Life and Death argue over the fate of a time traveler.
“You are a problem,” Death finally said. “You were scheduled to die seventy years ago, during World War II, but since you hadn’t yet been born, I skipped the appointment.”

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  1. “Life and Death and Bongo Drums” by Larry Hodges, in Every Day Fiction, 20 February 2012.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Larry Hodges