From Harry Turtledove, bestselling author and critically acclaimed master of the short story, comes a classic collection of science fiction tales and what-if scenarios. In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove's literary skill and unbridled imagination.

GODDESS FOR A DAY: Taking a page from history, a young girl dares to challenge the gods--and is richly rewarded for her efforts.

TWENTY-ONE, COUNTING UP: Justin Kloster's college life and romantic dreams are rudely interrupted--and irreversibly disrupted--when forty-year-old Justin arrives from the future to save him from himself.

- Forty, Counting Down
- Must and Shall
- Ready for the Fatherland
- The Phantom Tolbukhin
- Deconstruction Gang
- The Green Buffalo
- The Maltese Elephant
- Vermin
- Ils ne passeront pas
- In This Season
,etc.

A visionary collection of science fiction, fantasy, and alternate history tales