Epistolary fiction; Rome -- History -- Nero, 54-68 -- Fiction; Science fiction; Short stories; Time travel -- Fiction
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_March 3, 65_: TO THE EMPEROR: The city is engulfed, my Caesar! I shall
die fighting the flames. But what of you, my Emperor? I shall pray to
the Gods that you be spared my fate.
(signed) Papirius,
CAPTAIN OF POLICE
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_March 3, 65_: TO THE EX-CAPTAIN OF POLICE: The Gods be damned--I'm
getting the hell out of Rome!
NERO, Imp.
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_April 1, 2631_: Dear Diary: Myers has seen to it for my transfer.
Oh, he's clever and all that to keep the fact hidden that I used the
time-grapple. But I can't see what all the fuss is about. We corrected
the time stress before anything critical could happen. The way he
carries on you'd think we did something (I, that is) that would go down
in history. A ridiculous thought, but then Myers is a physicist and you
know what suspicious natures they have.... I often wonder though how
the games did turn out that afternoon....
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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