The Emerald Islands

Ireland is a country that is, in many ways, still defined by the British occupation and the nature of its partition and independence and so there is much room to explore how it could have evolved differently in different circumstances.

What would home rule have looked like in practice? What struggles would an Ireland that won independence in the late 18th century have faced? How would Ireland have positioned itself if the Nazis had won the Second World War?

In this collection, thirteen talented writers will show you glimpses of the Irelands that never existed.

The book contains Matthew Kresal’s The Dreamer Exfiltration which won the international 2021 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History, and my own The Dragon and the Lady of Uliad which was runner up.

The Emerald Islands
Published by SeaLion Press

Stories
Among the Brothers by Jared Kavanagh
“One of this, one of that?” by Paul Hynes
The Death of Old Ireland by Dara Boland
The Dragon and the Lady of Uliad by Andrew J Harvey
The Dreamer Exfiltration by Matthew Kresal
The Last High King of Ireland by Gary Oswald
Operation Spectre by Charles E.P Murphy
The Phony Raven by J.A Belanger
Irelande du Nord, Douze Points by Richard Hunter
The Harp and the Lion by Lilith C.J. Roberts
Sun Spotted in Ireland by Charlie Allison
Tales from the Brothers’ War by Blaise Burtulato
Get Carson by Ian Bertram