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| language = English
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| genre = [[Alternate history]]
| publisher = [[Tor Books]]
| pub_date = October 15, 1994
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| media_type = Print ([[Paperback]])
| pages = 416
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'''''Alternate Outlaws''''' is an [[alternate history]] [[anthology]] edited by [[Mike Resnick]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/mike-resnick/alternate-outlaws.htm|title=Fantastic Fiction.com: Alternate Outlaws by Mike Resnick|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}</ref> published in the United States by [[Tor Books]]. There are 28 stories in the anthology, with each story by a different author, and presents a scenario where various historical figures become criminals or outlaws rather than there real life counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uchronia.net/label/resnaltern.html|title=Uchronia: Mike Resnick anthologies|website=www.uchronia.net}}</ref> The anthology was released on October 15, 1994. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/title/alternate-outlaws~mike-resnick~105328.htm|title=Alternate Outlaws by Mike Resnick|website=www.fictiondb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2298|title=Publication: Alternate Outlaws|website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref>

==Stories==
{| class="wikitable"
!Title !! Author !! Scenario
|-
|"Ma Teresa and the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang" || [[Jack C. Haldeman II]] ||
|-
|"A Quiet Evening by Gaslight" || [[Geoffrey A. Landis]] ||
|-
|"A Spark in the Darkness" || [[Beth Meacham]] || During her childhood in the 1880s, [[Helen Keller]], despite being [[Deafblindness|both blind and deaf]], learns how to [[Lock picking|pick locks]]. As a result, she becomes a [[Safe-cracking|safe-cracker]].
|-
|"Common Sense" || [[Kristine Kathryn Rusch]] || [[Thomas Paine]] did not emigrate to [[Thirteen Colonies|America]] in 1774. Later on, a highborn Englishwoman witnesses Paine's trial for treason, while [[Benjamin Franklin]] worries about finding a voice for the American rebels.
|-
|"Literary Lives" || [[Kathe Koja]] and [[Barry N. Malzberg]] || In the 1910s, two possible relationships form between [[Ernest Hemingway]] and [[Dorothy Parker]].
|-
|"Saint Frankie" || [[Laura Resnick]] || In 1206, [[Francis of Assisi|St. Francis of Assisi]] hears slightly different voices, and as a result, he is more helpful assisting rich people renounce their property and wealth.
|-
|"Good Girl, Bad Dog" || [[Martha Soukup]] || In the 1950s, [[Pal (dog)|Pal]] the dog gets tired of being called [[Lassie]].
|-
|"Comrade Bill" || [[John E. Johnston III]] ||
|-
|"The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" || [[Maureen F. McHugh]] || A [[Hollywood]] film crew shoots a movie about the famous bank robber Ritchie Valenzuela who robbed a bank [[Tijuana]].
|-
|"One Month in 1907" || [[Frank M. Robinson]] || The lives of the two men are swapped, with [[Hugo Gernsback]] originating the infamous "[[Ponzi scheme|Gernsback Scheme]]" while [[Charles Ponzi]] publishes [[science fiction magazine]]s. In 1907, Hugo Gernsback gets screwed in a business deal by Charles Ponzi.
|-
|"What Goes Around" || [[David Gerrold]] || [[Charles Manson]] and his "[[Manson Family|family]]" become a third-rate rock band. They are eventually murdered, which provokes commentary on modern society and culture.
|-
|"Red Elvis" || [[Walter Jon Williams]] || As a boy, [[Elvis Presley]] reads the works of writers such as [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Mahatma Gandhi|Gandhi]]. He becomes a [[Communist]] rebel rocker who is hated for dodging the [[Conscription|draft]], though he is later honored by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]. The [http://www.uchronia.com/covers/r/resn0812533445.jpg front cover of the anthology] depicts Elvis in a Communist military uniform sitting in a wooden chair in front of Communist propaganda, referencing the story.
|-
|"Cui Bono?" || [[Katharine Kerr]] ||
|-
|"Cowards Die: A Tragicomedy in Several Fits" || [[Judith Tarr]] || In 84 BC, [[Julius Caesar]]'s [[Larynx|voicebox]] gets permanently damaged by [[Sulla]], and as a result, he is forced to grab power through the [[Roman Empire|Roman]] underworld. Centuries later, a young man from the [[Alexandria]] "family" gets involved with an ambitious Roman woman.
|-
|"Black Betsy • [Jukebox]" || [[Dean Wesley Smith]] ||
|-
|"Miranda" || [[Robert Sheckley]] ||
|-
|"Riders in the Sky" || [[Allen Steele]] || The [[Airship|dirigible]] ends up being invented in 1860. As a result, [[Jesse James]] and his brother [[Frank James|Frank]] become infamous airship robbers. However, [[Northfield, Minnesota]] and [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]] still lie in their future.
|-
|"#2, with a Bullet" || [[Jack Nimersheim]] || [[John F. Kennedy|Jack Kennedy]] is the head of the [[Kennedy family|Kennedy Crime Family]].
|-
|"Learning Magic" || [[Janni Lee Simner]] || Following an earlier death of his mother in 1886 rather than in 1913, a 12 year old [[Harry Houdini]] turns to a life of crime.
|-
|"The Crimson Rose" || [[Tappan King]] || [[Mary I of England|Queen Mary]] ends of producing an heir with her husband [[Philip II of Spain|King Phillip]], resulting in [[Habsburg Spain|Spain]]'s grip on the [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[List of English monarchs|throne]]. Years later, Mary's son is taken hostage by pirates while in the [[New World]] and while there, meets his exiled [[Elizabeth I|Aunt Elizabeth]].
|-
|"What She Won't Remember" || [[Michelle Sagara|Michelle West]] ||
|-
|"My Tongue in Thy Tale" || [[Gregory Feeley]] ||
|-
|"Souvenirs" || [[James D. Macdonald]] and [[Alan Rodgers]] ||
|-
|"Bigger Than U.S. Steel" || [[Brian M. Thomsen]] || A narrative of a [[ghostwriter]] for the late [[Meyer Lansky]], chairman of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and [[Internal Revenue Service|Internal Revenue]].
|-
|"Giving Head" || [[Nicholas A. DiChario]] || After a head injury in 1917, [[Manfred von Richthofen]] is forced to visit [[Sigmund Freud]], who is studying what makes a man a perfect warrior.
|-
|"Satan Claus" || [[David Gerrold]] ||
|-
|"Shootout at Gower Gulch" || [[George Alec Effinger]] || In 1882, [[Frank James]] prevents [[Robert Ford (outlaw)|Robert Ford]] from killing his brother [[Jesse James|Jesse]]. As a result, Jesse James eventually becomes a famous [[Hollywood]] actor, though one of Ford's relative would also ended up in Hollywood, as well.
|-
|"Painted Bridges" || [[Barbara Delaplace]] || A Jewish psychiatrist tries [[art therapy]] on his patient [[Adolf Hitler|Adolf Schicklgruber]], but it backfires powerfully.
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of works by Mike Resnick]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1994 books]]
[[Category:Alternate history anthologies]]
[[Category:Tor Books books]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Benjamin Franklin]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mahatma Gandhi]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Ernest Hemingway]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Adolf Hitler]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Harry Houdini]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Jesse James]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Helen Keller]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Martin Luther King Jr.]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Mary I of England]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Charles Manson]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Karl Marx]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Elvis Presley]]

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	'''''Alternate Outlaws''''' is an [[alternate history]] [[anthology]] edited by [[Mike Resnick]],~~<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/mike-resnick/alternate-outlaws.htm\|title=Fantastic Fiction.com: Alternate Outlaws by Mike Resnick\|website=www.fantasticfiction.com}}</ref>~~ published in the United States by [[Tor Books]]. There are 28 stories in the anthology, with each story by a different author, and presents a scenario where various historical figures become criminals or outlaws rather than there real life counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.uchronia.net/label/resnaltern.html\|title=Uchronia: Mike Resnick anthologies\|website=www.uchronia.net}}</ref> The anthology was released on October 15, 1994. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/title/alternate-outlaws~mike-resnick~105328.htm\|title=Alternate Outlaws by Mike Resnick\|website=www.fictiondb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2298\|title=Publication: Alternate Outlaws\|website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref>		'''''Alternate Outlaws''''' is an [[alternate history]] [[anthology]] edited by [[Mike Resnick]], published in the United States by [[Tor Books]]. There are 28 stories in the anthology, with each story by a different author, and presents a scenario where various historical figures become criminals or outlaws rather than there real life counterparts.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.uchronia.net/label/resnaltern.html\|title=Uchronia: Mike Resnick anthologies\|website=www.uchronia.net}}</ref> The anthology was released on October 15, 1994.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.fictiondb.com/title/alternate-outlaws~mike-resnick~105328.htm\|title=Alternate Outlaws by Mike Resnick\|website=www.fictiondb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?2298\|title=Publication: Alternate Outlaws\|website=www.isfdb.org}}</ref>

	==Stories==		==Stories==
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	\|"Comrade Bill" \|\| [[John E. Johnston III]] \|\|		\|"Comrade Bill" \|\| [[John E. Johnston III]] \|\|
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	\|"The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" \|\| [[Maureen F. McHugh]] \|\| A [[Hollywood]] film crew shoots a movie about the famous bank robber Ritchie Valenzuela who robbed a bank [[Tijuana]].		\|"The Ballad of Ritchie Valenzuela" \|\| [[Maureen F. McHugh]] \|\| A [[Hollywood (film industry)\|Hollywood]] film crew shoots a movie about the famous bank robber Ritchie Valenzuela who robbed a bank [[Tijuana]].
	\|-		\|-
	\|"One Month in 1907" \|\| [[Frank M. Robinson]] \|\| The lives of the two men are swapped, with [[Hugo Gernsback]] originating the infamous "[[Ponzi scheme\|Gernsback Scheme]]" while [[Charles Ponzi]] publishes [[science fiction magazine]]s. In 1907, Hugo Gernsback gets screwed in a business deal by Charles Ponzi.		\|"One Month in 1907" \|\| [[Frank M. Robinson]] \|\| The lives of the two men are swapped, with [[Hugo Gernsback]] originating the infamous "[[Ponzi scheme\|Gernsback Scheme]]" while [[Charles Ponzi]] publishes [[science fiction magazine]]s. In 1907, Hugo Gernsback gets screwed in a business deal by Charles Ponzi.
	\|-		\|-
	\|"What Goes Around" \|\| [[David Gerrold]] \|\| [[Charles Manson]] and his "[[Manson Family\|family]]" become a third-rate rock band. They are eventually murdered, which provokes commentary on modern society and culture.		\|"What Goes Around" \|\| [[David Gerrold]] \|\| [[Charles Manson]] and his "[[Manson Family\|family]]" become a third-rate rock band. They are eventually murdered, which provokes commentary on modern society and culture.
	\|-		\|-
	\|"Red Elvis" \|\| [[Walter Jon Williams]] \|\| As a boy, [[Elvis Presley]] reads the works of writers such as [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]], [[Mahatma Gandhi\|Gandhi]]. He becomes a [[Communist]] rebel rocker who is hated for dodging the [[Conscription\|draft]], though he is later honored by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]. The [http://www.uchronia.com/covers/r/resn0812533445.jpg front cover of the anthology] depicts Elvis in a Communist military uniform sitting in a wooden chair in front of Communist propaganda, referencing the story.		\|"Red Elvis" \|\| [[Walter Jon Williams]] \|\| As a boy, [[Elvis Presley]] reads the works of writers such as [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and [[Mahatma Gandhi\|Gandhi]]. He becomes a [[Communist]] rebel rocker who is hated for dodging the [[Conscription\|draft]], though he is later honored by [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] The [http://www.uchronia.com/covers/r/resn0812533445.jpg front cover of the anthology] depicts Elvis in a Communist military uniform sitting in a wooden chair in front of Communist propaganda, referencing the story.
	\|-		\|-
	\|"Cui Bono?" \|\| [[Katharine Kerr]] \|\|		\|"Cui Bono?" \|\| [[Katharine Kerr]] \|\|
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	\|"Satan Claus" \|\| [[David Gerrold]] \|\|		\|"Satan Claus" \|\| [[David Gerrold]] \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|"Shootout at Gower Gulch" \|\| [[George Alec Effinger]] \|\| In 1882, [[Frank James]] prevents [[Robert Ford (outlaw)\|Robert Ford]] from killing his brother [[Jesse James\|Jesse]]. As a result, Jesse James eventually becomes a famous [[Hollywood]] actor, though one of Ford's relative would also ended up in Hollywood, as well.		\|"Shootout at Gower Gulch" \|\| [[George Alec Effinger]] \|\| In 1882, [[Frank James]] prevents [[Robert Ford (outlaw)\|Robert Ford]] from killing his brother [[Jesse James\|Jesse]]. As a result, Jesse James eventually becomes a famous [[Hollywood (film industry)\|Hollywood]] actor, though one of Ford's relative would also ended up in Hollywood, as well.
	\|-		\|-
	\|"Painted Bridges" \|\| [[Barbara Delaplace]] \|\| A Jewish psychiatrist tries [[art therapy]] on his patient [[Adolf Hitler\|Adolf Schicklgruber]], but it backfires powerfully.		\|"Painted Bridges" \|\| [[Barbara Delaplace]] \|\| A Jewish psychiatrist tries [[art therapy]] on his patient [[Adolf Hitler\|Adolf Schicklgruber]], but it backfires powerfully.