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Why I Wrote... The Endeavour Series
By Andy Cooke. The editor asked me to write a short article on “Why I wrote…” any of my SLP books. Naturally, I turned in an article on...
Oct 3, 202510 min read


Vignette: The Human Sun in: Terror in the Donghai!
By Roshita Narasimhan. Off in the distant red giant system of Arcturus, the planet of Xenon was a prosperous civilization, having...
Sep 30, 202510 min read


Serial Sunday: The Galton Horror II
School was doing a trip to Galton Spaceport on Monday. Dr Barrington himself was going to show the Year 11 classes around the Shackleton...
Sep 28, 20257 min read


Alternate Religions: Antonianism
By Gary Oswald. The statue of Kimpa Vita, founder of Antonianism, in Angola. Picture courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Kingdom of Kongo...
Sep 26, 20259 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Live 2 Tell
By Ryan Fleming. All Eyez on Me, Tupac Shakur's last album released while he was alive and shortly after he first wrote Live 2 Tell....
Sep 23, 20259 min read


Serial Sunday: The Galton Horror I
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...
Sep 21, 20255 min read


Dreams from the Dark Years: Strange Defeat
By Paul Hynes. A German soldier walks through the ruins after the siege of Calais, a photo taken by the Wehrmacht itself. Picture...
Sep 19, 202515 min read


Non-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 5: The Orville
By Tom Anderson. The crew of Orville circa S1, image courtesy Amazon It’s been quite a while since I last penned an article in this...
Sep 16, 202511 min read
Serial Sunday: The Return of King Arthur, Act 4
By David Flin. Act 4: Uneasy Lies the Heart Scene 1. A modern, run-down pub on the outskirts of London. A collection of heroes gather...
Sep 14, 202527 min read


The Death of Samora Machel
By David Love. Samora Machel in 1985, during a state visit to the United States; image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Epilogue "He's dead."...
Sep 12, 20258 min read


Review: Doctor Who: The Dark Planet
By Matthew Kresal. The Dark Planet cover, courtesy Big Finish Productions. Early 1960s Doctor Who is at times an extraordinary thing to...
Sep 9, 20258 min read
Serial Sunday: The Return of King Arthur, Act 3
By David Flin. Act 3: A Constellation of Stars Scene 1. A homeless shelter, with overworked staff, altogether too many customers being...
Sep 7, 202521 min read


Caribbean Cold War: Great Man Theory
By Gary Oswald. Fidel Castro, photographed with fellow rebel leader Camilo Cienfuegos (left), as he enters Havana on the 9th January...
Sep 5, 20259 min read


Why I Wrote… In The Absence of Powder
By Alexander Rooksmoor Like a lot of children of my generation who were interested in history, I grew up with a fascination with the...
Sep 2, 20258 min read
Serial Sunday: The Return of King Arthur, Act 2
By David Flin. Act 2. The Gathering Scene 1 A small coffee shop close to the Globe theatre. Three men sitting at a table outside,...
Aug 31, 202521 min read


Vignette: I Pity the Fool
By James Hall. On the Sea Lion Press Forums , we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a...
Aug 29, 20255 min read


Not So Killer Shark
By Colin Salt. Bruce Begins. 1974 hardcover, picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Of the theory that behind every great 1970s movie is a...
Aug 26, 20253 min read
Serial Sunday: The Return of King Arthur, Act 1
By David Flin. Author’s Notes It’s amazing what you find out when you’re doing research. With a little bit of low animal cunning, it’s...
Aug 24, 202524 min read


ITV versus Vince McMahon
By Gary Oswald. WOS Wrestling logo, though cropped from an STV ad rather than an ITV one! Few fandoms have embraced the ‘what if’...
Aug 22, 20258 min read


Dreams from the Dark Years: Twilight
By Paul Hynes. Jacques Guiaud's 1871 painting of the crowds outside the last sitting of the monarchy's Corps Législatif, at the dawn of...
Aug 19, 202513 min read
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