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'''''Alternate Outlaws''''' is an [[alternate history]] [[anthology]] edited by [[Mike Resnick]], | '''''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]]. | ||
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|"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. | |"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. | ||
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|"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. | ||
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|"Red Elvis" || [[Walter Jon Williams]] || As a boy, [[Elvis Presley]] reads the works of writers such as [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] | |"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. | ||
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|"Cui Bono?" || [[Katharine Kerr]] || | |"Cui Bono?" || [[Katharine Kerr]] || | ||
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|"Satan Claus" || [[David Gerrold]] || | |"Satan Claus" || [[David Gerrold]] || | ||
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|"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. | ||
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|"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. | ||