The future grows from the stories we tell.
A Dimensional Disturbances story this good benefits from multiple versions. Britton Sukys and I adapted my short story into a comic and discovered new ideas and emotions from the visual translations.
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If you remember to bring all your ingredients to room temperature, you’ll have time for cake even in the most dire circumstances.
Then, she put two sticks of butter, five eggs and a cup of milk on the counter to come to room temperature. Really, that was the hardest part of good baking, the part most of her grandchildren were too impatient to get right.