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By Jeff Provine This article was originally posted on This Day in Alternate History and the original article can be found there. Please check that blog for more like this. Battle of Sitka by Louis S. Glanzman. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The 1804 Battle of Sitka was the last major armed conflict between Russians and Alaskan Natives during the Russian Settlement of Alaska. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Russia was in a unique position in the fur trade. Bec

By Gary Oswald. T.L. Morganfield is an American writer of Aztec themed alternate history, fantasy, and AH romance. Her short story Night Bird Soaring was a finalist for the 2009 Sidewise Awards. Hello and thanks so much for talking to us. First of all, how did you get into Aztec history and mythology and what do you think appeals to you about writing about that culture? I can trace it all to one class with one specific professor in college, and that was Introduction to the Hi

By Tom Anderson. While I am a veteran writer of both published and unpublished alternate history (AH) fiction, The Tenacity of Hope is my first published foray into the dicey world of American politics. In this article I’m going to discuss both why this field is a potentially rich one for AH fiction, and why I chose the specific scenario I did: of a world in which Barack Obama does not become President in 2008 so soon after becoming Senator, but instead at an advanced age in

By Matthew Kresal. On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a specific theme (changed monthly). The theme for the 96th contest was The Sea. ***** Even in spring, the north Atlantic could be cold. It was something that Lt. Carl Evans felt in his bones, the wind rippling his baggy flight clothes. The only thing still in place was his the front of his shirt and his jacket, the life jacket he wore holdin