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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

REPRISE: “For Sale: Used Time Machine. No Refunds!” • by Roxana Arama

It’s Roxana Arama Week!

In 2021, Pete Wood wrote:

“When I created this contest [The Pete Wood Challenge], I expected nothing but tongue-in-cheek takes on time travel tropes. While several writers didn’t disappoint with humorous entries, the variety of the stories surprised me. It never occurred to me that my writing prompt could inspire a serious story, a literary story.

“Roxana knocked it out of the park and she had some tough competition. Her depth of character and pathos in only five hundred words is a feat. I hope you like her story as much as I did. I think we’ll be hearing more from her.”

Prophetic words. Indeed, we have heard a lot more from Roxana Arama since 2021, and all this week we’ll be exploring that topic, but before we get to that, let’s take one more look at the story that first brought her to our attention, “For Sale: Used Time Machine. No Refunds!” » READ IT NOW


Roxana Arama is an award-winning Romanian American author. She studied computer science in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to the United States to work in software development. She is the author of three novels: The Regolith Temple: A Sci-Fi Thriller, The Exiled Queen: A Roman Era Historical Fantasy (in the Delight of Humans and Gods series), and Extreme Vetting: A Thriller. Her short stories and essays have been published in many literary magazines. She lives in Seattle, Washington, with her family. 

 


 



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1 comment:

  1. Roxana AramaApril 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM

    Thank you so much, Bruce, for featuring my work this week! I'm touched and humbled by your support. And I want to say that my novels were all years in the making--they just happened to hit the finish line in a short time span. But they each took years to craft and prepare for publishing, going through many hits and misses to get here. Thank you again for your support, Bruce!

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