What if one moment in time changed everything?

In If History Had Blinked: Stories of Power, War and Possibility, Terence S. McNamara presents nineteen bold and imaginative short stories where a single decision can reshape a life, a nation or the course of history itself. Wars pivot on unexpected choices. Powerful figures face impossible decisions. Ordinary people are swept into moments that will define their fate. A teenager is thrown back through time to confront the consequences of life in high school again.


An ageing gunfighter searches for redemption after a lifetime of violence. The Kennedy brothers grapple with power, ambition and destiny. Hollywood ambition collides with artificial intelligence, forcing a confrontation with the future of creativity. Alongside these dramatic and often unsettling twists, are deeply human stories of love, divorce, romance and personal growth, where quiet moments can change everything. Across history, imagination and personal transformation, these gripping stories ask one haunting question. What if history had blinked?