Usually, when I start a story, I already know whether it has time travel in the plot, but occasionally I’m surprised when the temporal antics arise, as in this story of Peter Lanroyd’s attempt to change the outcome of a presidential election that’s stolen by an ideologue. (No, no—not the year 2000. This is a fictional tale.)

I first read this one on an overnight ice-climbing trek not far from the ITTDB Citadel, hosted by fellow indexer Tim.
To any man even remotely interested in politics, let alone one as involved as I am, every 1st Tue of every 4th Nov must seem like one of the crucial if-points of history.

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  1. “The Other Inauguration” by Anthony Boucher, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1953.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Anthony Boucher