9,155 words (35-45 minutes)
Genre(s): Science Fiction, Mystery, Psychological Thriller
First published in Fantastic Adventures in September, 1952

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Yesterday House is a haunting mystery set on a secluded island off the Maine coast, where time seems to stand still, and reality itself is uncertain.

Jack Barr, a young biologist, arrives on an uncharted island expecting to collect marine specimens—but what he finds is a world out of time. A young woman, Mary Alice Pope, lives in a 1933 that never ended, trapped in a world built from yellowed newspapers, forgotten voices on the radio, and a past that refuses to die.

As Jack unravels the chilling secrets of Mary’s existence, he learns the terrifying lengths one man has gone to in order to reclaim lost love. But can a person be truly recreated? And if so, does that person still have the power to choose their own future?

A psychological and scientific mystery drenched in eerie atmosphere, Yesterday House asks:
Is love stronger than time, or is it just another illusion?