Manuscript Tradition, by Harry Turtledove

[Single]

★★★☆☆

(SF Exploration) A researcher studying plant life on planet TRAPPIST-1f finds that although they’re quite alien, there’s something weirdly familiar about them. (6,891 words; Time: 22m)

Recommended By: 👍STomaino+1 (Q&A)

Tie A Yellow Ribbon, by Harry Turtledove

[Single]

★★☆☆☆

(Slipstream; State of Jefferson Stories) In an alternate 1980 a sasquatch who’d been held hostage in Iran comes home to the state of Jefferson in the US Northwest. (10,902 words; Time: 36m)

Although this is just one of several stories about the sasquatch governor, there’s no reason to read any of the others first.

Always Something New, by Harry Turtledove

[Single]

★★☆☆☆

(Slipstream; State of Jefferson Stories) The governor has to investigate a report that a fish thought to be mythical has just been caught on a river in his state. (12,904 words; Time: 43m)

Although this is just one of several stories about the sasquatch governor, there’s no reason to read any of the others first.

Something Fishy, by Harry Turtledove

[Single]

★★☆☆☆

(Slipstream; State of Jefferson Stories) Merfolk are eating too many salmon at the mouth of the Klamath river, and the governor of Jefferson has to find a way to deal with the problem before the Federal Government gets involved. (6,033 words; Time: 20m)

Although this is just one of several stories about the sasquatch governor, there’s no reason to read any of the others first.

The Quest For The Great Gray Mossy, by Harry Turtledove

[Analog]

★★★☆☆

(Alternate History) In a world where intelligent raptors sail the seas hunting for Mosasaurs, a story much like Moby Dick unfolds. (15,505 words; Time: 51m)

If you’re a big Moby Dick fan and a big dinosaur fan, add one star.

Christmas Truce, by Harry Turtledove

[Asimov's]

★★★☆☆

(Alternate History) During the Christmas Truce early in World War I, a young Adolph Hitler has to deliver a message. (3,536 words; Time: 11m)

The Yorkshire Mammoth, by Harry Turtledove

[Clarkesworld]

★★★☆☆

(Alternate History) In an alternate England where the ice sheets still come down to Yorkshire, a veterinarian gets a call from a farmer whose mammoth has broken a tusk. (7,390 words; Time: 24m)

Speaker to Emos, by Harry Turtledove

[Asimov's]

★★★☆☆

(Alternate History) In an alternate world, a counsellor helps people with an unusual mental problem adjust to life in a world that finds them strange. (3,678 words; Time: 12m)

Bonehunters, by Harry Turtledove

[Analog]

★★★☆☆ Honorable Mention

(Alternate History) In a world where the dinosaurs never died out, Rekek and his adopted son accept a commission to lead a paleontologist to fossil-rich sites in the black hills of what’s South Dakota in our world. (13,806 words; Time: 46m)

Recommended By: 👍STomaino+1 (Q&A)

Powerless, by Harry Turtledove

[F&SF]

★★★☆☆ Average

(Alternate History) The Soviet Union covers the whole world, and Charlie lives in Los Angeles in the West Coast People’s Democratic Republic, which is very repressive, as Charlie learns when he tries to push back. (15,233 words; Time: 50m)

Liberating Alaska, by Harry Turtledove

[Asimov's]

★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Alternate History) In 1929, in a world where the US never purchased Alaska, American troops fight Stalin’s soldiers over the territory. (8,330 words; Time: 27m)

Zigeuner, by Harry Turtledove

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(Alternate History) A German commander in 1944 supervises the roundup of a group of gypsies in Hungary. (5,495 words; Time: 18m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

Typecasting, by Harry Turtledove

[Single]

★★☆☆☆

(Alternate History; State of Jefferson Stories) It's 1980, and a Sasquatch, Bill Williamson, is governor of "Jefferson," a state carved out of Oregon and California. (9,121 words; Time: 30m)