Call Charges May Apply

The Price of Changing the Past

By: Richard Fenton

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

What if you could make one call to the past?

In 2026, a private tech company called Chronodyne Systems unveils a device unlike anything the world has seen. A select group of individuals receive a phone capable of calling twenty years back in time. Three minutes. Three calls. No second chances.

The rules are simple.

You can only call another compatible phone launched in 2006.
Only the caller remembers the previous timeline.
Every change has consequences.

Across New York and London, 214 participants are given the same impossible opportunity. A husband tries to save his family from a drunk driver. A trader gambles on future stock markets. A detective reopens an unsolved murder. A politician attempts to rewrite defeat. A teenager tries to correct a lifetime of failure.

Some succeed.

Some pay.

And some discover the true cost is not what they expected.

But Chronodyne is not offering redemption out of compassion. Every call is tracked. Every emotional response analyzed. Every ripple measured. What begins as a miracle becomes something far more dangerous: an experiment in control.

As timelines fracture and memories refuse to stay buried, the world edges toward a breaking point. When the public finally learns the truth, the system itself must decide whether to tighten its grip on reality — or shut the door forever.

In fourteen interconnected short thrillers, Call Charges May Apply explores regret, power, corporate manipulation, and the terrifying question:

If you could change the past… who should have the right?

Perfect for fans of high-concept speculative fiction, corporate conspiracy thrillers, and thought-provoking science fiction.

Some calls are free.

The consequences are not.