(bearing in mind that he's lost most of his marbles. This is one of his less weird emails) I am searching for a term... I did know it, but it refers to a story I may construct that mixes up time and invention... say I was to be writing about Richard the Lionheart in a Crusade battle... things not looking good.. Saladin gaining the upper hand... Richard gets on the phone and calls for back up via his F 16's.... so what is that grammatical term for such a construct? I wanted to reply that he's just talking about "alternate history" But it sounds like he thinks there's a more specific, elegant term than that?