Jeff’s Best Joke
by Jane Lindskold
When a crazy old man calling himself Coyote shows up at an archaeological dig in New
Mexico claiming that the Anasazi disappeared into time, Jeff knows that the only way to
convince the world of Coyote’s truth is to play a colossal joke on his co-director
Jimmy.
— Michael Main
Time even passes differently at the top of a high building than at its base.
“Jeff’s Best Joke” by Jane Lindskold, in Past
Imperfect, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff (DAW Books, October
2001).