Amy, at the Bottom of the Stairs
- by John M. Ford
- Short Story
- Science Fiction
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Amy, at the Bottom of the Stairs” by John M. Ford, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1982.
Warnke, a time traveler who has visited the moment of a past death more than once, comes to the house of Lady Amy Dudley née Robsart) on the eve that she is fated to fall down the stairs in an accident that her husband, Robert Dudley (an accused but reprieved conspirator in the taking of the English throne by Jane Grey) will be suspected of arranging so that he would be free to marry Elizabeth I.
I’m not a seer. I’m a. . . traveler. From one time to another. Do you understand? I know when you’ll die, and where, and how, because it’s all written down in a history book.
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- “Amy, at the Bottom of the Stairs” by John M. Ford, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, April 1982.