SOLVED. Short SCI-FI time travel Story. [s]

[John]

About 5 years ago I remember reading about a short science fiction story about a time traveller that goes back and kills as many evil people as he can throughout history Hitler, Stalin, Jim Jones, Jack the Rippert etc. etc.) before they do whatever they do. He returns to a utopian world in which, because of his fingerprints throughout history he is considered the most evil man every existing...

and yet I can't find it again anywhere!

[Andy]

Sounds like The Murderer by Lawrence Watt-Evans (allowing for some minor details misremembered)

[Rachel]

I have no idea what this is (sorry), but commenting so I can follow the thread because it sounds like a great story.

[John]

Rachel wrote: "I have no idea what this is (sorry), but commenting so I can follow the thread because it sounds like a great story."

Thanks...I'm starting to wonder if it never existed...if it didn't...I'll get onto writing it :)

[John]

Andy wrote: "Sounds like The Murderer by Lawrence Watt-Evans (allowing for some minor details misremembered)"

Thats it! Thank you!

[Andy]

Great. Now that I'm at a computer, I can add that the story is in this collection Celestial Debris

[Justanotherbiblophile]

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