Chicxulub Asteroid Missed Stories

The Chicxulub Asteroid Missed Stories is an informal name for a series of short works by Harry Turtledove set in a world where the Chicxulub asteroid never hit Earth approximately 65 million years ago, and the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event did not follow. Consequently, various species of the therapod carnivorous dinosaurs generically called "raptors" evolved into sentient "humanoid" people in various places, establishing civilizations that parallel modern humanity. As is typical, Turtledove takes the "funhouse mirror" approach to alternate history, using a number of analogies, parallels, and parodies of real history and literature.

Two stories have been published thus far. The first, "Bonehunters", was published in April, 2019. It parallels the OTL "bone wars" between Othniel Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope, with a frontiersman named Rekrek and his native stepson named Junior helping bonehunter Ontinil on his dig in the Black Hills.

The second story, "The Quest for the Great Grey Mossy", is a pastiche of Moby-Dick, telling the story of a crew of intelligent dinosaurs under the command of the obsessed Captain Baja as they hunt for the titular Mosasaurus. It does not feature any of the same characters or settings as "Bonehunters".

A third work, "Junior and Me" will be published in 2020. It appears to feature Rekrek and Junior.