A dazzling display of history as it might have been, this impressive array of award-winning writers explores the histories that never were, from Ancient Rome to Imperial China and much more. The book features classic reprints of alternate-history stories by Karen Joy Fowler, Kathleen Goonan, Gregory Benford, Nisi Shawl, Harry Turtledove, Michael Bishop, Lisa Goldstein, Alan Smale, Louise Marley, Maureen McHugh, Michaela Roessner, Rich Larson, Sheila Finch, Ben Loory, Walter Jon Williams, Nicholas DiChario, Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn, and editor Rick Wilber.
Contents
Introduction by Rick Wilber
Game Night at the Fox and Goose, by Karen Joy Fowler
The Lincoln Train, by Maureen McHugh
Zeppelin City, by Michael Swanwick and Eileen Gunn
Manassas, Again, by Gregory Benford
Kamehamehas Bones, by Kathleen Goonan
P Dolce, by Louise Marley
A Clash of Eagles, by Alan Smale
The House That George Built, by Harry Turtledove
Something Real, by Rick Wilber
Vulcanization, by Nisi Shawl
James K. Polk, by Ben Loory
Foreign Devils, by Walter Jon Williams
Every So Often by Rich Larson
Its a Wonderful Life, by Michaela Roessner
The Winterberry, by Nicholas DiChario
Miriam, by Michael Bishop
If There be Cause, by Sheila Finch
Paradise is a Walled Garden, by Lisa Goldstein