Alternate Peace Author:Steven H. Silver (Editor), Joshua Palmatier (Editor) Alternate histories. Alternate realities. It's said that every choice creates multiple timelines, each one exploring what could have happened if a different decision had been made. Most of these alternate histories stem from different outcomes to a pivotal battle, or to an assassination attempt, or to the ending or escalati... more »on of a war.
All violent, all bloody, all brutal. But what about those choices made during peacetime, when there was no monumental, ongoing conflict? After all, everyone knows how significant the flutter of a butterfly's wings can be, how far-reaching its effects can be felt. In these pages you will find fifteen new branches of history written by some of today's greatest science fiction and fantasy writers, all stemming from a peaceful divergence in our past. Join them as they wander down familiar paths...and then swerve down roads not taken.
Contents:
Introduction (Alternate Peace) • essay by Steven H Silver
O-Rings / short story by Elektra Hammond
A Dad Ought to Have Nightmares / short story by Dave Cozort
Election Day / short story by Harry Turtledove
A Fine Line, Indeed / short story by C. W. Briar
Donny Boy / short fiction by Rick Wilber
The Echoes of a Shot / short story by Juliet E. McKenna
What Makes a Better World / short story by Michael Robertson
Field of Cloth of Gold and Blood, Sweat and Tears / short story by Kat Otis
Politicians, Lost Causers and Abigail Lockwood / short fiction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Or, the Modern Psyche / short fiction by Brian Hugenbruch
Easter Rising / short fiction by Stephen Leigh
The Sisters of the Hallowed Marsh / short fiction by Elizabeth Kite
Selkie / short fiction by Ian R. MacLeod
New Moon, Dark Skies / short fiction by Mike Barretta
His Master's Voice / short fiction by Kari Sperring
About the Authors (Alternate Peace) • essay by uncredited
About the Editors (Alternate Peace) • essay by uncredited