The Real World by Steven Utley (opens in new tab)

"The Real World" is a 2000 science fiction short story by Steven Utley. It is about a scientist who has the distinguished honor of being the first person to travel back in time using a recently discovered time funnel. The question is: did he come back to the same world he left? Non-Spoiler Summary In A Nutshell: The story is about Ivan, a pedologist who is going to visit his brother in sunny California. He arrives to find his niece all grown up and learns that his brother, a big shot Hollywoo...