Alternate History Promo – Crossing Day

January 7, 2026
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Greetings, travelers.  Our path through the Otherworld today forks into a version of our world that feels unsettlingly familiar, and yet profoundly wrong.  We open a door into an alternate America shaped by a single catastrophic divergence, where history took a darker turn and ordinary life learned to coexist with injustice.  If that sounds interesting to you, read on to learn more about Crossing Day.

William A. Glass excels at asking the quiet, dangerous questions in his book, Crossing Day.  The author builds a world where teens still play sports, share videos, and gather at drive-ins, even as slavery and rigid caste systems remain woven into everyday life.  Glass explores how normalization takes hold, how comfort dulls conscience, and it ends up translating to a world that is rich with its own personality, and becomes captivating because of it.  The author’s strength lies in character-driven storytelling, grounding sweeping historical “what ifs” in intimate moments of realization, fear, and moral choice.

It’s been one hundred and sixty years since the Confederacy won its independence at the Battle of Altamaha Crossing. Slaves of African descent still perform most of the work in the South. This seems normal to Ryan Walters and his friends who attend high school in Huntsville, Alabama. Like teens everywhere, they enjoy sharing videos, playing sports, and hanging out with friends.
Jaybird’s Drive-In is a favorite gathering place for the teenagers. There, they befriend Mish, a slave girl who works as a server. When the drive-in’s owner sells Mish to a dirty old man, Ryan and his friends awaken to the injustice around them. Despite the danger, they decide to help Mish escape. Will they succeed?
An early reader said Crossing Day “is like a combination of Huckleberry Finn, Moby Dick, and The Hunger Games.” Another reader called it, “an action-packed thriller.”
Tense, thought-provoking, and emotionally charged, Crossing Day blends young adult adventure with speculative history, forcing readers to confront how easily societies accept the unacceptable.  It casts a lens on how difficult and vital it is to choose resistance over silence. If you enjoy alternate histories that challenge assumptions, richly drawn characters facing impossible choices, and stories that spark real conversation, this is a journey worth taking.  Discover what happens when you finally wake up to injustice.  Check out Crossing Day, by William A. Glass, on Amazon today!
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Michael DeAngelo

Michael is the creator of the Tellest brand of fantasy novels and stories. He is actively seeking to expand the world of Tellest to be accessible to everyone.
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