Matthias Valk
Fiction from the bones of history
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Alternate History 2 stories

Stories that ask: what if the pivot had gone the other way? Built on rigorous research into the moment of divergence.

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Alternate History

What the Survivor Knew

Juan Espinosa survived the defeat at Tenochtitlan. He has been writing his account for three months. He cannot finish it because he has not yet written the thing he actually saw.

8 read · 1,680 words
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Alternate HistoryHistorical Fiction

The Father's Face

At the Rubicon River in 49 BCE, Julius Caesar faces the choice that will define not only his fate, but the future of Rome itself. In our history, he crossed. But what if the greatest general of his age chose to be his father's son instead?

21 read · 4,200 words
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