In the early 1900s, boxer Jess Willard wins the world championship but then snubs Houdini; after he dies, he gets a second chance.
He opened them to find himself in a far more uncomfortable chair, in a balcony at the Los Angeles Orpheum, in the middle of Harry Houdini’s opening-night performance, November 30, 1915.

Variants

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  1. “The Pottawatomie Giant” by Andy Duncan, in Sci Fiction, 1 November 2000.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Andy Duncan