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Alternate History and Stargate. Part 5
By Tom Anderson Asgard Transporter, Second Life. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. When we last left this series , I had approached the...
Sep 14, 202310 min read


The Adventures of Aella the Amazon. Part 1: Overview.
By Paul Leone This is not how Aella the Amazon normally dresses. Laetitia Casta in civvies. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Reviews...
Sep 13, 20235 min read


The Greatest Sports AH You've Never Heard Of
By Colin Salt What is Sports Alternate History? Its not as easy to pinpoint as we might expect. Let's take a look at one specific...
Sep 11, 20232 min read


Monthly Vignette: 12,000 Feet
By Charles Cartwright On Sealion Press Forums , we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a...
Sep 9, 202310 min read


What's Opera, Doc? Part 6: The Company
By Alex Richards The Pollard Opera Company. Consisting largely of members of James Pollard's large family. The company ran from 1881 to...
Sep 8, 20236 min read


POD Cast. October 14th, 1066
By David Flin Draw up the spears on the hill-top at Hastings, Fight till the sun drops and evening grows cold, And die with the last of...
Sep 6, 20234 min read


60 Years of Dr Who. Part 6: the Sixth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Another Baker as Doctor Who. Picture courtesy Big Finish Productions. Matthew's previous articles can be found here: 1,...
Sep 4, 20237 min read


POD Cast: 22 August 1485, Part 2
By Tim Venning The Battle of Bosworth, as imagined by Edmund Leighton. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The first article in the...
Sep 1, 20237 min read


Book Nook: My Name is Victoria. Author Lucy Worsley
Reviewed by Matthew Kresal My Name is Victoria, by Lucy Worsley. Not a waste of time. Alternate history and professional historians have...
Aug 31, 20233 min read


War of the Worlds in Real Time: Interview with Andrew Harvey.
Interviewer: David Flin Throughout June, Hague Publishing ran a version of The War of the Worlds through the format of Twitter. The story...
Aug 30, 202313 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 4
By Tom Anderson What this team needs is a fashion designer. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Last time on this series , we had reached...
Aug 28, 202310 min read


Restoring the Order
The Old Guard Now, where was I? I’m back. That means that AndyC’s reign of terror as substitute magazine editor is over, and my reign of...
Aug 26, 20231 min read


Sport in Alternate History. Part 4: Sport and Politics (I)
By Pete Usher Final sword match (foil) at the 1896 Olympics. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Sports and politics don’t mix. Eric...
Aug 25, 202313 min read


Book Nook: The Flashman Series, by George MacDonald Fraser
Review by David Flin Illustration for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman. Picture courtesy Gino d'Achille. One of the constant debates...
Aug 24, 20237 min read
Medical fee crowdfund appeal
Matthew Kresal is organising this crowdfund appeal. *** My Mom, Sandra, had two back surgeries in three days in January 2023 at...
Aug 23, 20232 min read


POD Cast: 22 August 1485. Part 1
By Tim Venning We can be fairly sure the Battle of Bosworth wasn't like this. Picture by James Doyle. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. The...
Aug 22, 202311 min read


Alternate History and Stargate. Part 3
By Tom Anderson It's a high-tech magic wardrobe. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. In my last Alternate History (AH) in Stargate...
Aug 21, 202311 min read


Tales from Development Hell: The Bodyguard
By Ryan Fleming Inevitably, it was also made into a Musical. Bodyguards don't normally burst into song. Trust me on that. Picture...
Aug 18, 202310 min read


A Matter of Character.
By Colin Salt Colin Salt is the author of The Smithtown Unit Characterisation in alternate history fiction can take forms both familiar...
Aug 17, 20234 min read


Writing AH. Anachronisms Part 5: Fly Me to the Moon
By Tom Anderson A long way to go. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. My fellow SLP writer Andy Cooke has been known to opine his...
Aug 16, 202312 min read
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