AboutSue Kayton Expertise Engineer who has read thousands of science fiction books and short stories. Can recommend stories on specific subjects and comment on technical feasibility. Especially good at older out-of-print books and authors.
Question I seem to recall a short story involving a fellow who, while walking in his living room or front hall trips over the edge of the carpet, and in the fall, precipitates into another (realm/dimension/universe/world?). In it he sees a very strange creature that seems to take offense at his appearance and aims two (crystalline?) rods at him, which seems to cause pain(?). after a short time, he somehow returns to the time and place he left from, still falling. I have a vague recollection that the title was something like "between the ticks of the clock" or "between 12 and 12:01" or something along those lines. IIRC, this was a 1930's or 40's short story. Thanks so much for looking!
Answer Never read it. Sorry. Here's a link to golden-age short stories so you can browse by title. I didn't find anything that started with "Between" that sounded right.
