Chapter Five: Blind Spot in the Rain

A strip of microfilm sprang from its handle. Tang Li's handwriting read: DO NOT TRUST THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE REPORT COMES FROM TOMORROW. Sunrise burst beyond the hospital windows. A news screen displayed an event that had not happened: TODAY AT NOON, EAST CAPE PRODUCTION CRASH KILLS FORTY-SEVEN. NO SURVIVORS. Twenty-three minutes remained.