![]() In the second tale, a man named Ajib steals money from his future self, leading to misfortune. In the first tale, the rope-maker Hassan learns where to find a buried treasure that will make him wealthy. The shop owner tells him three stories of people who have traveled through the gate to meet their future selves. The shop owner invites Fuwaad into the back workshop to see a mysterious black stone arch which serves as a gateway into the future, which the shop owner has made by the use of alchemy. Plot įuwaad ibn Abbas, a fabric merchant in medieval Baghdad, discovers a new shop in the marketplace. In 2019, the novelette was included in the collection of short stories Exhalation: Stories. " The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Ted Chiang, originally published in 2007 by Subterranean Press and reprinted in the September 2007 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Short story by Ted Chiang "The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate"
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