8 hours ago12 minOne Foot Wrong: An Alternate History of the Siege of ForliBy Charlie Allison In January 1500, Cesare Borgia concluded his twenty-four day siege of Caterina Sforza’s fortress of Ravaldino in Forli, Italy. Cesare Borg...
2 days ago5 minCrossing the Isthmus: Alternative Canals of Central AmericaBy Jeff Provine In 1521, Vasco Núñez de Balboa made the first Spanish sighting from the east of what would come to be known as the Pacific Ocean. The journe...
3 days ago6 minPODs of the Thirty Years War XXVIIBy Alex Richards While the battle of Wittstock had ensured that Sweden would retain a significant foothold in Germany, the wider strategic situation remained...
5 days ago5 minCoco and the GrenadeBy David Flin In the last article in this series, I referenced the grey African parrot, Coco, the most famous of all the guests of the Commodore Hotel in Bei...
May 187 minThe History of the Secret BallotBy Ishan Sharma Today, the secret ballot, which allows voters to secretly mark their favoured candidate on a slip of paper printed by the government, is a ma...
May 1612 minArchie Joins The Crusades (Part 1)By Charles EP Murphy Comic history is littered with short-lived runs and characters that, due to capturing a fan-turned-pro’s imagination at a young age or t...
May 158 minThe Many Lives of Benedict ArnoldBy Brent Harris It took a long time for the soldier to die. The musket-ball itself was of a large enough calibre to be instantly fatal, but the ball only fou...
May 1311 minAfrica during the Scramble: The Witch Hunters of MadagascarBy Gary Oswald The exact time Madagascar was first settled by humans is still disputed but most accounts date it to sometime between 200 and 900 AD, comforta...
May 116 minChains of Consequences: The Little Matter of VE DayBy Tom Anderson On May 8th 2020, despite the circumstances of the coronavirus lockdown, the United Kingdom—like a number of other nations around the world—ce...
May 94 minSomething Real: Moe Berg Mysteries #1By Adam Selby-Martin I first encountered the reality-hopping baseball player and spy Moe Berg in the short story Bonny Boy by Rick Wilber in the Alternate Pe...
May 86 minPODs of the Thirty Years War XXVIBy Alex Richards The latter stage of the Thirty Years War- usually referred to as either the French or Franco-Swedish phase- became increasingly geographical...
May 64 minThere’s Always OneBy David Flin In Belfast during the Troubles, it was the Europa. In Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War, it was the Commodore. In Dhaka during Bangladeshi I...
May 46 minCSI: Rome - a dive into ancient forensicsBy Wm. Garrett Cothran You find yourself in Ancient Rome. Close to c. 75. You are in a forum and awaiting the trial. As a Roman this is perfectly normal. The...
May 28 minThe Launchbox, PoD 15: The Near Misses of Gemini (Part 3)By Andy Cooke In my last article, I’d covered Gemini up to Gemini 9 – Gene Cernan’s hellish spacewalk, which uncovered that EVA was a damn sight more difficu...
May 112 minRespect AuthorityBy Charles EP Murphy Jenny Sparks, electric spirit of the 20th century; Jack Hawksmoor, engineered to command cities; the Engineer, living nanite arsenal; th...
Apr 301 minNEW RELEASES: Box Press, The Oregon War, Travellers in an Antique LandApril's releases from Sea Lion Press may give you the heebie-jeebies, or get your adrenaline pumping, or warm and break your heart. The esteemed Katherine Fo...
Apr 2913 minAfrica during the Scramble: The Asian EmpireBy Gary Oswald There were eight European Empires involved in the Scramble. Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the UK. The great los...
Apr 279 minChains of Consequences: How 17th Century Candles Ruined American TelevisionBy Tom Anderson When a British traveller visits the United States for the first time, in my experience there is an almost comically similar progression of cu...
Apr 263 minNew Article Writers Wanted! We have been running counter-factual essays on this blog for over a year now. And we've had some really intelligent eloquent people sharing their experiences...
Apr 254 minReview - Fugitives of Fate by T.L. MorganfieldBy Gary Oswald Historical Romances, like all stories set in the past, have a variable level of historical accuracy. Some authors clearly have done detailed r...
