The Time Gambler's Curse
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  • Parts 22
  • Time 2h 4m
Complete, First published Oct 15
Damian Cole is a high-stakes stock analyst who finds himself in possession of an extraordinary device-a time machine. With visions of wealth beyond imagination, Damian sets off on a daring plan: travel back in time to bet on sports games and invest in future tech giants. The plan is simple, the rewards immense, and soon, his present-day bank account swells with unimaginable riches.

But greed drives him deeper. Damian starts taking riskier jumps, plotting to buy into companies like Apple and Google before they even exist. He's on top of the world-until he lands himself in 1929, just days before the Great Crash. In the frenzy of Wall Street, his device malfunctions. Now, stranded without a way back to his own time, he finds himself swindled in a bad trade and accused of being a "wizard" from the future.

As he scrambles to survive in pre-WWII America, Damian discovers he's not the only one trapped in the past. Sinister forces are at play, hunting those who tamper with time and ensuring they can never return. Each desperate move to regain his fortune only leads him further into a web of deception, danger, and a curse he cannot escape.

Will Damian uncover the secret that binds him to the past, or will he become another lost soul in the annals of time?

"The Time Gambler's Curse" is a riveting tale of ambition, betrayal, and the relentless pull of fate. Damian gambled with time-and now, time is gambling with him.
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