What is T.A.C.O?

It's an acronym obviously

In the first story Alex mentions he works for TACO. That doesn't mean he receives payments in food because TACO is an acronym. it stands for
Time Anti-Chronoclasm Agency.

You may not be familiar with the word 'Chronoclasm' so here's an example of one:

Abraham Lincoln looked at his wristwatch before standing up to give the Gettysburg Address

Nothing wrong there surely? After all wristwatches were first produced in 1812 and the Gettysburg Address occured in 1863. Except wristwatches were very delicate objects and were only worn by extreamly wealthy women. Men didn't start wearing wristwatches until the 1880s when they became less fragile. A chronoclasm is an object or event which is out of time and which betrays the existance of time travel to primitive cultures such as ours. The Time Anti-Chronoclasm organisation was set up to police time travel, recover objects out of time and correct events which timetravellers have accidentaly instigated.

In the second story you'll come across another acronym associated with timetravel - B.E.L.L. I would tell you what that stands for but Alex point blank refused to explain it so I simply don't know. Alex leaks information however, and I'm sure that he will eventually let the information slip. I suspect that whoever came up with BELL as an acronym is an adherant of a certain fast food chain based in Irvine, California. (Actually I do like Taco Bell but since I live in the UK, I can't get them here. Fortunately my wife is American, from the deep south and makes excellent tacos.) Anyway, all I could get out of Alex is that if TACO is the timetravel 'police' then BELL is the timetravel 'FBI'.

It was a dark and stormy night - Ripping Time

Introducing TACO - the Time Anti-Chronoclasm Organisation

How I first met Alex Pearin, the time traveller; also known as 'Jack the Ripper'.

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It was another dark and stormy night - Witch Time

Introducing BELL - whatever that stands for

How I made my first time travel trip to rescue the Blair witch.

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It wasn't a dark and stormy night - Titanic Time

Paradoxically - a tiny change can both kill and save lives

My second time travel trip; to make sure the Titanic sank!

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What's next?

There's a fourth story 'Time Flies'. It deals with a trip to talk to Leonardo da Vinci. It also explains the mystery of the Marie Celeste and just who Mona Lisa really was. The fourth story tells you what B.E.L.L stands for and what their agents do.