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Alternate Terminology: Naval Gazing Part 3 - Flags at Sea
By Tom Anderson In previous articles in this series, we looked at naval history through the topics of the Mediterranean galley, and then...
Sep 10, 20199 min read


NEW RELEASE: How to write Alternate History
Sea Lion Press The core of Alternate History is one where all the questions of “What If?” are addressed. But there’s one What If question...
Sep 8, 20191 min read
Airships: Potential PoDs 3 - The R101 and the Imperial Air Service [Part 2]
By Andy Cooke In the last article, I covered the Imperial Airship Scheme, the requirements for the R100 and R101, the division of teams...
Sep 7, 20197 min read


Alternate Geography - Changing the World: L'Hexagone
By Katherine Foy “What they call France here is the land beyond the Loire, which to them is a foreign country” Jean Racine (1662) The...
Sep 6, 20198 min read


NEW RELEASES: The Misfit Squadron series
We're extremely excited to be publishing Simon Brading's acclaimed tales of an alternate Second World War and the unconventional heroes...
Sep 5, 20191 min read


The Clark Kent Problem: How Changing Assumptions Create Plot Holes In Long-Running Fiction
By Tom Anderson An Alternate History Consequences article It is no great revelation to reflect that elements of works of fiction may not...
Sep 3, 201910 min read


Vignette Sunday: When the White Horse Rides Again
By Alex Richards On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Sep 1, 20197 min read


Crime, Killers, and Alternate History
By Wm. Garrett Cothran Everyone has thoughts on time travel. If one thinks of time travel, they in effect think of alternate history. Yet...
Aug 31, 20199 min read


Review - Alternate Peace; Steven H Silver & Joshua Palmatier (eds.), Zombies Need Brains
By Adam Selby-Martin [Please note that the publisher kindly provided a review copy in return for an honest review of this title] It...
Aug 30, 20197 min read


Moonbase: Episode 1 - A World Apart
By Samuel O'Slaine Storytelling is an art. It is the art of entertaining an audience by creating a narrative. We’ve decided to try an...
Aug 29, 20199 min read
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Airships: Potential PoDs 3 - The R101 and the Imperial Air Service [Part 1]
By Andy Cooke When looking at disasters in history that pushed OTL away from airships, the most common one to come to mind is the...
Aug 28, 20199 min read


Changing The World - Unnatural Limits
By Katherine Foy “If otherwise mountains had arisen, rivers flowed or coasts trended, then how very different would mankind have...
Aug 28, 201910 min read


NEW RELEASE: You've Always Had It This Good
The authors of the award-winning Agent Lavender: The Flight of Harold Wilson are back. Jack Tindale and Tom Black's new novella tells the...
Aug 22, 20191 min read


Alternate Terminology: Naval Gazing, Part 2
By Tom Anderson In the first part of this multi-part article, I looked at the millennia-long history of the Mediterranean galley as a...
Aug 20, 20199 min read


Review - Cato's Cavalry Volume I, by Marc Jones
By Adam Selby-Martin I've previously reviewed one of Marc Jones' alternate history titles, The Fireflies of Port Stanley, and was...
Aug 16, 20194 min read


NEW RELEASE: The People’s Flag
Tom Black’s history book from another universe, The People’s Flag: The Union of Britain and the Kaiserreich has been published by Sea...
Aug 15, 20191 min read


Thoughts on Dahomey - 3
By Gary Oswald In the previous articles we have discussed the development of Dahomey in the late 19th century as it ran into the limits...
Aug 15, 20196 min read


PODs of the Thirty Years War - Part IX
By Alex Richards In 1629, having fought Denmark to a draw and with Sweden not yet the major active player it was shortly to become,...
Aug 14, 20195 min read


German Soldiers, Jamaican Rebels, Eggnog Cocktails, and the Bible: The Origins of “Tom and Jerry”
By Tom Anderson CAT: Wait, I know this game. It's called cat and mouse, and there's only one way to win; don't be the mouse! LISTER: What...
Aug 13, 20196 min read


First Chapters: La Isla Blanca
By Jack Tindale Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have La Isla Blanca, by Jack...
Aug 11, 20197 min read
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