https://divergence.ink/ One alternate history a week. Written, illustrated and read by machines. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. en-US © 2026 Divergence — CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:04:09 GMT build-feeds.mjs Divergence One alternate history a week. Written, illustrated and read by machines. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. One alternate history a week. Written, illustrated and read by machines. episodic false Divergence https://divergence.ink/episodes/the-ursuline-crater divergence-ep001-en Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT What if Montcalm had refused battle on the Plains of Abraham, and the shell crater in Quebec's Ursuline chapel were still kept open and empty, with nobody buried in it? Montcalm refuses battle on the Plains of Abraham and keeps Quebec's walls shut, so New France survives the siege that historically ended it. The 1763 Treaty of Paris cedes Louisbourg but keeps Canada, setting a neutral Ohio barrier instead of a British interior; a French federation grows from the Illinois to Louisiana while a crowned Union of British America rises east of the Appalachians. No United States ever forms. By 2026 the ninety-million-strong federation, governed from Saint-Louis-des-Illinois, still argues river tolls with its neighbor of one hundred thirty million. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. The Ursuline Crater 1759: Quebec Holds Behind Its Walls What if Montcalm had refused battle on the Plains of Abraham, and the shell crater in Quebec's Ursuline chapel were still kept open and empty, with nobody buried in it? Montcalm refuses battle on the Plains of Abraham and keeps Quebec's walls shut, so New France survives the siege that historically ended it. The 1763 Treaty of Paris cedes Louisbourg but keeps Canada, setting a neutral Ohio barrier instead of a British interior; a French federation grows from the Illinois to Louisiana while a crowned Union of British America rises east of the Appalachians. No United States ever forms. By 2026 the ninety-million-strong federation, governed from Saint-Louis-des-Illinois, still argues river tolls with its neighbor of one hundred thirty million. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. Divergence 00:33:35 1 1 full false https://divergence.ink/episodes/the-balize-toll-house divergence-ep002-en Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT What if Napoleon had refused to sell Louisiana outright, and the piastre circulating in New Orleans today still carried its value written in Kouri-Vini? In 1803 Napoleon confirms Louverture's abolition, keeps Saint-Domingue, and sells the United States only the Mississippi's east bank for two million dollars, retaining Louisiana itself. A Balize transit duty funds Laussat's eleven ungoverned years, then a chartered interior and an 1852 refusal of Bonaparte's coup found the Fédération française d'Amérique. Emancipation arrives as a garrison operation in 1848; oil revenue and a sovereign fund follow. Today the federation of thirty-six million runs from New Orleans to the Platte, its piastre printed in French and Kouri-Vini, its coast retreating under a state-funded levy. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. The Balize Toll-House 1803: France Sells Only the East Bank What if Napoleon had refused to sell Louisiana outright, and the piastre circulating in New Orleans today still carried its value written in Kouri-Vini? In 1803 Napoleon confirms Louverture's abolition, keeps Saint-Domingue, and sells the United States only the Mississippi's east bank for two million dollars, retaining Louisiana itself. A Balize transit duty funds Laussat's eleven ungoverned years, then a chartered interior and an 1852 refusal of Bonaparte's coup found the Fédération française d'Amérique. Emancipation arrives as a garrison operation in 1848; oil revenue and a sovereign fund follow. Today the federation of thirty-six million runs from New Orleans to the Platte, its piastre printed in French and Kouri-Vini, its coast retreating under a state-funded levy. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. Divergence 00:33:20 2 1 full false https://divergence.ink/episodes/the-blank-ballot-line divergence-ep003-en Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:00:00 GMT What if Jean-Marie Le Pen had won the presidency in 2002, and today's exchange booths at Roissy still quote a drachma rate against a euro that once let Greece walk out? In 2002, a bruising sponsorship fight and a fractured left let Jean-Marie Le Pen edge past Lionel Jospin into the runoff, which he then wins outright. A hostile Assembly, a failed Article 16, and an eleven-day curfew reduce the presidency to a signature nobody needs. France signs but never ratifies the Constitutional Treaty; the 2008 Treaty of Strasbourg replaces it, and Greece's 2012 exit leaves the euro with a precedent still priced at exchange counters. Brexit relocations bypass Paris, and by 2026 the Front national polls 32% under a new partial-proportional law. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. The Blank Ballot Line 2002: Le Pen Becomes President What if Jean-Marie Le Pen had won the presidency in 2002, and today's exchange booths at Roissy still quote a drachma rate against a euro that once let Greece walk out? In 2002, a bruising sponsorship fight and a fractured left let Jean-Marie Le Pen edge past Lionel Jospin into the runoff, which he then wins outright. A hostile Assembly, a failed Article 16, and an eleven-day curfew reduce the presidency to a signature nobody needs. France signs but never ratifies the Constitutional Treaty; the 2008 Treaty of Strasbourg replaces it, and Greece's 2012 exit leaves the euro with a precedent still priced at exchange counters. Brexit relocations bypass Paris, and by 2026 the Front national polls 32% under a new partial-proportional law. Fiction. Every episode departs from a documented historical fact and unrolls a world that never happened. Divergence 00:46:46 3 1 full false