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On my eighteenth birthday, a letter appeared on my desk. Across the envelope were the words: OPEN WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW EVERYTHING TURNS OUT. Underneath: FROM YOURSELF, AGE 50. Obviously,
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The letter arrived on a Tuesday. That annoyed me immediately. If my future self had discovered time travel, the least she could have done was make it happen on a more dramatic
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POSTMARKED 2046 The envelope appeared between the electricity bill and an advertisement for a new supermarket. My name was handwritten across it. Not unusual. The strange part was the handwriting. It was
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Try reading this article without yawning. That sentence may already have made you think about doing it. Someone across the classroom yawns. A few seconds later, another person yawns. Then someone else
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Rohan found the pencil under his examination desk. It looked ordinary except for two words printed along its side: NOT YET. He used it during maths. When he wrote 42, the pencil
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Every book in Mr Sen’s second-hand shop had a final page missing. Not torn. Not damaged. Blank. Customers complained. Mr Sen only smiled. “Finish it yourself.” Most people thought it was a
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