A nameless man tells another how to spot time travelers.
—Michael Main
Sure. Researchers. Tourists. Criminals altering their present by manipulating the past. Religious pilgrims. Collectors. Who knows what motivates people in a million years from now?

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  1. “The Hat Thing” by Matthew Hughes, Asimov’s Science Fiction, September 2004.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Matthew Hughes
  2. audio reading.
    “The Hat Thing” by Matthew Hughes, from The Centropic Oracle (Flash 72 [podcast], 4 April 2019).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Matthew Hughes
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by Larissa Thompson