None of these will be out in the next week, or even month. I'm doing preliminary research and writing now on all three ideas,
In Soviet America...: A TL where the US government falls during the Great Depression and a Socialist government takes over. I'm working on a plausible POD for it, so it'll be a while.
Where Wild Rubber Grows: On 15 November 1902, Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino attempted to assassinate Leopold II of Belgium, who was riding in a royal cortege from a ceremony in memory of his recently-deceased wife, Marie Henriette. After Leopold's carriage passed, Rubino fired three shots at the King; the shots missed Leopold and Rubino was immediately arrested. But what if Leopold had been killed? Would the Congo Free State have gone to Belgian control, or would his children have taken over as leaders of the privately owned country? Would it go some way to ending the "rubber regime?"
For want of a Rider: During the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Red Sticks, a faction of Tecumseh's armies, Sam Houston of Texan War fame was wounded in action during the battle. But what if Houston had been killed? Coincidentally, though I did not know this, this was also the POD for the Trail of Glory AH book series by Eric Flint. However, it is ASB as it shows him being unwounded during the battle and somehow rallying the defenders of Washington to keep it from burning. Here, though, I'm gonna kill him.
In Soviet America...: A TL where the US government falls during the Great Depression and a Socialist government takes over. I'm working on a plausible POD for it, so it'll be a while.
Where Wild Rubber Grows: On 15 November 1902, Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino attempted to assassinate Leopold II of Belgium, who was riding in a royal cortege from a ceremony in memory of his recently-deceased wife, Marie Henriette. After Leopold's carriage passed, Rubino fired three shots at the King; the shots missed Leopold and Rubino was immediately arrested. But what if Leopold had been killed? Would the Congo Free State have gone to Belgian control, or would his children have taken over as leaders of the privately owned country? Would it go some way to ending the "rubber regime?"
For want of a Rider: During the Battle of Horseshoe Bend against the Red Sticks, a faction of Tecumseh's armies, Sam Houston of Texan War fame was wounded in action during the battle. But what if Houston had been killed? Coincidentally, though I did not know this, this was also the POD for the Trail of Glory AH book series by Eric Flint. However, it is ASB as it shows him being unwounded during the battle and somehow rallying the defenders of Washington to keep it from burning. Here, though, I'm gonna kill him.
