"The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck" is a 1978 science fiction short story by American writer Hilbert Schenck. It was first published in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
Plot summary
Schenck retells the true story of how lighthouse-keeper Walter Chase led the rescue of the crew of the H.P. Kirkham off Nantucket in 1892, and posits that many of the events during the rescue were the result of Chase unconsciously altering history. ==Reception==