| rdfs:comment | - Michelle Gordian was an up and coming science fiction author in her home timeline's 1980s. However, her timeline had developed the ability of time travel, an ability she used to journey back to Gardena, California, in 1953, as "Mark Gordian", an author of eerily prescient fiction. As Mark, Michelle hoped to introduce ideas of hope, problem solving, and ingenuity into the timestream in order to prevent the outright apathy and disillusionment that characterized the 1988 of her timeline. Although he was sorely tempted, Pete, a happily married man, rejected Michelle's advances.
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| abstract | - Michelle Gordian was an up and coming science fiction author in her home timeline's 1980s. However, her timeline had developed the ability of time travel, an ability she used to journey back to Gardena, California, in 1953, as "Mark Gordian", an author of eerily prescient fiction. As Mark, Michelle hoped to introduce ideas of hope, problem solving, and ingenuity into the timestream in order to prevent the outright apathy and disillusionment that characterized the 1988 of her timeline. Her writing eventually drew the unwanted attention of Pete Lundquist, another science fiction author who was convinced that "Mark's" story, "Reactions" was plagiarized from an as-of-yet published Lundquist work. He and editor Jim McGregor headed for Gardena to confront Gordian. Both were surprised to learn that Gordian was a woman. However, Lundquist surprised Gordian when he deduced she was a time-traveler. Upon meeting Pete, Michelle found herself attracted to him, despite the very different mindsets that existed between 1953 and 1988. She found his forthrightness intriguing, as well as the fact that she could confide the truth in him. Although he was sorely tempted, Pete, a happily married man, rejected Michelle's advances.
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