Paul Briggs
@paulgbriggs.bsky.social
Author of the Locksmith Trilogy, Altered Seasons: Monsoonrise, and The Dead Skunk (don't ask).
#TimeTravelAuthors The interrogation room was just as Lock remembered it. He and Gary were left alone there. They sat quietly for a moment, but then Gary opened his mouth. Lock motioned for him to shut it.
“Dude,” he whispered, “before you say anything… you see that mirror?”
“Dude,” he whispered, “before you say anything… you see that mirror?”
December 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors The interrogation room was just as Lock remembered it. He and Gary were left alone there. They sat quietly for a moment, but then Gary opened his mouth. Lock motioned for him to shut it.
“Dude,” he whispered, “before you say anything… you see that mirror?”
“Dude,” he whispered, “before you say anything… you see that mirror?”
#TimeTravelAuthors 100 years forward and backward, to the day. That's what the portal was set to when it was/will be/would have been first made, and there's no one left/born yet who understands the technology well enough to change it, assuming it can be changed.
December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors 100 years forward and backward, to the day. That's what the portal was set to when it was/will be/would have been first made, and there's no one left/born yet who understands the technology well enough to change it, assuming it can be changed.
#TimeTravelAuthors
“Well, there’s three things we did,” said Gary. “First, whenever we went away from the campfire we stopped for a few seconds to give our eyes time to adjust. Second, we stuck to the clearings instead of going too far into the woods. Third, we… fell down and hurt ourselves a lot.”
“Well, there’s three things we did,” said Gary. “First, whenever we went away from the campfire we stopped for a few seconds to give our eyes time to adjust. Second, we stuck to the clearings instead of going too far into the woods. Third, we… fell down and hurt ourselves a lot.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
“Well, there’s three things we did,” said Gary. “First, whenever we went away from the campfire we stopped for a few seconds to give our eyes time to adjust. Second, we stuck to the clearings instead of going too far into the woods. Third, we… fell down and hurt ourselves a lot.”
“Well, there’s three things we did,” said Gary. “First, whenever we went away from the campfire we stopped for a few seconds to give our eyes time to adjust. Second, we stuck to the clearings instead of going too far into the woods. Third, we… fell down and hurt ourselves a lot.”
#TimeTravelAuthors
9. In Lock's first solo flight in the future, he turned off the radio because it was distracting. He wasn't supposed to do that.
11. The reason for the first novel is Lock's need to keep secrets. The reason for the second two? His mom has the same need.
9. In Lock's first solo flight in the future, he turned off the radio because it was distracting. He wasn't supposed to do that.
11. The reason for the first novel is Lock's need to keep secrets. The reason for the second two? His mom has the same need.
December 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
9. In Lock's first solo flight in the future, he turned off the radio because it was distracting. He wasn't supposed to do that.
11. The reason for the first novel is Lock's need to keep secrets. The reason for the second two? His mom has the same need.
9. In Lock's first solo flight in the future, he turned off the radio because it was distracting. He wasn't supposed to do that.
11. The reason for the first novel is Lock's need to keep secrets. The reason for the second two? His mom has the same need.
#TimeTravelAuthors Lock's mother is originally from Australia, and we can only assume, very proud of its history. She named her secondborn son "Lachlan Macquarie Smith," as if Lachlan Macquarie didn't have enough things named after him already.
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors Lock's mother is originally from Australia, and we can only assume, very proud of its history. She named her secondborn son "Lachlan Macquarie Smith," as if Lachlan Macquarie didn't have enough things named after him already.
#TimeTravelAuthors The series begins with Gary crushing on Lock's mom and ends with him planning to devote his life to cracking the physics of time travel.
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors The series begins with Gary crushing on Lock's mom and ends with him planning to devote his life to cracking the physics of time travel.
#TimeTravelAuthors The first part was the front hall, parlor and dining room, all of which were big, expensive-looking and had the same feel… like they were decorated by space aliens who’d heard of humans but never met any.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors The first part was the front hall, parlor and dining room, all of which were big, expensive-looking and had the same feel… like they were decorated by space aliens who’d heard of humans but never met any.
#TimeTravelAuthors
'Twas the night before morrow, and Locksmith and friends
Were groping for weaponry at the world's end.
They wished more than anything they weren't there
As barking of the dogs came through the air
And Rikki with pepper spray, and Lock with his shovel
Stood bracing for trouble…
'Twas the night before morrow, and Locksmith and friends
Were groping for weaponry at the world's end.
They wished more than anything they weren't there
As barking of the dogs came through the air
And Rikki with pepper spray, and Lock with his shovel
Stood bracing for trouble…
December 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
'Twas the night before morrow, and Locksmith and friends
Were groping for weaponry at the world's end.
They wished more than anything they weren't there
As barking of the dogs came through the air
And Rikki with pepper spray, and Lock with his shovel
Stood bracing for trouble…
'Twas the night before morrow, and Locksmith and friends
Were groping for weaponry at the world's end.
They wished more than anything they weren't there
As barking of the dogs came through the air
And Rikki with pepper spray, and Lock with his shovel
Stood bracing for trouble…
#TimeTravelAuthors
You've found a portal to the future.
Nobody's lived there for decades.
What do you do? Who do you tell?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3315STN
You've found a portal to the future.
Nobody's lived there for decades.
What do you do? Who do you tell?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3315STN
November 30, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
You've found a portal to the future.
Nobody's lived there for decades.
What do you do? Who do you tell?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3315STN
You've found a portal to the future.
Nobody's lived there for decades.
What do you do? Who do you tell?
www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3315STN
#TimeTravelAuthors
Book 1: About this time he realized he was doing something really stupid.
Book 2: "The fate of the world is too much to put on any one man… or any two boys."
Book 3: One thing the kidnappers hadn't noticed was that June's cell phone was in the front pocket of her pajamas.
Book 1: About this time he realized he was doing something really stupid.
Book 2: "The fate of the world is too much to put on any one man… or any two boys."
Book 3: One thing the kidnappers hadn't noticed was that June's cell phone was in the front pocket of her pajamas.
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
Book 1: About this time he realized he was doing something really stupid.
Book 2: "The fate of the world is too much to put on any one man… or any two boys."
Book 3: One thing the kidnappers hadn't noticed was that June's cell phone was in the front pocket of her pajamas.
Book 1: About this time he realized he was doing something really stupid.
Book 2: "The fate of the world is too much to put on any one man… or any two boys."
Book 3: One thing the kidnappers hadn't noticed was that June's cell phone was in the front pocket of her pajamas.
#TimeTravelAuthors
In Book 1, Lock and Gary get in trouble while trying to shop for supplies for their next expedition.
In Book 3, there's a quick shopping trip that happens off-camera.
In Book 1, Lock and Gary get in trouble while trying to shop for supplies for their next expedition.
In Book 3, there's a quick shopping trip that happens off-camera.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
In Book 1, Lock and Gary get in trouble while trying to shop for supplies for their next expedition.
In Book 3, there's a quick shopping trip that happens off-camera.
In Book 1, Lock and Gary get in trouble while trying to shop for supplies for their next expedition.
In Book 3, there's a quick shopping trip that happens off-camera.
#TimeTravelAuthors
Book 1: Mr. Hance, who wants to be the hero who saves the world more than he wants the world to be saved.
Also, the principal really screws up.
Book 3: John Corbie, or "Johnny-boy" as they call him.
Book 1: Mr. Hance, who wants to be the hero who saves the world more than he wants the world to be saved.
Also, the principal really screws up.
Book 3: John Corbie, or "Johnny-boy" as they call him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
Book 1: Mr. Hance, who wants to be the hero who saves the world more than he wants the world to be saved.
Also, the principal really screws up.
Book 3: John Corbie, or "Johnny-boy" as they call him.
Book 1: Mr. Hance, who wants to be the hero who saves the world more than he wants the world to be saved.
Also, the principal really screws up.
Book 3: John Corbie, or "Johnny-boy" as they call him.
#TimeTravelAuthors
Whenever I feel like I've written myself into a corner, a solution eventually sort of appears in my mind as if I'd been planning it this way the whole time.
Whenever I feel like I've written myself into a corner, a solution eventually sort of appears in my mind as if I'd been planning it this way the whole time.
November 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
Whenever I feel like I've written myself into a corner, a solution eventually sort of appears in my mind as if I'd been planning it this way the whole time.
Whenever I feel like I've written myself into a corner, a solution eventually sort of appears in my mind as if I'd been planning it this way the whole time.
#TimeTravelAuthors
In the real world, if there was something or someone that wanted to eat you (usually there wasn’t, thank God) you’d be locked in your room while Mom called the police or animal control or whoever. But in a place like, say, Narnia, somebody would just hand you a sword…
In the real world, if there was something or someone that wanted to eat you (usually there wasn’t, thank God) you’d be locked in your room while Mom called the police or animal control or whoever. But in a place like, say, Narnia, somebody would just hand you a sword…
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
In the real world, if there was something or someone that wanted to eat you (usually there wasn’t, thank God) you’d be locked in your room while Mom called the police or animal control or whoever. But in a place like, say, Narnia, somebody would just hand you a sword…
In the real world, if there was something or someone that wanted to eat you (usually there wasn’t, thank God) you’d be locked in your room while Mom called the police or animal control or whoever. But in a place like, say, Narnia, somebody would just hand you a sword…
#TimeTravelAuthors A lot of research happens in Book 2. It starts with some very old, partly-decayed microfilm they find in an archive.
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors A lot of research happens in Book 2. It starts with some very old, partly-decayed microfilm they find in an archive.
#TimeTravelAuthors
“There’s a parachute on top of the wing,” said the pilot.
“What’s it doing up there?” said Tara. “What if he suddenly needs to put it on? Like, right away?”
“I think the parachute is for the whole plane, not just him,” said Gary.
“There’s a parachute on top of the wing,” said the pilot.
“What’s it doing up there?” said Tara. “What if he suddenly needs to put it on? Like, right away?”
“I think the parachute is for the whole plane, not just him,” said Gary.
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
“There’s a parachute on top of the wing,” said the pilot.
“What’s it doing up there?” said Tara. “What if he suddenly needs to put it on? Like, right away?”
“I think the parachute is for the whole plane, not just him,” said Gary.
“There’s a parachute on top of the wing,” said the pilot.
“What’s it doing up there?” said Tara. “What if he suddenly needs to put it on? Like, right away?”
“I think the parachute is for the whole plane, not just him,” said Gary.
#TimeTravelAuthors I do occasionally gloss over a few stretches of time in Books 1 and 2. Not so much in the action-packed Book 3.
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors I do occasionally gloss over a few stretches of time in Books 1 and 2. Not so much in the action-packed Book 3.
#TimeTravelAuthors Probably the research into what "tachyon emissions" (I should write for Star Trek) would actually look like. Turns out they really would be glowing blue.
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors Probably the research into what "tachyon emissions" (I should write for Star Trek) would actually look like. Turns out they really would be glowing blue.
#TimeTravelAuthors Lock has a track meet in Book 1.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors Lock has a track meet in Book 1.
#TimeTravelAuthors
How much of somebody do you have to eat before you’re officially a cannibal? Lock wondered. There’s gotta be some kind of legal weight limit — it can’t just be because you inhaled somebody’s dead skin cells or the waiter’s eyelash fell in your food.
How much of somebody do you have to eat before you’re officially a cannibal? Lock wondered. There’s gotta be some kind of legal weight limit — it can’t just be because you inhaled somebody’s dead skin cells or the waiter’s eyelash fell in your food.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
How much of somebody do you have to eat before you’re officially a cannibal? Lock wondered. There’s gotta be some kind of legal weight limit — it can’t just be because you inhaled somebody’s dead skin cells or the waiter’s eyelash fell in your food.
How much of somebody do you have to eat before you’re officially a cannibal? Lock wondered. There’s gotta be some kind of legal weight limit — it can’t just be because you inhaled somebody’s dead skin cells or the waiter’s eyelash fell in your food.
#TimeTravelAuthors
If they had some control over the process, rather than just a portal that went 100 years both ways, Gary would suggest aiming for a time just after the end of the world, so they'd have a better chance of finding out how it happened without getting caught up in it.
If they had some control over the process, rather than just a portal that went 100 years both ways, Gary would suggest aiming for a time just after the end of the world, so they'd have a better chance of finding out how it happened without getting caught up in it.
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
If they had some control over the process, rather than just a portal that went 100 years both ways, Gary would suggest aiming for a time just after the end of the world, so they'd have a better chance of finding out how it happened without getting caught up in it.
If they had some control over the process, rather than just a portal that went 100 years both ways, Gary would suggest aiming for a time just after the end of the world, so they'd have a better chance of finding out how it happened without getting caught up in it.
#TimeTravelAuthors
The world is DOOMED!
Thank heaven the new assistant DA's sometimes-verbal son is here to save us.
The world is DOOMED!
Thank heaven the new assistant DA's sometimes-verbal son is here to save us.
November 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
The world is DOOMED!
Thank heaven the new assistant DA's sometimes-verbal son is here to save us.
The world is DOOMED!
Thank heaven the new assistant DA's sometimes-verbal son is here to save us.
November 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
#TimeTravelAuthors
“This meeting of the… Save-the-World Committee… will now come to order.”
“Oh crap, we’re a committee now?” said Rikki.
“This meeting of the… Save-the-World Committee… will now come to order.”
“Oh crap, we’re a committee now?” said Rikki.
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
“This meeting of the… Save-the-World Committee… will now come to order.”
“Oh crap, we’re a committee now?” said Rikki.
“This meeting of the… Save-the-World Committee… will now come to order.”
“Oh crap, we’re a committee now?” said Rikki.
#TimeTravelAuthors
The first time, it was like "WTF."
The next few times, it was like, "Cool."
Then I'd drive around in the present, spot some place that I'd seen as a pile of ruins in the future, and it was like, "I need a beer right now."
The first time, it was like "WTF."
The next few times, it was like, "Cool."
Then I'd drive around in the present, spot some place that I'd seen as a pile of ruins in the future, and it was like, "I need a beer right now."
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
#TimeTravelAuthors
The first time, it was like "WTF."
The next few times, it was like, "Cool."
Then I'd drive around in the present, spot some place that I'd seen as a pile of ruins in the future, and it was like, "I need a beer right now."
The first time, it was like "WTF."
The next few times, it was like, "Cool."
Then I'd drive around in the present, spot some place that I'd seen as a pile of ruins in the future, and it was like, "I need a beer right now."