Coveting someones wife and place in the world is an old old storyexcept that the woman and the place Philip coveted were his own What might alternate timelines in alternate universes hold Be careful what you wish for Evelyn E Smith is best known as the author of the Miss Melville mysteries From 1952 to 1969 she wrote dozens of science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Galaxy Super Science Fiction and Fantastic Universe Her stories were witty well written often humorous and always unforgettable