A weak marriage isn’t enough to sustain Ray Shackleford, but he doesn’t want to leave either, so he spends time in his mind wondering what various unmade albums would be like from the Beatles and other 60s bands (the Doors, the Beach Boys), and one day the music of those unmade albums starts coming from the speakers in his stereo repair shop.
When I opened my eyes it was nighttime and I was crouched on the sidewalk in front of Brian’s house and it wasn't 1989 anymore.

Variants

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  1. Glimpses by Lewis Shiner (William Morrow, July 1993).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lewis Shiner