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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.ContentsIntroduction by Rick WilberGame Night at the Fox and Goose, by Karen Joy FowlerThe Lincoln Train, by Maureen McHughZeppelin City, by Michael Swanwick and Eileen GunnManassas, Again, by Gregory BenfordKamehameha's Bones, by Kathleen GoonanP Dolce, by Louise MarleyA Clash of Eagles, by Alan SmaleThe House That George Built, by Harry TurtledoveSomething Real, by Rick WilberVulcanization, by Nisi ShawlJames K. Polk, by Ben LooryForeign Devils, by Walter Jon WilliamsEvery So Often by Rich LarsonIt's a Wonderful Life, by Michaela RoessnerThe Winterberry, by Nicholas DiCharioMiriam, by Michael BishopIf There be Cause, by Sheila FinchParadise is a Walled Garden, by Lisa Goldstein