Jeremy Calder has been told by time travelers that he will cause the release of a deadly virus. No one is allowed to stop him—for he hasn’t done anything yet—and he seems to accept his fate without believing that he can change future history.
Since the history books all agreed that he was going to kill six hundred people on June 25, 2038, Jeremy Calder was careful to get up early that day.

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  1. “Train of Events” by James L. Cambias, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 2003.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by James L. Cambias