Murder in the Nth Degree
by R. A. Montana
An insurance agent from Cleveland is selected as the representative of Earth in a
galactic trial for multiple crimes against life, but it’s not until the verdict that
you’ll see the time travel angle.
Representative? I’m an insurance agent from Cleveland, Ohio! I got a wife and three
kids and about the worst thing I’ve ever done was voting Republican in the last
election. How can I be a representative?
“Murder in the Nth Degree” by R. A. Montana, in
Microcosmic Tales, edited by Isaac Asimov et al. (Taplinger, September
1980).