“Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers” is much more than just another parallel universe story. It is a humorous and engrossing tale told from the perspective of a West Virginia teenager who learns about the larger world through interaction with all sorts of odd characters who stop by Harry’s for a late-night snack.

First published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1987. Reprinted in:

• Why I Left Harry’s All Night Hamburgers and Other Stories (1990)
• The New Hugo Winners Volume II (1991)
• Crosstime Traffic (1992)
• Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s Science Fiction (1995)

Edited for a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1987.