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On Seminary Ridge    by David Bowman
Price: $1.29 USD. 3190 words. Published by Bluewood Publishing on October 12, 2009. .

Robert E Lee was offered command of Union forces before he rode south to join the Confederacy, choosing State over Federal rights. If he had decided the other way, just maybe the fateful Third day at Gettysburg might well have gone differently.
Republic: A Novel of America's Future    by Charles Sheehan-Miles
Price: $4.99 USD. 137100 words. Published on December 7, 2009. .

Ken Murphy is a 45 year-old widower and senior manager at a computer chip manufacturer in quiet Highview, West Virginia. The local economy is thrown into a tailspin when the plant is suddenly shut down. Murphy must fight for healthcare for his terminally ill son. As he tries to save his son’s life, he is dragged into a deeper conflict between the forces that are ripping our nation apart.
Beneath Gray Skies    by Hugh Ashton
Price: $2.99 USD. 110280 words. Published by j-views  on January 2, 2010. .

Beneath Gray Skies describes a 1920s world that might have been, had the American Civil War never been fought. The new Nazi party in Germany, Confederates, and British and American intelligence services engage in intrigue and treachery, as the giant Bismarck–the largest Zeppelin yet constructed–crosses the Atlantic carrying a priceless gift from the Old World to the New.
Meddlers In Time- The Cockatoo River Incident    by Wayne Watson
Price: Free! 24880 words. Published on April 23, 2010. .

The third book in the Meddlers In Time series. The adventures in the 35th Century continue, with this second book in that series. In this episode, the story is told of how Jenny DeVries infiltrates the Empire under very deep cover, with the help of the Free Company 'Wotan's Fury'- Wayne Jamieson's command.
The Rockets' Red Glare    by David Shaw
Price: Free! 3940 words. Published on June 29, 2010. .

A short snippet of alternative World War II history. A case of what might have been.
Khakhanate Book I The Raven    by Thomas Lankenau
Price: $0.99 USD. 261750 words. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on July 9, 2010. .

The race who conquered the known world...meets the New World. In the last days of the Yuan Dynasty, a visionary Mongol leader struggles to save his command from destruction awaiting Mongols in a convulsing China. A shaman from a northern tribe describes a land of endless prairie and scattered tribes far to the east across frozen seas. Can this be their salvation? Thus begins Book One, The Raven.
Khakhanate Book II The Crow    by Thomas Lankenau
Price: $2.99 USD. 349500 words. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on July 9, 2010. .

The Crow continues the sweeping saga of the Mongol conquest of America. As the Mongol Khakhanate continues its inexorable expansion into the southern landmass, a young man called The Crow comes of age among the Cherokee. Grandson, nephew and cousin to Khans, he holds no rank of his own. Both idealistic and rebellious, he soon runs afoul of the powerful Khans.
The Parthenopean Scalpel    by Bruce Sterling
Price: $2.99 USD. 7170 words. Published by 40k  on October 5, 2010. .

"I love both her and them. I have come to understand that she is what they are. A woman accepts a man, expecting that he will change. A man takes a woman, expecting that she will never change. They are both disappointed. Yet within this very disappointment is the primal source of all new men and all new women."
Il bisturi napoletano    by Bruce Sterling
Price: $3.85 USD. 6700 words. Published by 40k  on October 5, 2010. .

“La amo, e le amo, entrambe. Sono arrivato a capire che lei è quel che loro sono. Una donna accetta un uomo, aspettandosi che lui cambi. Un uomo prende una donna, aspettandosi che lei non cambi mai. Saranno entrambi delusi. Ma proprio questa delusione è l’origine primaria di tutti i nuovi uomini e di tutte le nuove donne.”
O Bisturi Napolitano    by Bruce Sterling
Price: $3.85 USD. 7110 words. Published by 40k  on October 5, 2010. .

"Eu amo tanto ela quanto elas. Eu cheguei à conclusão de que ela é o que elas são. Uma mulher aceita um homem, esperando que ele irá mudar. Um homem aceita uma mulher, esperando que ela nunca mude. Os dois se desapontam. Embora esse enorme desapontamento seja a fonte primordial de todos os novos homens e mulheres."