Palimpsest
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pa·limp·sest (n.) - something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form
This is the story of a young writer who loses his wife in a fire and places all the blame on his own shoulders. Yearning to atone for his sins, he jumps across timelines and overwrites iconic love stories with their own love story until he is able to rewrite a timeline that allows her spirit to rest in peace. But time is running out...
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