writers such as Faith Hunter. Others by not so well known writers but who are still good.

If you like short stories skillfully written I fully recommend this book.

[Midge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not bad

I bought this primarily because one of my favorite authors, Faith Hunter, has a story in it. As has been my experience with anthologies, I liked only a few of the stories but I love 💘 Faith's! Her story for me made it worth it buying this.

[Alisha Henri · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Fascinating Collection of Odd Temporally Deactivated Tales

I enjoyed each story as I read it and think my favorites were Faith Hunter's and David B Coe's, but they were all intriguinvg. It's an anthology of weird worlds, each unique and fascinating.

[Carol Van horn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting concept

Interesting concept. Loved Faith's story the best. Seeing Angie's powers develop will be a fun ride. Will have to check out some of the other authors in this book

[Demelza Innes · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read the short by Faith Hunter.

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

More of them were sad than I was ok with, but a couple were really cool.

[Mark Slauter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the concept premise of basing stories on a sign upon a phone booth - Temporally Out Of Order. Really enjoyed the anthology. It's great to see how the authors interpret a single concept differently.