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  1. Vignette Collection: Worlds At War Vol. 2

    A bit over two years ago, I took a break from my normal work, opened up old notebooks and files, and put together a series of one shot scenarios set in a series of divergences focused on the Second World War. Of the seven stories of that collection, which can be found here, I'd say three of them...

  2. The Potomac Calls: WI Virginia Elected a Unionist Governor in 1859?

    "The Potomac Calls" WI Virginia Elected a Unionist Governor in 1859? A New Timeline By Japhy Prologue Richmond May 26th, 1859 Evening Even at this late hour, and even with the quirks of the Virginia Constitution which meant that it would be seven months before the result came into effect...

  3. ACW WI: William Rosecrans Commands Army of the Potomac, 1861

    So as an off the cuff way to put Rosecrans in the position that he is brought to Washington in the aftermath of the First Battle of Bull Run is the fact that at the start of the American Civil War George McClellan was contacted by agents of or received outright offers to command the state...

  4. WI: No Bermuda Hundred Campaign

    In 1864 the Army of the James, consisting of the X and XVIII Corps of the Union Army, was created combining Union forces that had previously been deployed against the Virginia and Carolina coasts. Under the command of Major General Benjamin Butler the Army would famously be trapped in Bermuda...

  5. TLIAW: Interesting Times

    Interesting Times Another Chinese TLIAW by Japhy (Who finally has a computer again!) Chiang Kai-Shek (KMT --- Right Faction / Nanjing Clique) The Nationalists Warlord (1926-1930) It is an irony of history that the Chinese Nationalist Movement, the Kuomintang, which had set out to reunify...

  6. Soft WI: Potential Australian Quisling/Petain

    First thing first, this is far more a literary question then a hard AH thing. Honestly I don't see any point in the Second World War where Australia is plausibly going to be throwing in the towel once the Pacific War Starts. And generally I'd be one of those people jumping right to the front...

  7. A Dishonorable Victory: A Short ACW Timeline

    Part I: The Last Hurrah September 8th, 1862 Troy, New York There had been a time, not all that long ago that the citizens of Troy, New York talked about making a real play to move the State Capital the dozen miles up the Hudson to the real engine of the North Country. It was Troy that had the...

  8. AH Vignette: iDuello

    “The problem with folks your age,” Mitchell offered with a grimace on his face, “is that everything needs to be on the web. Or it doesn’t exist. ‘Disrupt’ this, ‘upload’ that, get it ‘On The Cloud’.” He was enjoying himself as he offered air quotes, and continued the generations old tradition of...

  9. A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar (Review/Spoilers)

    I will admit, Published mainstream AH hasn't been major component of my participation in the Genre in many years, but always on the prowl for a good detective novel, works that combine the two inevitably get my attention pretty damn quickly, with mixed results in recent years. Having caught...

  10. TLIAW: Failed Miserably

    Failed Miserably A UK Political Timeline In A Week-ish By An American Who Should Know Better "The war has ended - quite differently, indeed, from how we expected. Our politicians have failed us miserably." --- Kaiser Wilhelm II, Late September 1918. Part I: Alone On one level, continued...

  11. AH Vignette: Continental Defense

    Washington lay under Fog as the Pre-Dawn twilight was ruptured by the sirens of police cars racing towards the Lincoln Memorial, and from there, across Memorial Bridge over the unseen waters of the Potomac before bearing left. As squad cars and motorcycles raced ahead and behind the convoy...

  12. AH Vignette: The Last Debate

    The President of the United States does not offer his guest a drink or a cigar. He has learned over the decades that the man is a teetotaller and has no interest or taste in fine tobacco. For the brief months in their decades long relationship that he could view his guest as an ally he had...

  13. WI: Lincoln elected to the Senate 1855

    In February of 1855 the newly elected state legislature of Illinois met to elect the new United States Senator from their state for the coming term in Washington. The incumbent, James Shields (Notable to history for having been a General in the Mexican-American and American Civil Wars, having...

  14. Haggis' AH Vignette: Bearfish

    Bearfish An AH Vignette by Haggis YOUNG: Hello, this is Alice Young. It is January 3, 1962, in Lincoln, Alabama. We're here talking to Hiram Lee. Mr. Lee, if you could introduce yourself so people know what your voice sounds like. LEE: Do I, do I just talk? YOUNG: Yes. LEE: My name is Hiram...

  15. AH Vignette: Rotten-Oak George

    The riotous mob, in spite of their racial handicaps, cheered the former President as they passed his downtown mansion on their way to lynch more negroes. Political allegiance of the past was forgotten, he had after all, not delivered much in the fight he had led against Papism, but he wasn’t a...

  16. AH Vignette: Petrograd Thaw

    “Commissar Plenipotentiary to the Soviets of Russia for the Combined Entente Powers… and the United States of America.” Chicherin read the official papers slowly. Behind the gold-rimmed pince-nez lenses the Red Regimes’ chief diplomat’s eyes darted back and forth, scanning the rest of the...

  17. The People's House

    Prologue: Untitled View of the Present Day That Was Yesterday Populi News Grounded Netmemo News Presidential Government: Helen Watson and a Historical Perspective October 5th, 2015 By Ted M. Bosch Professor Ted Bosch is Professor of Modern American History at Oklahoma Federal Grant State...

  18. Our Man in Berlin: An Allohistorical Short Story

    Our Man in Berlin A Short Story By Japhy ONE: Untitled Opening This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, but with a Unilateral Declaration. London had become a sad, odd place this spring morning as he headed down Shaftesbury Avenue. The streets quieter than normal, but not by any means...

  19. TLIAW: Great Power Empire: China 1865

    Great Power Empire: China 1865 (With Apologies to Hendryk) A Timeline In A While by Japhy One: The Decision Headquarters Camp, Hunan (Xiang) Army August 2nd 1864 Nanjing was an unclean city. Nanjing was a city of death. Zeng Guofan felt disgust as he left the large tent where he had for...

  20. Technical Discussion: AEF in place of BEF 1940

    Inspired by previous discussions about the Germans and Japanese switching places I'd like to ask what the look of an American Expeditionary Force in place of the BEF in France in 1940 could have looked like/how they would have fought/what their leadership would look like, etc? Obviously its...
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