First Meetings (short story)

First Meetings was the tenth story in the anthology Iris: Abroad. It was written by Stuart Douglas.

Summary
Iris Wildthyme recounts her first meeting with El Jefe, a refugee from a powerful race of time-travelling aliens.

Characters

 * Iris Wildthyme
 * El Jefe
 * Alison

Worldbuilding

 * Jeff claims he was involved in the crisis "when the Monkey God threatened to bring anti-matter through into our Universe."

Continuity

 * The mysterious people of the Clockworks originated in the previous universe, but crossed the rapids so they could tend their Tale Without Meaning. (PROSE: Christmas on a Rational Planet, The Book of the War)