Short Fiction

The Boy Who Borrowed Tomorrow (Chapter 1)

Narrated by Andrew Crows · 1:47

THE BOY WHO BORROWED TOMORROW Chapter 1: The Clock That Shouldn't Exist Every village has a story people refuse to tell after sunset. In the mountain village of Ashvale, the oldest story was about a clock hidden deep inside the Whispering Forest. According to legend, anyone who found the clock could borrow a single day from tomorrow. But every borrowed day came with a terrible price. Seventeen-year-old Elias never believed in old legends. He believed in hard work. Every morning before sunrise, he carried water, chopped firewood, tended his late father's small farm, and cared for his sick mother. Life had never been kind to him.......