Teams of researchers from a nebulous future observe branching timelines in their past, with a particular fascination for the one man who has never made a choice that forked off a new line.
He’s a human freak as far as I’m concerned. Whatever I think of him, it doesn’t affect my work.

Variants

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  1. “Still Life with Abyss” by Jim Grimsley, in Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2017.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Jim Grimsley