Cliff Robinson—a black, piano playing cyborg soldier in the 39th century—escapes back to depression-era Pittsburgh where he is tracked down by a time-travel cop.
Hosin Tau was Minister of Internal Security in the Silver Republic, a nation-state carved out of the Grand Union of the American South in World War VIII.

Variants

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  1. “The Boogie-Woogie, Time-Traveling, Cyborg Blues” by Barton Paul Levenson, in Electric Spec, February 2009.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Barton Paul Levenson