The Time Traveler's Passport

Six Short Stories. Infinite Possibilities.

By: John Scalzi, R. F. Kuang, Peng Shepherd, Kaliane Bradley, Olivie Blake, P. Djèlí Clark

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner, Kristie Lee Walsh, Jonathan Davis, Mirai, David Monteith, A'rese Emokpae

Leave your preconceived notions at home as you embark on a mind-bending journey with six of today’s most visionary authors. Brimming with humor and heartache, this collection of short stories maps the roads we took to get here and the paths that lie ahead. The present may be a gift, but the future and the past both come with a price.

3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi

A time travel technician must step away from the controls and take action in a twisty short story where timing is everything, by New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi.

Making Space by R. F. Kuang

A childless couple take in a mysterious boy in this ominous short story about parenthood, sacrifice, and our responsibility to the future from #1 New York Times bestselling author R. F. Kuang.

For a Limited Time Only by Peng Shepherd

A time-traveling salesman searches for the moments that truly matter in this poignant short story from nationally bestselling author Peng Shepherd.

A Visit to the Husband Archive by Kaliane Bradley

A woman discovers her hidden potential in this dystopian short story about memory, identity, and imagination from Kaliane Bradley, the New York Times bestselling author of The Ministry of Time.

All Manner of Thing Shall Be by Olivie Blake

A group of vampirical frenemies come face to face with their immortality in this off-the-beaten-timeline short story from Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six.

Cronus by P. Djèlí Clark

A young Black woman challenges the indignity of a segregated dystopian future and exposes a time-bending secret in this dark, defiant short story from P. Djèlí Clark, award-winning author of Ring Shout.

©2025 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years © 2025 by John Scalzi. Making Space © 2025 by Rebecca Kuang. For a Limited Time Only © 2025 by Peng Shepherd. A Visit to the Husband Archive © 2025 by Kaliane Bradley. All Manner of Thing Shall Be © 2025 by Alexene Farol Follmuth. Cronus © 2025 by P. Djèlí Clark. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"An outstanding ensemble of narrators delivers six short stories, all involving time travel. Jonathan Davis' narration of "For a Limited Time Only," is made particularly poignant by his strong, emotionally charged delivery, especially as the main character learns the reason for his transfer denial. Mirai narrates with a sense of wonder that perfectly embodies the woman's childlike acceptance of a dystopian world very different from the one her husband remembers. Each story is well performed and memorable, making this an excellent collection for listeners exploring new narrators."—Kirkus Audiobook Reviews

Majority intriguing but definitely bleak

I enjoyed four and a half out of six of the short stories which is a pretty good ratio. The half is the husband archive story (ending was unsatisfying and while I loved the concept and the story it felt like it needed to be bigger and fleshed out. Would love to read it as a fully realized novella or even full novel) and the vampire tour bus story was a miss for me. The stories go from bleak to heartbreaking but they are well written and engaging so you almost don’t mind your heart being stepped on again and again. The sixth story thankfully ends with a little bit of hopeful momentum so you aren’t completely flat (if the order was different and “For a limited time only” was the sixth book I would have started day drinking). Very good use of the basic science fiction question of “what if this time travel related thing happened” explored in six very unique ways.

I really enjoyed the different approaches

All of the stories were really fun. If I had a few million dollars, I would option at least "Cronos" for a mini series. can you imagine?

Good not great

The Scalzi story is the best of the lot. I have listened to it twice. All the other are pretty blah.

Depressing

I like time travel stories, but this is a collection of the most depressing stories !!

Disappointed

I was really looking forward to this book and I only read half of it so maybe it gets better but the stories I read were very dark and not in a good way. It was kind of boring . A little hard to follow. Sort of bleak I didn’t enjoy it.