A Sound Of Thunder

June, 1956

A Sound of ThunderThe Sign On The Wall seemed to quaver under a film of sliding warm water. Eckels felt his eyelids blink over his stare, and the sign burned in this momentary darkness:Time Safari, Inc.Safaris To Any Year In The Past.You Name The Animal.We Take You There.You Shoot It.A warm phlegm gathered in Eckels' throat; he swallowed and pushed it down. The muscles around his mouth formed a smile as he put his hand slowly out upon the air, and in that hand waved a check for ten thousand doll...