Pursuit

"Pursuit" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction story from the 1950s about a man named Wilbur Hawkes who wakes up with seven months of missing memories and the unsettling feeling of being hunted. The story kicks off with Wilbur waking from a bad dream to find a huge chunk of time has vanished, replaced by a sense of impending doom. As he runs for his life, Wilbur faces danger at every turn, like his apartment being destroyed and other weird, unexplainable events. His desperate flight brings suspense, urgency, and a look into big ideas like memory, fear, and who we really are, creating a tense and exciting journey.