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The Hysteria Problem: Mental Health, Culture and Alternate History
By Lilith C.J. Roberts Content Warning: Mental health, stigmatisation, pathologisation. Mental illnesses are fuzzy things. This is not to...
Sep 5, 202210 min read


Vignette: Delenda Est
By Gary Oswald On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a...
Sep 2, 20226 min read


Interview: Lena Worwood
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Lena Worwood, a regular SLP author. Hello and thanks so much for talking to us. First...
Sep 1, 202213 min read


Africa During the Scramble: The World's Oldest Alliance
By Gary Oswald In 1386, John I of Portugal and Richard II of England agreed the Treaty of Westminster. That treaty established a pact of...
Aug 31, 202213 min read


Alternate History in Star Trek Part 15: Deep Space Nine Finds Its Feet
By Tom Anderson Last time on “Alternate History in Star Trek”, I looked at the concept and first season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine....
Aug 29, 202225 min read


Alternate History: D,E,F
By Gary Oswald This series will cover 26 topics related to Alternate History, as a beginners guide to the genre, through the format of...
Aug 26, 20226 min read


Interview: Sarah Zama
Questions by Gary Oswald This interview is with Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories. Hello...
Aug 25, 202210 min read


Africa During the Scramble: Company Rule
By Gary Oswald The Shona people, the largest ethnicity in modern day Zimbabwe, have a much longer history of strong centralised Empires...
Aug 24, 202216 min read


Interview: Ryan Fleming
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Ryan Fleming, a regular SLP author. Hello and thanks so much for talking to us. First...
Aug 23, 202210 min read


Alternate History: A,B,C
By Gary Oswald This series will cover 26 topics related to Alternate History, as a beginners guide to the genre, through the format of...
Aug 22, 20227 min read


The Uncertain Rise of Hong Kong and Historical Determinism in Alternate History
By 'Bonniecanuck' Anyone who knows me will probably have learned fairly quickly that I consider myself a proud Hongkonger. Although I...
Aug 19, 202211 min read


Interview: Andy Cooke
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Andy Cooke, the first editor of this blog and a prolific writer for both Sea Lion Press...
Aug 18, 202210 min read


Africa During the Scramble: The Kings of the Golden Stool
By Gary Oswald The Machine Gun more than anything else is the iconic weapon of the Scramble for Africa, the thing that made European...
Aug 17, 202217 min read


Alternate History in Star Trek Part 14: The Controversial Birth of Deep Space Nine
By Tom Anderson It is a measure of just how much spinoff material has been produced in the history of the Star Trek franchise that it has...
Aug 15, 202218 min read


Review: Civilizations
By Alex Wallace It always interests me, if with some trepidation, whenever someone of a literary bent attempts alternate history. At...
Aug 12, 20222 min read


Interview: Tom Anderson
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Tom Anderson who is one of the most prolific writers for Sea Lion Press, both on this...
Aug 11, 202213 min read


The Borders of Genre: The Glorification of Fascism Within Alternate History
By Monroe Templeton In a 1973 interview with Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune, French film theorist and director François Truffaut...
Aug 10, 20229 min read


Vignette: For a Few Dollars More
By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
Aug 9, 20228 min read


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...
Aug 8, 202217 min read


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...
Aug 5, 20224 min read
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