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Feb 14, 20247 min read
John le Carré, a Trade Secret. Part 2
By Peter Randall David Cornwell (John le Carré) when he moved from being a spook to writing about them. Picture courtesy Spiked. Part 1...
Feb 12, 20241 min read
NEW PAPERBACK: Atomic Secrets
John A. Hopkins, one of SLP's breakout authors of 2023, goes into print with the first David Brook novel, Atomic Secrets: 1948. The...
Feb 12, 20248 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Matthew Kresal
Marooned guest: Matthew Kresal. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, we have marooned on Lavender Island or very own expert on...
Feb 9, 202414 min read
An Alternate History of Horror XXI: Jump Scare
By Ryan Fleming. Nosferatu, 1922. One of the earliest classics of the genre. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. It seems appropriate for...
Feb 7, 20246 min read
John le Carré, A Trade Secret. Part 1
By Peter Randall. David Cornwell, better known as John le Carré, master of betrayal. Picture courtesy Associated Press. John le Carré was...
Feb 5, 20246 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Nathan Goldwag
Marooned Guest: Nathan Goldwag In this episode of the marooning process we’ve all come to love (and we love it, whether we like it or...
Feb 3, 20245 min read
Monthly Vignette: Some Corner of a Foreign Field
By Peter Randall Every month, SLP runs a vignette competition with a specific prompt. This one was part of the 62nd competition, on the...
Feb 2, 20249 min read
Tales from Development Hell: I Am Legend
By Ryan Fleming Will Smith (left) in I Am Legend. Picture courtesy Wired. I’m afraid I have some sad news. This is the last article in...
Jan 31, 202415 min read
Non-Trek Worldbuilding. Part 3: Red Dwarf
By Tom Anderson The picture editor is an idiot. That's an abutilon red dwarf, which has nothing to do with this article. Picture courtesy...
Jan 29, 202410 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island
Marooned Guest: Ben Kearns Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, our marooned guest – Ben Kearns – is something of a media...
Jan 26, 202413 min read
An Alternate History of Horror XX: Blood, Brains, and Broadband.
By Ryan Fleming. Villa Diodati, the birthplace of both Frankenstein and Polidori's The Vampyre. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. As...
Jan 24, 202411 min read
POD Cast: 30 December 1460
By Tim Venning Someone shot the tree! The Battle of Wakefield, 1460. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. 30 DECEMBER, 1460: THE BATTLE OF...
Jan 22, 202412 min read
Sport and Politics: The Olympic Games, Part 5
By Pete Usher A lengthy gestation period was involved at Montréal. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. “The Olympics can no more have a...
Jan 19, 20242 min read
Alternate Quotes
By David Flin The Editor is In. That pile of work to his left is disturbingly small. He's getting worried. When the Editor gets involved...
Jan 17, 20241 min read
NEW PAPERBACK: Drake's Drum: Horizon of our Hopes
The fourth and final part in the Drake’s Drum series of alternate histories is now available in paperback. You can buy it right now from...
Jan 17, 20247 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island
Marooned Guest: Alex Richards. Here we are again. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This time, we welcome Alex Richards to the splendid...
Jan 15, 20246 min read
The Multi-Faceted Nature of Alternate History
By Jared Kavanagh. Is this the shape of Alternate History? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. One of the perennial questions I’ve seen...
Jan 12, 202410 min read
Tales From Development Hell: The Hook
By Ryan Fleming. A publicity poster for On The Waterfront. It could equally have been used for The Hook. Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Jan 10, 202413 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 10, Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon.
By Matthew Kresal. You were expecting Christopher Ecclestone? Picture Courtesy Big Finish. When Doctor Who returned to BBC One in 2005,...
Jan 8, 20242 min read
Book Nook: In The Presence of Mine Enemies, Harry Turtledove.
Reviewed by Colin Salt. It's got swastikas. What are the odds it's an Axis-victory AH? Picture courtesy Amazon. Harry Turtledove is an...
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