Time Loop Flight: Escape from Eternity

I've always hated flying. Not enough to pay for thousands of dollars in first-class tickets, but enough to give me a pang of anxiety as I boarded the plane. What bothers me isn't takeoff or landing, but the long stretches of turbulence that always come out of nowhere. I never like to be at the mercy of something as capricious as the weather. Yet, on a Friday afternoon in January, I boarded a flight at Los Angeles International Airport. The weather was clear and cold, with only a few white clouds scattered in the sky. It looked like it would be a good day to fly, so I sat in my seat, pulled out my laptop, and tried to keep that in mind. . . . . This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.