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Ian Randal Strock

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How I Won the Lottery, Broke the Time Barrier (or is that Broke the Time Barrier, Won the Lottery), and Still Wound Up Broke

by Ian Randal Strock
A lowly lab assistant receives a message from his future self with the winning lottery numbers.
Tomorrow’s Lotto drawing is for forty-five million dollars. The winning numbers will be 17, 19, 30, 32, 42, and 51.
“How I Won the Lottery, Broke the Time Barrier (or is that Broke the Time Barrier, Won the Lottery), and Still Wound Up Broke” by Ian Randal Strock, in Analog, June 2000.

Get Me to the Job on Time

by Ian Randal Strock
A man tells the story of his coworker who had a rather mundane use for his discovery of time travel.
Wally didn’t need to see the pyramids getting built, or sail with Columbus, or even watch JFK’s assassination. What Wally wanted to do, more than anything, was get to work on time.
“Get Me to the Job on Time” by Ian Randal Strock, in Analog, May 2003.

It’s Not ‘The Lady or the Tiger’, It’s ‘Which Tiger?’

by Ian Randal Strock
When searching for a long-lost ancestor (possibly depressed) whose actions literally gave you a good life, a time traveler would be well advised to frequent said ancestor’s watering holes.
I came back to offer you comfort, love, happiness, a life of ease.
“It’s Not ‘The Lady or the Tiger’, It’s ‘Which Tiger?’” by Ian Randal Strock, in Analog, April 2014.

The Ant and the Grasshoppers

by Ian Randal Strock
When the narrator realizes that Earth is about to be destroyed by an asteroid, he sends the whole planet back in time ten years.
If only I had never known, I could have been happier.
“The Ant and the Grasshoppers” by Ian Randal Strock, Daily Science Fiction, 16 November 2017 [webzine].
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