De la Casa, Ricard, and Pedro Jorge Romero. "El día que hicimos la Transitión"
Divergence: 1977 CE
What if: Santiago Carillo, head of the Communist Party, was assassinated in 1977 while on his way to a secret meeting with the Spanish president, leading to the downfall of the government, then a coup d'etat, and finally a new civil war.
Summary: A time patrol team tries to put history back on track, but whoever upset history in the first place is waiting for them.
Published: In Visiones 1997 (ed. Rafael Marín), AEFCF 1997 (8492336609); Cuentos de sciencia ficción (ed. Juan Miguel Aguilera), Bígaro 1998; and Cronopaisajes: Historias de Viajes en el Tiempo (eds. Peter Haining and Miquel Barceló), Ediciones B 2003 (8466611274).
Original in: Spanish.
Translation: English by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán as "The Day We Went Through the Transition", in Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain (eds. Andrea L. Bell and Yolanda Molina-Gavilán), Wesleyan University 2003 (0819566330BUY, 0819566349BUY); and The Year's Best SF 9 (eds. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer), Avon/Eos 2004 (006057559XBUY).
Translation: English by Yolanda Molina-Gavilán and James Stevens-Arce as "The Day We Went Through the Transition", in The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent (eds. James Morrow and Kathryn Morrow), Tor 2007 (076531536XBUY).
Awards: Finalist: 2003 translation for 2003 Sidewise Award for best short-form alternate history.