Book excerpt: Physicist Ursula Song studies time—and hers has just run out. One by one, her colleagues and friends are disappearing. Rival mercenaries are hunting her. And strange people follow her wherever she goes. Because Song has opened a door into a new kind of time, and whoever controls her invention will control the destiny of the human race. Sidewhens is a stand alone novel, but it is also the first book of the Sidewhens Trilogy. SIDEWHENS NOVEL 84,000 words ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Craig DeLancey is a writer and philosopher. His novels include the Predator Space Chronicles and Gods of Earth. He has published dozens of short stories, in places like Analog, Lightspeed, Nature Physics, Shimmer, and the Mississippi Review Online. His story "Julie Is Three" won the Analog Anlab readers choice award for short story in 2012 and is being made into a film by Storycom. His story "RedKing" is in several of the year's best science fiction anthologies. He lives in Upstate New York and teaches philosophy at Oswego State. You can sign up for Craig's quarterly email list at: http://eepurl.com/c-cTjL Your email address will never be shared and will only be used to email you periodic updates and free fiction. www.craigdelancey.com Stop by the Facebook page for his writings: https://www.facebook.com/WellOfFuries