Alt-history Stories

The empire demanded their blood. They chose their home. In the blood-soaked mud of 1916, the British Empire demands a devastating price from its distant colonies. But when the call for more ANZAC reinforcements reaches the Pacific, the thread snaps. Instead of compliance, the streets of Melbourne and Wellington explode into violent, anti-imperial riots. In a coordinated political coup, radical nationalist governments seize power, severing ties with the British Crown to forge a defiant new alliance: the United Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of Aotearoa. Furious at the betrayal, the Royal Navy seals the borders with a brutal blockade, plunging the young nations into an agonizing war of survival. Returning soldiers face a shattering choice: uphold their oaths to a distant King, or defend the rugged shores of a newly independent homeland. To survive, the breakaway republics must form unprecedented alliances with indigenous leaders, rewriting the future of their land and striking a dangerous bargain with the Empire's enemies. From the desperate trenches of the Siege of Auckland to the clandestine nuclear labs of the Australian desert and the vibrant, decolonized cultural renaissance of the 1990s, the story charts an alternate century of defiance. Armed with an independent spirit, a proprietary digital frontier, and a nuclear deterrent, two nations stand completely unbowed-forever detached from the Crown, guarding the gateway to the Southern Hemisphere.

In the shadowy underworld of an immortal Roman Empire, something sinister has been developed - something that could remove an immortal's right to death. Aquila, an ancient reaper tasked with guiding expired immortals through a peaceful fade, has been assigned one final task before his own long awaited fading - to investigate and resolve the lingering attachments of a group of humans who have lived far too long. Expecting an easy task, he instead finds a technology so powerful it could shake up the order of the eternal world, and someone who could rekindle his numbed humanity and teach him how to love. Please note that this is a first draft, so I will be reworking the pacing and such. I would appreciate any comments on improvements! :) Human written. No AI :) This book is FREE. If you see it sold anywhere, it has been stolen.

What if the global revolution didn't ignite in Petrograd, but in the ports and coal mines of the Pacific? This sweeping, deeply detailed alternate history re-imagines the 20th century through the lens of a radical socialist superpower in the Southern Hemisphere. Spanning nearly a century, the chronicle begins in the depths of World War I, where a clandestine communication network known as the "Red Wire" sparks a synchronized worker uprising across Australia and New Zealand. Bypassing colonial wartime censorship, the newly forged Australasian Socialist Federation (ASF) successfully throws off the British Imperial yoke, breaking royal blockades and repelling a bloody Pacific Civil War. From the defense of Botany Bay to a fierce "Great Patriotic War" against Imperial Japanese invaders, the ASF survives through sheer solidarity and innovative, localized warfare. In peacetime, the Federation emerges as a global beacon of democratic syndicalism. Resilient against the Wall Street Crash of 1929, defiant during the Cold War's Tasman Missile Crisis, and untouched by the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, the ASF pioneers an insulated, eco-conscious economy driven by labor credits, green energy, and a revolutionary real-time digital democracy. Rich in geopolitical intrigue, technological divergence, and military strategy, this timeline offers a captivating blueprint of a world where corporate capitalism failed to conquer the globe, and the working class built a high-tech, zero-emission sanctuary in the South Pacific.

The Feast Day of San Galileo brings a motley group of revelers to Kota Maynilad. During the fiesta, sheltered mage-in-training Otts meets Ynés, a feisty machinist's apprentice. As they while away the day together, they encounter the port city's bustling youth culture: punk rock minstrels; carefree kit-bashers who remix spells into mash-ups; sidewalk herbalists with their mind-expanding home-brewed potions; and "glamplayers" who use cantrips to take on the appearance of their favorite folk heroes. Along the way, this mismatched pair discover invaluable lessons about magick, science, 'adulting', and each other. A coming-of-age novelette set in a world of enchanted tech and Philippine alternative history. Recommended If You Like: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist transplanted to manapunk Southeast Asia

A spaghetti-Western, refried alternate history, Fistful of Reefer features goats, guns and the camaraderie of outcasts. Set along the Texas border during the waning years of the Mexican revolution, you'll meet a group of unlikely heros and their unlikely foe as they stumble upon the fringes of a cabal bent on world domination. Fistful lives between No country for Old Men and the Three Amigos.

Rosie the Little Purple Engine (isn't she pink tho-) was introduced in Season 10 of the Television Series and, like most engines introduced during this era of the show, Rosie didn't get much of a backstory.....and proceeded to not really get one......for the rest of the show. So, I wanted to rectify that, having said that, here is my take on Rosie's Backstory sticking to the Railway Series lore for most of it with a few callbacks to other stories of similar events.

[Companion story to Intervention, set in the same world but reflected across the mirror] Twilight Sparkle had her whole life planned out- she finished high school with perfect marks, and was studying under one of the High Mages, a Seraph of incredible talent. When her mentor tells her to attend college just outside the city and get to know people outside of her research field, she's more than a little irritated. She's determined to hate this place, even if it's the best college for towns around. Even if she starts to like some of her schoolmates.

Kaeso Aemelius is an ambitious Ancile from the Roman rival planet Libertus. His mission is to infiltrate the Domus Publica, where the Roman Consul allegedly hears technology from the gods and then passes it on to his people. But when Kaeso witnesses the Domus Publica's terrible secret, one that proves the last thousand years of Roman history were a monstrous lie, he is forced to confront the monstrous actions of his own past...and decide how he will atone for them. "Domus Publica" is a short-story prequel to the Codex Antonius series, an alt-history space opera set in a universe where the Roman Empire reached the stars. The series is available in ebook and print: https://www.books2read.com/ap/xd24pn/Rob-Steiner Thanks for the read, and please consider voting or leaving a comment. :-)

Its the 1930's, World War One ended with neither the Central Powers or the Entente becoming the winners, but even then, the world plunged into new wars. Britannia burned in a Civil war that ended with a Military Dictatorship. France fell into a Communist Revolution. Germany's empire turned into a Constitutional Monarchy. Russia lost lands such as Ukraine and the Baltic to the Germans after the war, but a victorious White Army plans to fix that. Austria collapsed and the Ottomans are on their last legs. Independence movements and Civil unrest spreed around the world. Now, it comes to the last bastion of true democracy, America. The Colossus of the new world, would watch her economy collapse, and bring on... The Second American Civil War.

The world outside is a dark one and all of humanity has fled underground to escape the horrors on the surface. Disappearing wizards, treachery, and lies as the government unveils their plan to put Rome back on the surface. Alexander plans to find out what exactly is going on, where the wizards have disappeared to, and who he really is.

Some lore I wrote for a Hearts of Iron IV mod called Death of Nations. It centers around a world in which during and after WWI, anarchist uprisings popped up across the globe and are now fighting to overturn the old world order. This is the story of how America got there.

This book contains information on a mod I am making for Hearts of Iron IV called,"RommelReich". Takes place in from 1936 to 1950.

Approximately Latin for "On the desert provinces", this is a short compile of poems regarding the conquest of three lands that were converted into Roman provinces. Canonically, the date and author of these poems are unknown, but it can be estimated to have been made after the third century, as the conquests of Rutubisais and Yathribensis/Scenitaea fall within Vespasian and Caracalla's reigns. -Divided in three poems -Provinces picked just to make them appear on Google. -Based off of moxn's "Roma Invicta: The Heroic Age" map, with nothing taken from the story

491BC Ancient Athens. Gaiana was raised as a slave her whole life, she knew nothing more than a life of servitude to her master and his son. For her, this life was predetermined since the day she was born. But as the threat of war looms ahead, with a Persian military prepared to conquer the Greek Peninsula, Gaiana soon discovers that her destiny is far greater than the will of any mortal man. As a vast empire prepares a military campaign across her homeland, Gaiana enters the playing field with the powers of Gods, ready to defend her people against the imminent threat. She will travel, grow, and learn what it means to wield the powers of a deviant, and to use these powers against supernatural forces that exist beyond anyone's understanding. This is Gaiana's path, a Deviant's to Olympus.

Leif Erikson and his crew have discovered a new continent but they aren't alone there. The explorers find signs of battle and blood-shed but no sign of anyone having survived. As they retreat toward their ship, something comes lurching out of the darkness... Something only spoken of in the old stories...

My friends in the PAC and I played a game In AI Dungeon. Where we role-played as a certain country. I for one chose the British Empire and now, you the reader get to see the absolute most retarded and funny alt-history story told in each perspective from my good friends. Each story will address the view of their respective country and the wack ass shit that goes on inside of it. Sweden; An Abridged Timeline @per-seeve The Third Reich; An Abridged Timeline @jerryonthefritz Soviet Russia; An Abridged Timeline @danks296

The Third World War. The USSR gained Europe, only France and the Lowlands remain with a Democratic form of government. America gained the Americas at a very, very high cost... And Wales gained its independence, at the higher cost of being a brand new country in a rapidly developing world.

Short Synopsis Green Unpleasant Land Fog shrouded Victorian London, but not the 1888 we'd recognise. There's a whiff of revolution in the air, not to mention lycanthropy in the shires. As Mr Eiffel's tower nears completion in Hyde Park, famed Egyptologist Sir Percy Tiverton returns with his latest find - a nameless book so mysterious not even the Royal College of Alchemists can decipher its runes. Alexander Faversham is England's foremost champion of derring-do, but his legend is built on sand. Loyal-to-a-fault manservant Bill might know more about his master's heroics than either are letting on. When the nameless book is stolen, Bill's entanglement threatens to bring his carefully constructed façade crashing down. There's something nasty lurking in the shadows and it wants its book back. Who would dare confront the tentacles slithering from the sewers? When the Empire needs a hero, it doesn't always get the one it expects. 80k words Gothic/Cosmic Horror/Alt History

The only hope for the future lies in the past. When an adventurer is trapped in the distant past, the only person who can save him is his own granddaughter. The problem? She hasn't been born yet. When John Hamman found the time machine, he didn't know what adventures it would lead him on, and he could not predict the sequence of events that would strand him in the distant past. Can he shape a future that will one day save him from his own mistakes? Jenny Hamman was a child when her grandfather showed her the dinosaur tooth he wore on a cord around his neck. That moment set the trajectory of her life. Jenny had no idea of the dangers she would one day face. Only she can save her grandfather. Her existence and that of everyone she loves hangs in the balance. ___ Sneak Peek: Jenny wasn't sure what woke her, some instinct that death was near. Perhaps it breathed on her. Jenny opened her eyes but only saw darkness. The smell made her freeze. It was a fetid smell of rotten meat, the smell of a lion or hyena that fed on carrion. She had covered herself with cut ferns, but she could turn her head slightly and look up where she saw patches of the stars through the trees on this moonless night. Then a shape moved above her and blotted out the stars. She heard a huffing sound, and that fetid breath blew down on her like a wind. She drew her gun and fired up into the shadow looming above her. The flash from the muzzle of the High Power lit up the inside of it's mouth like a flashbulb, as she fired the gun down its throat. All she saw was teeth. ___ This book is available on Amazon in print an e-book formats. Copyright © July 2025. All Rights Reserved. Readers may not copy, alter, or steal this story. Editing: Jason Letts, Shannon Kidd Artwork: Tom Edwards

All events from 1939 to 2100 in the last regiment