On Stony Ground, by Cynthia Ward

[Analog]

★★★☆☆ Average

(Alternate History) In a world ruled by descendants of Alexander the Great, an engineer building a railroad through Palestine worries about a local preacher who seems to be preaching sedition. (3,463 words; Time: 11m)

Recommended By: 👍STomaino+1 (Q&A)

Body Drift, by Cynthia Ward

[Analog]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Far-Future SF) A boy and a girl meet in the far future in a world so strange to us it’s barely comprehensible. (2,956 words; Time: 09m)

This story compares itself to “Day Million,” by Frederick Pohl, so you might want to read that first.