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The United States is, relatively speaking, a new country; the colonies from which it sprung were settled by Europeans in the seventeenth century, and it gained independence only in the late eighteenth century. Despite this relative youth, the country has been host to a rich tradition of folklore and tall tales. This begs the question: if the country's fate had turned out differently, what would have this storytelling tradition have looked like? What stories would be told in these other Americas?

Stories included:
Coyote and the Great Sturgeon by Sam McDonald
Honest and Loyal by Alexander Wallace
Bedrieger William by Charlton Cussans
Prometheus, in a Jar by Brent A. Harris
Dawn of the Sun by Fabrice Guerrier
Hear that Cold Steel Ring by Josiah Depaoli
Bunyan?s Progress by Jared Kavanagh
The Yellow Coward of Texas by Al Carroll
El Transportador by Jason Sharp
A Proclamation of Our Manifest Destiny in the Philippine Islands by Ferdison Cayetano
A Time for Treason by Matthew Kresal