Science fiction · Romance · Fantasy
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Two agents on opposite sides of a war that stretches across all of time begin leaving each other letters in unlikely places. A short novella told through those messages, it grows from taunting into something much tenderer.
- First published
- 2019
- Pace
- Medium
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 198
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like lyrical, inventive love stories and don't mind a plot that is felt more than explained.
Skip this if you want clear worldbuilding rules or a conventional, action-driven time-travel plot.
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