Physics grad student Abigail thinks that because waves go back through time in one interpretation of quantum physics, she might be able to go back in time, too.
I just went back in time to save Sophia’s girls, so I should be able to save my girls! I concentrated with all my might on waves that went back in time, and then I felt a Herculean wrench.

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  1. “Anything Would Be Worth It” by Lesley L. Smith, in Analog, December 2007.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Lesley L. Smith