Lucas Schmidt, time-traveler, goes back to 1904 to witness New York City’s most deadly tragedy: a ship full of German Americans on fire.
A small piece of paper fell out of the book and onto the table. Adele picked it up and examined it. It bore one line: “http://www.general-slocum.com.” She had no idea what it meant; “http” was clearly not a word, although she presumed she knew what the “general-slocum” part referred to.

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  1. “Time Ablaze” by Michael A. Burstein, in Analog, June 2004.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Michael A. Burstein