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By Charles EP Murphy. 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 86th contest was Workers . Right. This was going to be the tricky bit. Gene Narvy was going to have to: A) Land his jumping dropkick on Paul Plunder perfectly B) Not  look to make sure his partner Tommy Frank had landed his one perfectly, by which he meant Tommy had "botched" the kick

By Charles E.P. Murphy It was the internet’s fault.   I’d been into history as a general interest since I was a kid, and alternate history was introduced to me through a barrage of sci-fi stories, most especially Sliders  on BBC2. It was the internet that turned this mild interest in AH, “oh yeah that’s a fun source of stories”, into a bigger thing because the internet was where fanfiction writers had long written “What If Character X Was Like Y”, “What If Bad Guy Won”, “What

By Charles E.P. Murphy The spacesuit was watching them now. What was it thinking behind that screen? Could anyone ever know?   “I won’t...

By Charles E.P. Murphy. This time Gunnar didn’t get permission to leave for ‘trainspotting’, he just pretended to go to bed early and...

School was doing a trip to Galton Spaceport on Monday. Dr Barrington himself was going to show the Year 11 classes around the Shackleton...

By Charles EP Murphy. A mere handful of people in Britain watched the Shackleton 1 probe launch into space back in 1996. Gunnar Glass had...

By Ryan Fleming and Charles E.P. Murphy In our world, this show does not exist - but in another world, you can find DVD boxsets right...

By Charles EP Murphy Or "Power Rangers Comic" since there's no animation to take a pic from! From the cover of Power Rangers Archive...

Review by Charles EP Murphy The cover of the original hardback, picture courtesy Amazon. Delphine, a young domestic slave, escaped from...

Sea Lion Press has published a lot of books, and we know it can be intimidating for a new reader to know exactly what we offer. This blog's former editor and still-current writer Gary Oswald did a guide to the backlist in 2022, when there were over a hundred books --- there's been changes since then so we've updated the list! To help you find your next favourite alternate history story, we've divided them up into categories:     Anthologies   Sea Lion Press routinely produces

By Charles EP Murphy. Could this have been the Face of Judge Dread? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Back when 2000AD was being...

Marooned guest: Charles EP Murphy There's something strangely familiar about this place. Does it have a supervillain lair? Picture...

By Charles EP Murphy Johnny Alpha, Old stoneface, Slaine. The three classics of 2000AD. How many survive a merger with Battle? Picture...

By Charles EP Murphy. On Sealion Press Forums , we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on...

By Charles EP Murphy Comic's favourite fascist in an iconic moment. Picture courtesy GamesRadar+. He spent fifteen years in the academy –...

By Charles EP Murphy Sonic in Porto Alegre. He gets around. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Sonic the Hedgehog and Sega were cultural...

No, not that sort of panel beating. Image courtesy Wikimedia commons. In this article, I’ll be posing a few questions for some regulars...

By Gary Oswald, Mark Tentarelli, Bob Mumby and Charles EP Murphy Sea Lion Press has always had the aim of providing a platform for...

By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...

Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Charles EP Murphy, a regular SLP writer who can be found on twitter. Hello and thanks...