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By Alexander Rooksmoor. As Sea Lion Press regulars know, often it is the least likely alternatives which are the most favoured as the basis for novels. The classic is Nazi Germany winning the Second World War, something that would have required multiple divergences from what unfolded in our history. Yet I think I am safe in saying more books and dramatisations have used this rather than any other alternative history scenario. Despite this popularity, far more feasible are alt

By Alexander Rooksmoor. Quite often I have been inspired to write a short story or even a novel as a result of disliking how a story I have read or seen turns out. The Blood and The Ghost  was stimulated by me watching all 5 seasons of the TV series The Last Kingdom  (broadcast 2015-23). The series, based on the Saxon Stories  novels by Bernard Cornwell, is set in Wessex between 866-878 CE, the eponymous ‘Last Kingdom’ not under Danish rule. My main prompt for an alternative

By Alexander Rooksmoor Like a lot of children of my generation who were interested in history, I grew up with a fascination with the...

By Alexander Rooksmoor Sea Lion Press has published over a hundred alternate history books so far... but what leads an author to pick the...

Marooned guest: Alexander Rooksmoor. Here we are again. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In this stranding, we welcome Alexander...

Questions from Gary Oswald Counter factual and Alternate History discussion and fiction is a large and healthy online community. Sea Lion...