Annie Whitehead

Joanna Courtney

Helen Hollick

Carol McGrath

Eliza Redgold

Anna Belfrage

Alison Morton

Richard Dee

GK Holloway

Ever wondered what might have happened if William the Conqueror had been beaten at Hastings? Or if Harald Hardrada had won at Stamford Bridge? Then here is the perfect set of stories for you. ‘1066 Turned Upside Down’ explores a variety of ways in which the momentous year of 1066 could have played out differently.

Alternative fiction stories by nine authors

1066 Turned Upside Down

Andorra Pett has taken on a derelict cafe on a space station! She's escaping her old life; it's a chance to start again and it feels good. But then she finds that the cafe hides a secret, if it gets out it could bring everything crashing down, how can she find the answers and keep everything together?

Andorra Pett and the Oort Cloud Cafe

Freefall is the story of Dave Travise, an interplanetary trader with a past. Trying to forget, whilst being constantly reminded is no way to live, but sometimes letting go is just too painful. The ship is his past, so that's part of the problem. So when excitement comes back into his life, in the shape of a dead girl and a stolen disc, his world turns upside down. Events take control of his life, and before he knows how, he's at the centre of a Galaxy-wide conspiracy, chasing the answers that explain the past and may hold the key to the future. The story moves from the civilised centre to the edge of exploration. A cast of pirates, smugglers, and legendary explorers all play their part in a story that's older than us.

Freefall

In 1799, one hundred years before the Wright Brothers' historic flights at Kitty Hawk, Sir George Cayley had engraved, on a silver disc about the size of a British shilling, both the design for an airplane and the earliest recorded description of the forces by which a wing can fly. Through his work Cayley was the first to recognize the two opponent-paired forces of flight: weight and lift, thrust and drag. These discoveries culminated in the invention of the first practical airplanes. Cayley, his grandson John, and the ever supportive engineer Mr. Vick formed a team that would finally conquer the air. Aged seventy-five, Cayley and his little group developed a series of advanced models, and in 1849 they finally flew a full-sized glider with a crew consisting of a ten-year-old boy. Shortly before the his eightieth birthday, Cayley would finally build the machine that launched the world's first heavier-than-air aviator. Within less than a generation of his death, Cayley's name would be virtually forgotten. The "father of aviation" would remain unknown to all but a tiny group who followed his pioneering work. In this compelling account, Richard Dee tells the story of this remarkable man and his remarkable time. Dee's biography of Cayley allows him to combine his scientific and historical knowledge of aviation to produce an accessible and highly readable account of one of aviation's unsung heroes.

Richard Dee

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