The Alibi Machine
Author:
Publication date:
1973-06
Publication type:
Short Story
Published:
Vertex, June 1973
Opus No.:
67
Setting:
Flash Crowd/Teleportation
Characters:
McAllister;
Lt. Donaho;
Capt. Hennessey
Summary:
Transfer booths provide the ultimate alibi for murder: Kill your boss in Hong Kong and be back among friends before anyone notices that you've gone. In the early days of cheap public-access teleportation, police struggle to cope with an entirely new class of crimes.
Notes:
teleportation crime story
Reprints:
anthology, Antigrav, edited by Philip Strick; Hole in Space, A