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Cronus

The Time Traveler's Passport

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By: P. Djèlí Clark
Narrated by: A'rese Emokpae
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A young Black woman challenges the indignity of a segregated dystopian future and exposes a time-bending secret in this dark, defiant short story from P. Djèlí Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout.

The year is 2030. Annabeth works a stable job at CRONUS, a time travel company that caters to wealthy clients. Life is harsh, but she’s willing to keep her head down—until a vision of a past that never happened leads her to question everything she knows. They call it madness, but she’ll learn to call it memory.

P. Djélì Clark’s Cronus is part of The Time Traveler’s Passport, an unforgettable collection of stories about memory, identity, and choice curated by New York Times bestselling anthologist John Joseph Adams. Watch time fly as you read or listen to each short story in a single sitting.

©2025 by P. Djèlí Clark. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. African American Dystopian Science Fiction Time Travel Greek Mythology Ancient Greece Mythology
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Thought-provoking Story • Believable Scenario • Hopeful Ending • Excellent Allegories • Necessary Classic

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a good story. It deals with revisionist History and some people may find that disturbing. it made me think of current events and people who are trying to at least change The narrative of History. I wasn't really looking for that kind of story, but it was a good story.

thought provoking

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Another great story by the talented Djèli Clark. Scary to think how close we currently are to the "fictional" scenario in this story with the wrong leaders in power.

Much closer to reality than we may think.

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Annabeth is living in a legally racially segregated and oppressive future and works as a receptionist for Cronus, a time-traveling tourism service. The racial and gender microaggressions (and straight-up aggressions) she experiences in this reality aren't really different from our reality (in the U.S., at least). There is an outbreak of FMP (false memory psychosis) among Black folks, but Annabeth discovers that the memories are not actually false. This story is all too believable.

This is pretty much what the current tech oligarchs would actually do.

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A John Scalzi fan, I couldn’t resist book 1, but THIS one, at this moment in history is so sadly necessary. Thank you.

So prescient

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An alternate 2030 in which Civil Rights had never happened in the US. A young Black woman challenges the indignity of a segregated dystopian future and exposes a time-bending secret. 5 stars!

An alternate 2030

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