Dr. Adrian Cross is a disgraced physicist with nothing left to lose—until he accidentally builds a time machine in his garage. It’s not magic. It’s a homebuilt particle accelerator—more powerful than CERN’s—and the side effect? It can send things three hours into the past.
And what better way to use a time machine than to win the Powerball?
Of course, there are some minor complications—like radiation exposure, the risk of meeting his past self, and the fact that his invention might just be tearing a hole in spacetime. But hey, who’s counting those details when you’re about to become ridiculously rich?
Time to Win Powerball is a fast-paced, science-rich short story that blends mad science with a high-stakes lottery heist. It’s the first story in the Echoes of the Collider series, where DIY tech outpaces the world’s top labs, and the worst that can happen probably already has.