A guy sits in a pub on a foggy night, goes out, maybe crosses the street, or re-enters the pub and is in a different time. Not a Callahan story.
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6May I ask you to edit your question to add more details about this story, such as when you read this, where, and in what language? There is a fair bit of guidance here.– GallifreyanCommented Jul 10, 2017 at 15:20
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This does sound vaguely familiar, though - I'd be interested in more details.– Jeff ZeitlinCommented Jul 10, 2017 at 15:25
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Hello, welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy. Please make sure you've checked out the tour, read How to Ask (and possibly How to Answer), as well as the Story-ID guidelines. What language did you read it in? Where were you when you read it? Medium? Etc. I hope you decide to stick around!– MithicalCommented Jul 10, 2017 at 15:31
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1Just gonna leave this here in case the OP comes back to provide more details Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel– CDspaceCommented Jul 10, 2017 at 22:37
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Though the Niven is most likely, I feel that completeness demands mention of the inn (whose name escapes me) in a couple of stories by Poul Anderson. It's central to a short story (whose title also escapes me) and tangential to A Midsummer Tempest.– Anton SherwoodCommented Jul 11, 2017 at 4:50
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It might be the Larry Niven story "For a Foggy Night":
In one of Niven's rare stories of cross-dimensional travel, an unnamed protagonist discovers the real reason that things seem so foggy on a foggy night.
The story does start in a bar, and the narrator gets lost in the fog and ends up in an alternate universe. It's not time travel, though, it's travel between alternative universes.
answered Jul 10, 2017 at 15:30
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Thank you all. It was the Niven story. Up here in the summer, sometimes in other seasons, there is a particular kind of cloud, fuzzy around the edges without much definition that seems always just slightly out of focus. I always imagined them to be portals to other dimensions or times. Somehow they evoke the memory of the Niven story.... Strangely enough, I have a copy of Tales of the Spaceport Bar on my shelf and the story is there, I just couldn't remember the collection or the story's title. Commented Jul 11, 2017 at 22:15
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@LoonDavidson If this is the right answer, please click the green checkmark to accept this answer. That will give the poster (and you) some internet reputation, but more importantly it will mark the question closed. As is, people have to click into the question and read your comment to know that you're satisfied.– BrythanCommented Jul 12, 2017 at 5:02