Retief Ransom

by Keith Laumer

Published 13 September 1972

Shape Changer

by Keith Laumer

Published 1 January 1973

Lafayette O'Leary, to his acute discomfiture, has an exhilarating and terrifying tendency to slip continua. And what might that mean?

It might mean finding oneself a gypsy with a ring in his ear at one moment, and then suddenly a crippled birdman unable to leave his nest because of the awkward loss of teleporting talent.

It might mean battling one's way back to the time stream where he started - only to find himself already there, lording it over the populace like a tyrant.