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George Nikolopoulos is a speculative fiction writer from Greece. His stories have been published in Galaxy’s Edge, Factor Four, Best Vegan SFF 2016 and elsewhere.
Killing Hitler has long been the Holy Grail of time travellers. Every now and again some determined soul goes back in time to try, but all fail. It seems that Lady Time is fiercely protective of her strands and our actions are but proverbial ripples in the pond.