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Andrew Harvey and Matthew Kresal nominated for Sidewise Award
Two short stories published by Sea Lion Press have been nominated in the short-form category of the Sidewise Awards, the annual prize for...
Sep 2, 20211 min read


Jared Kavanagh nominated for Sidewise Award
A book published by Sea Lion Press has been nominated in the long-form category of the Sidewise Awards, the annual prize for alternate...
Sep 2, 20211 min read


On 'Axis of Andes' and Adapting Online Alternate History for Publication
By Alexander Wallace D. G. Valdron’s Axis of Andes duology was recently reviewed on this site. It is a work that, for better or for...
Sep 1, 20216 min read


Fiction Friction: Absurd Blurbs and the Riftwar Cycle
By Tom Anderson Regardless of the aphorism that we should not judge a book by its cover, we invariably do. This is not terribly fair on...
Aug 30, 202110 min read


Review: Long Reach by Mike Lunnon-Wood
By Colin Salt Long Reach was a novel that I started off with iffy feelings towards, but which has grown on me as I recognized the rarity...
Aug 27, 20212 min read


'The Eagle and the Bluebird' review
By Alex Wallace Sometimes, good things come in small packages. Such was The Eagle and the Bluebird, a story of only thirty-eight pages by...
Aug 25, 20212 min read


Media Musing Counter Factuals: Power Rangers Turbo and the changeover that wasn't
By Charles EP Murphy By the time of 1997's Power Rangers Turbo, the show had been running for almost four years. Ratings were on the way...
Aug 23, 202112 min read


Alternate Irelands collection - call for stories!
Dear Writers, Sea Lion Press have published quite a few anthologies of short stories. I've bought all of them, I love all of them. I...
Aug 21, 20213 min read


Doctor Who Unbound: He Jests At Scars...
By Matthew Kresal In 1986, Doctor Who came back from an eighteen-month hiatus with an ambitious, season-long story arc. A season that saw...
Aug 20, 20215 min read


'The Tranquillity Alternative' review
By Alexander Wallace After the bold and daring adventures of American space exploration ended, science fiction lovers of all stripes have...
Aug 18, 20212 min read


Fiction Friction: Box Office Bombshells
By Tom Anderson In this article, I want to discuss a strange paradox I have encountered when I compare my childhood memories of the world...
Aug 16, 202112 min read


Weimar Germany- G,H,I
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2018...
Aug 13, 202111 min read


On Writing an Alternate History Short Story
By Alexander Wallace I will admit that I write this article with some reticence; it feels downright pompous to say I have the gall to...
Aug 11, 20216 min read


Vultures
By Alexander Wallace On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...
Aug 9, 20218 min read


The New Dinosaurs
By Matthew Kresal Whether we view alternate history as a setting or a genre in its own right, even a cursory overview of it shows...
Aug 6, 20214 min read


'Thessalonica' review
By Alexander Wallace Harry Turtledove has a special love for the Byzantine Empire. He has written a whole fantasy series with Byzantium...
Aug 4, 20213 min read


Fiction Friction: The Fake Trilogy
By Thomas Anderson The trilogy, as a model for media, is so omnipresent in the modern world that we scarcely stop to notice it anymore....
Aug 2, 202114 min read


NEW RELEASE: Streseland
Many alternate history novels look at greater success for the Nazi regime. This one considers the situation in Germany if the Nazis never...
Aug 1, 20211 min read


Weimar Germany- D,E,F
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2018...
Jul 30, 20219 min read


Israel, Palestine, and Malleability versus Accuracy in Alternate History
By Alexander Wallace I spent a period of about four months, from December 2020 to March 2021, reading almost nonstop about the fate of...
Jul 28, 20216 min read
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