Goodbye, Howard Henning

by John E. Stith

• Release: 15 July 2020
• Format: Flash Fiction
• Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

This isn’t Germany. And this can’t be 1924.

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

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

• Unexplained 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

• Nature (periodical): Nature Futures, 15 July 2020

TIME TRAVEL ITINERARY (SPOILERS!)

1. From an unspecified place and future time at an unknown time ⋙ to Harold Henning’s lab, San Francisco, AD 2024. Round trip. Note: the first trip, to kill Hitler.
2. From an unspecified place and future time at an unknown time ⋙ to Harold Henning’s lab, San Francisco, an unspecified later time. Round trip. Note: the second trip.