10¹⁶ to 1 by James Patrick Kelly

1016 to 1 by James Patrick Kelly • Page count: 16 "1016 to 1" is an award winning 1999 science fiction novelette by James Patrick Kelly. It is about an American boy who meets a time traveler from the future during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The story follows Ray Beaumont, a 12 year old boy living in New York. It is October 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis has just begun. As his parents argue about whether there is going to be a nuclear war or not, Ray meets a man from the future...