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Interview: Kevin Ikenberry
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Kevin Ikenberry, a writer of military speculative fiction. He can be found at his...
Aug 4, 20227 min read


Behind the Scenes: Lands of Red and Gold
By Jared Kavanagh To celebrate the publication of my second alternate history novel, The Proxy Dance, (the second book in the Lands of...
Aug 3, 20229 min read


NEW RELEASES: Alternate Irelands, Australias, Americas and Englands
A collection of stories exploring alternate Irelands forms part of our newest batch of four books available now. The Proxy Dance by Jared...
Aug 2, 20221 min read


Alternate History in Star Trek Part 13: First Frontier, Dark Mirror, Imzadi, and Q-Squared
By Tom Anderson As discussed in the last few articles, I will be devoting this article to fuller treatments of four individual spinoff,...
Aug 1, 202222 min read


What If Hitler Had Gone for Moscow? Part 2
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. More essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats...
Jul 29, 202213 min read


Living the Twenties: Y,Z
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2020...
Jul 28, 20226 min read


Africa During the Scramble: The Miracle at Annual
By Gary Oswald African forces defeated European forces all the time during the Scramble. It was not remotely uncommon for Imperial...
Jul 27, 202217 min read


Review: The Gamekeeper's Night Dog
By Colin Salt Alternate history writers have frequently obsessed over some tangible thing. In many cases, it's been airships. In the The...
Jul 26, 20222 min read


Interview: Tom Black
Questions from Gary Oswald Today is the 7th Birthday of Sea Lion Press so to celebrate that I talked to Tom Black, SLP's Managing...
Jul 25, 202212 min read


Panel Discussion: What is Plausibility?
By Alexander Wallace, Gary Oswald, Matthew Kresal, Colin Salt and Mark Ciccone Salt: Plausibility. That word has spawned a million...
Jul 22, 202225 min read


Africa During the Scramble: Spanish Slaves
By Gary Oswald Of the European countries to still have territory in Africa by 1914, Spain controlled the least land. Her African Empire...
Jul 21, 202213 min read


In Memoriam: Eric Flint
By Alex Wallace I only ever met Eric Flint once. It was at Capclave, the convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association in...
Jul 19, 20222 min read


Alternate History in Star Trek part 12: TNG Spinoffs of the Later Run
By Tom Anderson In this article, I’ll be looking at the spinoff media – specifically comics and novels – which were produced with the...
Jul 18, 202217 min read


What If Hitler Had Gone for Moscow? Part 1
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. More essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats...
Jul 15, 202213 min read


Which SLP WWII Book should you read?
By Gary Oswald The answer is, of course, all of them. But if you are the mood for something in particular then follow this handy guide by...
Jul 14, 20225 min read


Living the Twenties: V,W,X
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2020...
Jul 13, 202210 min read


The Mountain Flip Flop
By Colin Salt Switzerland and Afghanistan do not share much in common. The biggest similarities between the two are lots of mountains on...
Jul 12, 20222 min read


How rich was Mansa Musa? (The Answer might surprise you!)
By Gary Oswald The precolonial history of sub-Saharan Africa is not particularly well taught or widely known in the West, for a bunch of...
Jul 11, 202211 min read


Roswellian Alternatives
By Matthew Kresal Seventy-five years ago today, the press office of the US Army Air Force's 509th Bomb group released a press statement....
Jul 8, 20227 min read


Vignette: Seaward Avengers
By Tyler Parsons On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a...
Jul 7, 20229 min read
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