What if… Lincoln governed America in enemy territory? The United States annexed Persia? North Alaska and South Alaska went to war? Los Angeles spread across the world? These and many more questions are answered in this gripping alternate history anthology by some of the finest writers working today, from screenwriters to historians to speculative fiction practitioners to activists, in twenty-one tales of a United States of America that’s not quite like the one we know. Join us as our all-star roster of science fiction and fantasy authors explore the frontiers of over a score of different lands in ALTERED STATES OF THE UNION.
Featuring stories by:
• David Gerrold, award-winning author and writer of the legendary Star Trek episode ‘The Trouble with Tribbles’
• New York Times best-selling authors Peter David and Michael Jan Friedman
• David Silverman, the president of American Atheists and author of Fighting God, and Hildy Silverman, publisher of Space and Time
• Ian Randal Strock, author of The Presidential Book of Lists, Ranking the Vice Presidents, and Ranking the First Ladies
• Aaron Rosenberg, Sidewise Award finalist for best short-form alternate history
• Anne Toole, Emmy award-winning author of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
…and Russ Colchamiro, Keith R.A. De Candido, Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald, Brendan Du Bois, Malon Edwards, G.D. Falksen, Robert Greenberger, Glenn Hauman, Alisa Kwitney, Gordon Linzner, Sarah Mc Gill, Meredith Peruzzi, Mackenzie Reide, and Ramón Terrell.
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Preamble by Glenn Hauman
‘Shall Not Perish From The Earth’ by Ian Randal Strock
Into The Breach by Malon Edwards
The Republic of Madawaska by Robert Greenberger
The City of Oil and Paint by Sarah Mc Gill
Hope by Michael Jan Friedman
We Seceded Where Others Failed by Keith R.A. De Candido
Independence Day, Huzzah! by Gordon Linzner
Red Harbor by G.D. Falksen
Lions of the Mississippi by Anne Toole
Saving Grace by Meredith Peruzzi
The People’s Choice by Brendan Du Bois
The Southern Gamble by Aaron Rosenberg
Shifting Gears by Mackenzie Reide
Emerald State by Glenn Hauman
One of the Good Ones by Alisa Kwitney
The Great Chasm by David Silverman & Hildy Silverman
The Unconquered by Ramn Terrell
Man of the Year by Russ Colchamiro
A Brief Explanation of How Budapest Became the Taco Capital of the World by David Gerrold
Gertrude of Wyoming by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
Moose & Squirrel by Peter David