The Shape Changer

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.