Africa During the Scramble: The Desert Order
By Gary Oswald The fate of the Senussi family is heavily entwined with the modern history of Libya, they were the royal family of the...
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- 3 days ago
- 4 min
On The Dangerous Edge Of (Sub)Genres
By Matthew Kresal "Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things." So says a line by Robert Browning that was a favorite of Graham...
- 4 days ago
- 7 min
Interview: Kevin Ikenberry
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Kevin Ikenberry, a writer of military speculative fiction. He can be found at his...
- 5 days ago
- 9 min
Behind the Scenes: Lands of Red and Gold
By Jared Kavanagh To celebrate the publication of my second alternate history novel, The Proxy Dance, (the second book in the Lands of...
- 6 days ago
- 1 min
NEW RELEASES: Alternate Irelands, Australias, Americas and Englands
A collection of stories exploring alternate Irelands forms part of our newest batch of four books available now. The Proxy Dance by Jared...
- 6 days ago
- 6 min
The Nitpicker’s Guide to Ancient Warfare: Operations
By David Flin This series of articles is the first draft of what will hopefully be a book published by Sgt. Frosty Publications “Amateurs...
- Aug 1
- 22 min
Alternate History in Star Trek Part 13: First Frontier, Dark Mirror, Imzadi, and Q-Squared
By Tom Anderson As discussed in the last few articles, I will be devoting this article to fuller treatments of four individual spinoff,...
- Jul 29
- 13 min
What If Hitler Had Gone for Moscow? Part 2
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. More essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats...
- Jul 28
- 6 min
Living the Twenties: Y,Z
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2020...
- Jul 27
- 17 min
Africa During the Scramble: The Miracle at Annual
By Gary Oswald African forces defeated European forces all the time during the Scramble. It was not remotely uncommon for Imperial...
- Jul 26
- 2 min
Review: The Gamekeeper's Night Dog
By Colin Salt Alternate history writers have frequently obsessed over some tangible thing. In many cases, it's been airships. In the The...
- Jul 25
- 12 min
Interview: Tom Black
Questions from Gary Oswald Today is the 7th Birthday of Sea Lion Press so to celebrate that I talked to Tom Black, SLP's Managing...
- Jul 22
- 25 min
Panel Discussion: What is Plausibility?
By Alexander Wallace, Gary Oswald, Matthew Kresal, Colin Salt and Mark Ciccone Salt: Plausibility. That word has spawned a million...
- Jul 21
- 13 min
Africa During the Scramble: Spanish Slaves
By Gary Oswald Of the European countries to still have territory in Africa by 1914, Spain controlled the least land. Her African Empire...
- Jul 20
- 6 min
The Nitpicker’s Guide to Ancient Warfare: Strategy
By David Flin This series of articles is the first draft of what will hopefully be a book published by Sgt. Frosty Publications Chapter 4...
- Jul 19
- 2 min
In Memoriam: Eric Flint
By Alex Wallace I only ever met Eric Flint once. It was at Capclave, the convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association in...
- Jul 18
- 17 min
Alternate History in Star Trek part 12: TNG Spinoffs of the Later Run
By Tom Anderson In this article, I’ll be looking at the spinoff media – specifically comics and novels – which were produced with the...
- Jul 15
- 13 min
What If Hitler Had Gone for Moscow? Part 1
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. More essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats...
- Jul 14
- 5 min
Which SLP WWII Book should you read?
By Gary Oswald The answer is, of course, all of them. But if you are the mood for something in particular then follow this handy guide by...
- Jul 13
- 10 min
Living the Twenties: V,W,X
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2020...