History That Never Was

Home of Dawn Vogel: Writer, Historian, Geek

More Unfixed Timelines in October!

| September 15, 2026

My latest collection, Unfixed Timelines 4: Essays and Short Stories of a History That Never Was, will be released by DefCon One Publishing on October 13! A young Mary Shelley learning about scientific experiments to reanimate the dead, the ghosts of two brothers helping a living girl outwit a fraudulent psychic, memories of an heirloom quilt, […]

“Kindred Souls” and “Student Response to Referral Report” in Weathering Youth

| August 25, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Kindred Souls” is a […]

“Penny White and the Clockwork Star” and “Someone Else” in Weathering Youth

| July 30, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Penny White and […]

“Spun Sugar” and “No Fear” in Weathering Youth

| June 30, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Spun Sugar” and […]

“It’s My Party and I’ll Scry If I Want To” and “No Bunny Like You” in Weathering Youth

| May 26, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “It’s My Party and […]

“Tote Tante” and “Meat!” in Weathering Youth

| April 23, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Tote Tante” and “Meat!” […]

Two More Weathering Youth Stories (with long titles)

| March 31, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “The Dark Forest Takes” […]

Review of Worlds Divide by Adria Bailton

| March 25, 2026

Adria Bailton’s Worlds Divide (Balance of Seven, 2026) is a wonderful young adult sci-fi novel of love despite the odds centering a non-white young woman with a disability and touching heavily on mental health issues. Nina has always been able to “slip” into other worlds, but it’s an ability she can’t control, leading to significant […]

“To Live is the Rarest Thing in the World” and “Thirty to Fifty (Plus) Non-Feral Hogs

| January 22, 2026

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! Both “To Live is […]

“Gosutouotchi” and “Remote Control” in Weathering Youth

| December 18, 2025

Because Weathering Youth is my biggest collection to date, I’m grouping the short stories and flash fiction stories in pairs for my posts, based on the way they fall in the collection. This lets me look at the connections between the stories and how I decided to arrange specific stories in the collection! “Gosutouotchi” and “Remote Control” […]