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I always love to receive a hard copy of an anthology that contains one of my stories. Here's Endgame from B-Cubed, the final episode of the Alternative Truths Trilogy.

This collection contains my story 'I, Apparatchik', the title of which, as you may guess, is a play on Asimov's 'I, Robot'.  It would be nice to see it do a fraction as well.

The story concerns members of a certain intelligence agency who are responsible for creating and maintaining robots to stand in for the president in various tricky situations. I hope you like it.

This is my third story in a B-Cubed publication. The previous two were 'Conspiracy of Silence' in 'More Alternative Truths'  and 'Devine Justice' in Alternative Theologies.

On the subject of the last of these, Bob Brown tells me that all copies of the anthology (and nothing else) were recently stolen from a convention in the USA. Apparently, the theft proved the old adage that all publicity is good publicity: sales promptly doubled.

Endgame is Out!

Alternative Truths III: Endgame 

The final volume in the best-selling Alternative Truths series from B Cubed Press. Edited by Bob Brown and Jess Faraday,

Endgame features 30 of today’s best writers and political thinkers taking a look forward at possible outcomes of our political decisions.

Humor and satire reign supreme in this collection. If you want to laugh, read Jim Wright’s "Bathroom Breakdown,” a side-splitting vision of Donald J. Trump at his best or follow the antics of a beleaguered Attorney General in Debora Godfrey’s work, “No Excuses” as he tries to convince the President that he has tried and convicted Hillary Clinton.

This collection has visions of a better world as well. In Paula Hammond’s “Fortunate Son,” we explore what kind of man Donald Trump might have become had he answered his country’s call and served alongside his fellow Americans in the Vietnam War.

Most of all Endgame will make you think, with thought-provoking essays by the likes of David Gerrold and Adam-Troy Castro as they seek to share their understanding of how this happened and what do will we do.


A significant portion of the proceeds of this book is donated to the ACLU of Washington to honor and support their unending quest for the freedom of the American people to express themselves.

The book is available in print and electronic media from Amazon.com.


ISBN-13: 978-1-949476-05-7

Electronic ISBN-13: 978-1-949476-06-4


The book is priced at $5.99 for ebook and $12.25 for print. The book is published by B Cubed Press and can be followed on Twitter @BCUBEDBOB.


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Contributors

Foreword, Becky McFarland Kyle


Bathroom Breakdown, Jim Wright


The First Lady is Missing, Louise Marley


Waiting for Gustavo, DB Lipton


Tyrannus ab ultima Epistulae, Frédéric J.A.M. Poirier


The Ballad of Cadet Bone Spurs, Larry Hodges


Politics As Usual, K.G. Anderson


Act Three, David Gerrold


Stupid?, Adam-Troy Castro


Fortunate Son, Paula Hammond


Final Tweet, Nathan Ockerman


Hell’s Angel, Robert Walton


What is Hate?, Joyce Frohn


Beautocracy, Natalie Zellat Dyen


Alien Tweetstorm Apocalypse, Kurt Newton


I, Apparatchik, Philip Brian Hall


Democralypse, Bruce Golden


Exit, Stage Right, Daniel M. Kimmel


No Excuse, Debora Godfrey


Last Interview, Melinda LaFevers


All the Prez’s Men, Liam Hogan


The Train, Annie Percik


Once You Start, Mike Morgan


Babble, Charles Walbridge


America Once Beautiful, Gregg Chamberlain


Women March, Gwyndyn T. Alexander


Skin in the Game, Harold Gross


Passing on Fire, Joyce Frohn


The Great White Wall, Larry Hodges


Mr. President’s No Good, Lousy Day, Stephanie L. Weippert


The Nature of the Problem, Thomas A. Easton


Sanctuary for Those on Simmer, Sarah Bigham


Gold and Ivory, Cobalt Jade