The Fifth Correction
by Robert Wingfield
There is a theory that death is not the end, but simply a shift into an alternative universe. This is true and keeps happening to Tom - Two-Dan $mith (sic).Usually, one forgets everything of the past and starts a new life. Tom is not so lucky; he remembers.In his last transition, he found himself as the head of a large corporation famous for doing something; nobody knows what that might be, including the staff.After the untimely demise of the Plank of Directors, Tom now has to form a new Board of people he can trust; not easy when the folks around him are Skagans, a psychopathic tribe of Viking rejects, a techie whizz-kid, a ball of fur that was once his friend, the Magus, a secretary who would do anything for the company, a left-over director who simply won't resign, a sex kitten and a female android.To make life more difficult, he is being pursued by the Temporal Conduct Authority, who don't believe the above theory, and are miffed about the fact he...