At a bar, Andrea meets a loopy man who seems to already know her; he leaves a mysterious message on a napkin, which turns out to be a hint about their next meeting where the man is younger and no longer knows her.
—Michael Main
If I had the power to decide never to meet him again, I reasoned, surely I had the power to change the course of the relationship for the better.

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  1. “This Must Be the Place” by Elly Bangs, in Strange Horizons, 2 February 2009.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Elly Bangs
  2. audio reading, as by Elliott Bangs.
    “This Must Be the Place,” as by Elliott Bangs, in The Dunsteef Audio Fiction Magazine [podcast], 15 August 2010.
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Elly Bangs as by Elliott Bangs
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by R. E. Chambliss
    Abbie Hilton
  3. recast of audio reading with misspelling of Elliott Bangs.
    “This Must Be the Place,” as by Elliot Bangs, podbay.fm [podcast], circa 2010.
    4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Elly Bangs as by Elliot [sic] Bangs
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . narrated by R. E. Chambliss
    Abbie Hilton