You know of Nathanial Hawthorne’s tale of “Rappaccini’s Daughter,” but do you know of
the second, equally beautiful, daughter who had a significant effect on all time travelers?
And that is why our time machines are not permitted to travel back farther than the
middle of the twentieth century.
DEBUT
“Rappaccini’s Other Daughter,” in The Compleat Boucher (NESFA Press,
January 1999).
VARIANTS
Debut. “Rappaccini’s Other Daughter,” in The Compleat Boucher (NESFA Press, January 1999).
And that is why our time machines are not permitted to travel back farther than the
middle of the twentieth century.
1 English variant