In narratives ranging from fantastic to oddly familiar to eerily prescient, this compelling volume illustrates Turtledove's literary skill and unbridled imagination.

Forty, Counting Down: With the help of his time-travel software, computer genius Justin Kloster returns to the past to stop himself from making a terrible mistake - but all actions have their consequences.

The Maltese Elephant: A legendary detective finds himself in grave danger when a noir masterpiece takes a stunning new twist.

Goddess for a Day: Taking a page from history, a young girl dares to challenge the gods - and is richly rewarded for her efforts.

Deconstruction Gang: Mired in unemployment and despair, an academic finds happiness and intellectual fulfillment in a most unexpected place.

Twenty-one, Counting Up: Justin Kloster's college life and romantic dreams are rudely interrupted - and irreversibly disrupted - when forty-year-old Justin arrives from the future to save him from himself.

Plus twelve more thrilling, unforgettable tales of wonder!

Contents:

• Forty, Counting Down
• Must and Shall
• Ready for the Fatherland
• The Phantom Tolbukhin
• Deconstruction Gang
• The Green Buffalo
• The Maltese Elephant
• Vermin
• Ils ne posseront pas
• In This Season
• Honeymouth
• Myth Manners' Guide to Greek Missology #1: Andromeda and Perseus
• Goddess for a Day
• After the Last Elf Is Dead
• The Decoy Duck
• The Seventh Chapter
• Twenty-one, Counting Up