Quite possibly the strangest thing about this story is the fact that it's set in a genre dealing with time travel -- and time travel plays virtually no part in it! Since the time I first came up with the idea for "A Stitch in Time," it went through a number of permutations (most which were discarded because they did not suit the characters), but the fact that this simply wasn't a time travel story never changed, at least not in an active sense. Passively speaking, it plays a very vital role, since Doc wouldn't be in 1885 if it weren't for his little fourth dimensional accident, but actively speaking, it enters into this tale only very briefly toward the end.  Judge Archibald Morris, who is mentioned in this story and will be mentioned again in the future as a part of Hill Valley history, is a nod to my friend and fellow fanfic writer, Jeff Morris, who provided me with considerable and invaluable information concerning trains and rail lines of the era. Though this info did not play a part in this story, it did in others, and helped considerably when I wanted to figure out just where Hill Valley would be in the Real World. I made these computations well before the fan club published its article on the subject, and was amused to find that we came to very nearly the same conclusion. For those who are fond of Marty McFly, I beg your pardon for his absence from this tale, and hope that the presence of his ancestor, Seamus, makes up for it.