Goodbye, Howard Henning
- by John E. Stith
- Flash Fiction
- Science Fiction, Comedy
- Adults
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- “Goodbye, Howard Henning” by John E. Stith, in Nature Futures, 15 July 2020 [Webzine accessed at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02018-9 on 16 August 2021.].
Did you ever wonder what happens when a time traveler makes a mistake? Don’t miss Stith’s “Story behind the Story” at the end of the web page.
—Michael Main
This isn’t Germany. And this can’t be 1924.
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- Time Periods
- Circa AD 2000 to 2099: AD 2024 and possibly a later year
- Unspecified Future Year: the visitor’s home
- Timeline Models
- Resilient Timeline: “Time, ah, heals itself. Disruptions fade after a while. Rocks in a stream and all that.”
- Time Travel Methods
- Themes
- Kill Hitler: “I’m supposed to bugzap a guy named Hitler.”
- Kill the Despot/Psychopath/Etc. (excluding Hitler): “Just the bad ones.”
- Time Corps: “I’m supposed to bugzap a guy named Hitler.”
- Groupings
Variants
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- “Goodbye, Howard Henning” by John E. Stith, in Nature Futures, 15 July 2020 [Webzine accessed at https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02018-9 on 16 August 2021.].