Short story about people trapped in a cave, while time shifts around them
This a short story about an unnamed pioneer/settler woman in charge of a group of people living in a cave. Time keeps shifting outside the cave, and they end up in different eras/epochs in history. She is also making some sort of tapestry(?) which she realises is a map or guide to where they'll end up next.
We thought this might have been a Stephen King story but couldn't find it. It was read in the last few years as part of an anthology (in paperback, pre e-readers), but unfortunately we've no idea when it might have been published.
Many thanks for any help.
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This a short story about an unnamed pioneer/settler woman in charge of a group of people living in a cave. Time keeps shifting outside the cave, and they end up in different eras/epochs in history. She is also making some sort of tapestry(?) which she realises is a map or guide to where they'll end up next.
We thought this might have been a Stephen King story but couldn't find it. It was read in the last few years as part of an anthology (in paperback, pre e-readers), but unfortunately we've no idea when it might have been published.
Many thanks for any help.
story-identification
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This a short story about an unnamed pioneer/settler woman in charge of a group of people living in a cave. Time keeps shifting outside the cave, and they end up in different eras/epochs in history. She is also making some sort of tapestry(?) which she realises is a map or guide to where they'll end up next.
We thought this might have been a Stephen King story but couldn't find it. It was read in the last few years as part of an anthology (in paperback, pre e-readers), but unfortunately we've no idea when it might have been published.
Many thanks for any help.
story-identification
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This a short story about an unnamed pioneer/settler woman in charge of a group of people living in a cave. Time keeps shifting outside the cave, and they end up in different eras/epochs in history. She is also making some sort of tapestry(?) which she realises is a map or guide to where they'll end up next.
We thought this might have been a Stephen King story but couldn't find it. It was read in the last few years as part of an anthology (in paperback, pre e-readers), but unfortunately we've no idea when it might have been published.
Many thanks for any help.
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Possibly Dame Anne McCaffrey's "A Flock of Geese"?
The cave was populated by random refugees, not an organized party. One woman ran the group; she would have preferred a permanent group who didn't challenge her authority, but so far it hadn't happened. Her greatest advantage was that she could sense when a time-shift was about to occur and could get back to safety. The cave was a safe place because it was in a place that hadn't changed geologically during human history.
It shows up in Moonsinger's Friends and The Girl Who Heard Dragons.
And it's a quilt that she's working on according to the Google Books excerpt that I've found.
Incidentally, I've seen a few references to this being the first of two short stories about the cave, but I've yet to figure out what the second is.
answered Jul 8 '14 at 1:38
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The second story of this odd and disturbing series is titled The Bones Do Lie and is the last story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons."
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Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
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Possibly Dame Anne McCaffrey's "A Flock of Geese"?
The cave was populated by random refugees, not an organized party. One woman ran the group; she would have preferred a permanent group who didn't challenge her authority, but so far it hadn't happened. Her greatest advantage was that she could sense when a time-shift was about to occur and could get back to safety. The cave was a safe place because it was in a place that hadn't changed geologically during human history.
It shows up in Moonsinger's Friends and The Girl Who Heard Dragons.
And it's a quilt that she's working on according to the Google Books excerpt that I've found.
Incidentally, I've seen a few references to this being the first of two short stories about the cave, but I've yet to figure out what the second is.
answered Jul 8 '14 at 1:38
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Possibly Dame Anne McCaffrey's "A Flock of Geese"?
The cave was populated by random refugees, not an organized party. One woman ran the group; she would have preferred a permanent group who didn't challenge her authority, but so far it hadn't happened. Her greatest advantage was that she could sense when a time-shift was about to occur and could get back to safety. The cave was a safe place because it was in a place that hadn't changed geologically during human history.
It shows up in Moonsinger's Friends and The Girl Who Heard Dragons.
And it's a quilt that she's working on according to the Google Books excerpt that I've found.
Incidentally, I've seen a few references to this being the first of two short stories about the cave, but I've yet to figure out what the second is.
answered Jul 8 '14 at 1:38
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Possibly Dame Anne McCaffrey's "A Flock of Geese"?
The cave was populated by random refugees, not an organized party. One woman ran the group; she would have preferred a permanent group who didn't challenge her authority, but so far it hadn't happened. Her greatest advantage was that she could sense when a time-shift was about to occur and could get back to safety. The cave was a safe place because it was in a place that hadn't changed geologically during human history.
It shows up in Moonsinger's Friends and The Girl Who Heard Dragons.
And it's a quilt that she's working on according to the Google Books excerpt that I've found.
Incidentally, I've seen a few references to this being the first of two short stories about the cave, but I've yet to figure out what the second is.
answered Jul 8 '14 at 1:38
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Possibly Dame Anne McCaffrey's "A Flock of Geese"?
The cave was populated by random refugees, not an organized party. One woman ran the group; she would have preferred a permanent group who didn't challenge her authority, but so far it hadn't happened. Her greatest advantage was that she could sense when a time-shift was about to occur and could get back to safety. The cave was a safe place because it was in a place that hadn't changed geologically during human history.
It shows up in Moonsinger's Friends and The Girl Who Heard Dragons.
And it's a quilt that she's working on according to the Google Books excerpt that I've found.
Incidentally, I've seen a few references to this being the first of two short stories about the cave, but I've yet to figure out what the second is.
answered Jul 8 '14 at 1:38
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The second story of this odd and disturbing series is titled The Bones Do Lie and is the last story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons."
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Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
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The second story of this odd and disturbing series is titled The Bones Do Lie and is the last story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons."
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Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
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The second story of this odd and disturbing series is titled The Bones Do Lie and is the last story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons."
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The second story of this odd and disturbing series is titled The Bones Do Lie and is the last story in "The Girl Who Heard Dragons."
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Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
9 mins ago
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Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
9 mins ago
Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
9 mins ago
Hiya. I'm unclear whether you're trying to answer the question or not- do you know the name of the first story? Also, if you have the author's name that might be helpful to the asker.
– Adele C
9 mins ago
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