Tom's Story (short story)

Tom's Story
Main character(s):	Tom Niven
Main setting:	Boston Cayman Islands
Key crew
Writer:	Iain McLaughlin
Release details
Printed in:	Into the Unknown
Erimem
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Tom's Story was a two-part short story published in Into the Unknown. It focused on the character of Tom Niven.

Summary

Part one

Young Tom Niven watches his parents fight and his father leave his mother from across the street. Unbeknownst to him, his future self sits down beside him and they talk about their parents' divorce. Tom tells his younger self that the breakup is not his fault and then Tom's mother yells at him to come inside. From inside the house, Tom's mother watches her son's future self walk away.

Part two

to be added

Characters

• Tom Niven
• Tom Niven's mother
• Tom Niven's father
• Andy Hansen
• Erimem

Worldbuilding

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Notes

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Continuity

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