Alternate Anthologies Series by Mike Resnick, Allen M. Steele, Jack Nimersheim, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Kathe Koja, Barry N. Malzberg, Janni Lee Simner, Maureen F. McHugh, Laura Resnick, Michelle Sagara West, Martha Soukup, Frank M. Robinson, Gregory Feeley, David Gerrold, Walter Jon Williams, Alan Rodgers, James D. Macdonald, Katharine Kerr, Brian M. Thomsen, Judith Tarr, Jack C. Haldeman II, Geoffrey A. Landis, Dean Wesley Smith, Beth Meacham, George Alec Effinger, Barbara Delaplace, Robert Sheckley, Tappan King, John E. Johnston III, Barclay Shaw, Nicholas A. DiChario, Lea Hernandez Seidman, Mercedes Lackey, Nick DiChario, Anthony R. Lewis, Brad Linaweaver, Esther M. Friesner, Lawrence Schimel, Bill Fawcett, Josepha Sherman, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Mel White, Roland J. Green, Adrienne Gormley, Edo Van Belkom, Lyn Nichols, Richard A. Lupoff, Mark Bourne, Louise Rowder, Karawynn Long

An anthology of pieces, by such writers as Jack L. Chalker, David Gerrold, Michael P. Kube-McDowell, and others, speculates on what might have happened had the presidential elections over the years ended with different results. Original.

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.Contents: Mwalimu in the squared circle / Mike Resnick — Jane’s fighting ships / Esther Friesner — Taking action / Lawrence Schimel — Because thou lovest the Burning-ground / Michael P... moreIn 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.Contents: Mwalimu in the squared circle / Mike Resnick — Jane’s fighting ships / Esther Friesner — Taking action / Lawrence Schimel — Because thou lovest the Burning-ground / Michael P. Kube-McDowell — Ballad of the Spanish civil guard / Kathe Koja — The Vatican outfit / Laura Resnick — Tut’s wife / Maureen F. McHugh — Extreme feminism / Nicholas A. DiChario — The battle of all mothers / Jack Nimersheim — Jihad / Mercedes Lackey — Sam Clemens and the notable mare / Mel. White — … But the sword! / Anthony R. Lewis — Fugato / Barry N. Malzberg — The firebringers / David Gerrold — Albert Schweitzer and the treasures of Atlantis / George Alec Effinger — Queen of Asia / Judith Tarr — Zealot / Bill Fawcett — The Cold Warrior / Jack C. Haldeman II — For love of God / Michelle Sagara — Al Einstein—Nazi smasher! / Lea Hernandez — Mind over matter / Jack Nimersheim — One by one / Beth Meacham — The mark of the Angel / Tappan King — Standing firm / Barbara Delaplace — A sense of loyalty, a sense of betrayal / Brian M. Thomsen — Unmerited favor / Brad Linaweaver — Death of a dream / Jack C. Haldeman II — Monsieur Verne and the Martian invasion / Josepha Sherman — The arrival of Truth / Kristine Kathryn Rusch less

"Ma Teresa and the hole-in-the-wall gang" - Jack C. Haldeman II"A quiet evening by gaslight" - Geoffrey A. Landis"A spark in the darkness" - Beth Meacham"Common Sense" - Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Literary lives" - Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg"Saint Frankie" - Laura Resnick"Good girl, bad dog" - Martha Soukup"Comrade Bill" - John E. Johnston III"The ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" - Maureen F. McHugh"One month in 1907" - Frank M... more"Ma Teresa and the hole-in-the-wall gang" - Jack C. Haldeman II"A quiet evening by gaslight" - Geoffrey A. Landis"A spark in the darkness" - Beth Meacham"Common Sense" - Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Literary lives" - Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg"Saint Frankie" - Laura Resnick"Good girl, bad dog" - Martha Soukup"Comrade Bill" - John E. Johnston III"The ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" - Maureen F. McHugh"One month in 1907" - Frank M. Robinson"What goes around" - David Gerrold"Red Elvis" - Walter Jon Williams"Cui Bono?" - Katharine Kerr"Cowards die: a tragicomedy in several fits" - Judith Tarr"Black Betsy" - Dean Wesley Smith"Miranda" - Robert Sheckley"Riders in the sky" - Allen Steele"#2 with a bullet" - Jack Nimersheim"Learning magic" - Janni Lee Simner"The crimson rose" - Tappan King"What she won't remember" - Michelle Sagara West"My tongue in thy tale" - Gregory Feeley"Souvenirs" - Alan Rodgers and James D. Macdonald"Bigger than U.S. Steel" - Brian M. Thomsen"Giving head" - Nicholas A. DiChario"Satan Claus" - David Gerrold"Shootout at Gower Gulch" - George Alec Effinger"Painted bridges" - Barbara Delaplace less

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".