Free online fiction. Time travel. Charley's convinced there are three, not just two, levels at Grand Central Station. Charley's psychiatrist, and his friends, think his delusion is a "waking-dream wish fulfillment," and like his stamp collection, a temporary refuge from a world full of insecurity, fear, war, and worry. Originally published in Colliers, October 7, 1950. places: New York, NY: Grand Central Station, Vanderbilt Avenue, Roosevelt Hotel, Forty-sixth Street, Times Square, Central Park; Galesburg, IL: Williard Street