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A collection of 25 speculations asks 'what if' the fortunes of the Kennedy family had been different, including an all-Kennedy rock group, JFK in the real Camelot, and much more.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1992) - essay by Mike Resnick
• "Camelot Redux" - (1992) - poem by Jane Yolen
• A Fleeting Wisp of Glory - (1992) - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• In the Stone House - (1992) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
• The Kennedy Enterprise - (1992) - shortstory by David Gerrold
• The Best and the Brightest - (1992) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Short Count in Chicago - (1992) - shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• Siren Song - (1992) - novelette by Susan Shwartz
• Them Old Hyannis Blues - (1992) - shortstory by Judith Tarr
• Rosemary: Scrambled Eggs on a Blue Plate - (1992) - shortstory by Alan Rodgers and James D. Macdonald
• The Missing 35th President - (1992) - shortstory by Brian M. Thomsen
• Freedom - (1992) - shortstory by Barbara Delaplace
• A Massachusetts Yankee in King Arthur's Court - (1992) - novelette by Harry Turtledove
• President-Elect - (1992) - shortstory by Mark Aronson
• No Prisoners - (1992) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Lady in Waiting - (1992) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• The Inga-Binga Affair - (1992) - shortstory by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Bobbygate - (1992) - shortstory by Richard Katze
• Now and in the Hour of Our Death - (1992) - shortstory by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
• Eoghan - (1992) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• 'Til Death Do Us Part - (1992) - shortstory by Charles Von Rospach
• Gloria Remembers - (1992) - shortstory by Brian M. Thomsen
• Told You So - (1992) - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
• The End of Summer, by the Great Sea - (1992) - shortstory by Ginjer Buchanan
• Prince Pat - (1992) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• The Disorder and Early Sorrow of Edward Moore Kennedy, Homunculus - (1992) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• Rosemary's Brain - (1992) - shortstory by Martha Soukup
• The Winterberry - (1992) - shortstory by Nicholas A. DiChario

Some of today's top writers envision Americas that might have been..." "What would have happened if Benjamin Franklin had been elected the first President of these United States? Or if frontiersman Davy Crockett had ended up running things? Imagine that Abraham Lincoln had lost the election of 1860 and become one of the great generals of the Civil War. Or...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Playing the Game of WHAT IF? - essay by Mike Resnick
• The Father of His Country - shortstory by Jody Lynn Nye
• The War of '07 - novelette by Jayge Carr
• Black Earth and Destiny - (1991) - shortstory by Thomas A. Easton
• Chickasaw Slave - (1991) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• How the South Preserved the Union - novelette by Ralph Roberts
• Now Falls the Cold, Cold Night - shortstory by Jack L. Chalker
• Lincoln's Charge - shortstory by Bill Fawcett
• We Are Not Amused - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• Patriot's Dream - novelette by Tappan King
• I Shall Have a Flight to Glory - novelette by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Love Our Lockwood - shortstory by Janet Kagan
• Plowshare - shortstory by Martha Soukup
• The Bull Moose at Bay - (1991) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• A Fireside Chat - shortstory by Jack Nimersheim
• Fighting Bob - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Truth, Justice, and the American Way - shortstory by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Kingfish - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• No Other Choice - shortstory by Barbara Delaplace
• The More Things Change ... - shortstory by Glen Engel-Cox
• The Impeachment of Adlai Stevenson - shortstory by David Gerrold
• Heavy Metal - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Fellow Americans - (1991) - shortstory by Eileen Gunn
• Dispatches from the Revolution - (1991) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Suppose They Gave a Peace ... - novelette by Susan Shwartz
• Paper Trail - shortstory by Brian M. Thomsen
• Demarche to Iran - shortstory by Alexis A. Gilliland
• Huddled Masses - novella by Lawrence Person
• Dukakis and the Aliens - (1992) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley

In the startling tradition of Alternate Presidents, here are fantastic stories about the most surprising warriors of all. Such leading SF writers as Mercedes Lackey and Michael P. Kube-McDowell invent new destinies for great peacemakers from King to Christ, Gandhi to Einstein.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1993) - essay by Mike Resnick
• Mwalimu in the Squared Circle - (1993) - shortstory by Mike Resnick
• Jane's Fighting Ships - (1993) - shortfiction by Esther M. Friesner
• Taking Action - (1993) - shortstory by Lawrence Schimel
• Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground - (1993) - shortfiction by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
• Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard - (1993) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Vatican Outfit - (1993) - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• Tut's Wife - (1993) - shortfiction by Maureen F. McHugh
• Extreme Feminism - (1993) - shortfiction by Nicholas A. DiChario
• The Battle of All Mothers - (1993) - shortstory by Jack Nimersheim
• Jihad - (1993) - shortstory by Mercedes Lackey
• Sam Clemens and the Notable Mare - (1993) - shortfiction by Mel. White
• ...But the Sword! - (1993) - shortstory by Anthony R. Lewis
• Fugato - (1993) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• The Firebringers - (1993) - novelette by David Gerrold
• Albert Schweitzer and the Treasures of Atlantis - (1993) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• Queen of Asia - (1993) - shortfiction by Judith Tarr
• Zealot - (1993) - shortfiction by Bill Fawcett
• The Cold Warrior - (1993) - shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• For Love of God - (1993) - shortfiction by Michelle Sagara
• Al Einstein -- Nazi Smasher! - (1993) - shortstory by Lea Hernandez
• Mind Over Matter - (1993) - shortstory by Jack Nimersheim
• One By One - (1993) - shortfiction by Beth Meacham
• The Mark of the Angel - (1993) - shortfiction by Tappan King
• Standing Firm - (1993) - shortstory by Barbara Delaplace
• A Sense of Loyalty, a Sense of Betrayal - (1993) - shortfiction by Brian M. Thomsen
• Unmerited Favor - (1993) - shortstory by Brad Linaweaver
• Death of a Dream - (1993) - shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• Monsieur Verne and the Martian Invasion - (1993) - shortfiction by Josepha Sherman
• The Arrival of Truth - (1993) - novelette by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Judith Tarr, George Alec Effinger, Frank M. Robinson, David Gerrold, and other notable writers present a collection of entertaining science fiction tales in which the bad guys go legit and some of history's heroes take up a life of crime.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Mike Resnick
• Ma Teresa and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang - shortstory by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• A Quiet Evening by Gaslight - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• A Spark in the Darkness - shortstory by Beth Meacham
• Common Sense - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Literary Lives - novelette by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• Saint Frankie - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• Good Girl, Bad Dog - shortstory by Martha Soukup
• Comrade Bill - shortstory by John E. Johnston, III
• The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• One Month in 1907 - shortstory by Frank M. Robinson
• What Goes Around - shortstory by David Gerrold
• Red Elvis - novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• Cui Bono? - shortstory by Katharine Kerr
• Cowards Die: A Tragicomedy in Several Fits - shortstory by Judith Tarr
• Black Betsy - shortstory by Dean Wesley Smith
• Miranda - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• Riders in the Sky - novelette by Allen Steele
• #2, with a Bullet - shortstory by Jack Nimersheim
• Learning Magic - shortstory by Janni Lee Simner
• The Crimson Rose - novelette by Tappan King
• What She Won't Remember - novelette by Michelle Sagara
• My Tongue in Thy Tale - shortstory by Gregory Feeley
• Souvenirs - shortstory by Alan Rodgers and James D. Macdonald
• Bigger Than U.S. Steel - shortstory by Brian M. Thomsen
• Giving Head - novelette by Nicholas A. DiChario
• Satan Claus - shortstory by David Gerrold
• Shootout at Gower Gulch - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Painted Bridges - shortstory by Barbara Delaplace

History is full of tyrants. But even the best of history's other rulers have always been just a few decisions away from tyranny. From 20 of science fiction's finest storytellers come exciting tales of despots that never were "Alternate Tyrants".

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1996) - essay by Mike Resnick
• Children of Tears - (1996) - shortstory by Adrienne Gormley
• Boss - (1996) - novelette by Mark Bourne
• The Rising Sun at Dusk - (1996) - shortstory by Jack Nimersheim
• And Make Death Proud to Yake Us - (1996) - shortstory by Karawynn Long
• Infallibility, Obedience, and Acts of Contrition - (1996) - shortstory by Brian M. Thomsen
• Causes - (1997) - novelette by Frank M. Robinson
• Amandla! - shortstory by Laura Resnick
• In the Last Chamber - shortstory by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• That'll Be the Day - (1996) - novelette by Jack C. Haldeman, II and Barbara Delaplace
• The Symmetry of Duty - (1996) - shortstory by Louise Rowder
• Jubilee - (1996) - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• Mahogany Dreams - (1996) - shortstory by Lyn Nichols
• A Stable Relationship - (1996) - shortstory by Lawrence Schimel
• Faith - (1996) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• The October Crisis - (1996) - novelette by Edo van Belkom
• The King of Poland's Foot Cavalry - (1996) - novelette by Roland J. Green
• Dao De Qing by Lao Tzu - (1996) - shortstory by Nicholas A. DiChario
• The Sword in the Stone - (1996) - novelette by Michelle West
• The Crab Lice - (1996) - shortstory by Gregory Feeley
• The Lincoln Train - (1995) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh