Parallel-selves Stories

A reclusive historian named Ethan Cole stumbles upon an intricately engraved, pulsating watch in a forgotten archive. The moment he touches it, reality warps: he's briefly plunged into a parallel world of silver walls and a crimson sky, realizing the object is a key to the Multiverse. When he returns, the watch's reflection briefly shows him an older, colder version of himself. Ethan is left grappling with the stunning truth that the watch can unlock not just other worlds, but other versions of himself, thrusting him onto a path where he must confront the infinite possibilities of his own identity.