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Jan 6, 20248 min read
Monthly Vignette: Cheap at the Price
By David Flin. Every month, SLP runs a vignette competition with a specific prompt. The current competition, the 70th, has as its theme...
Jan 5, 202414 min read
An Alternate History of Horror XIX: Inspired By Actual Events
By Ryan Fleming. Going viral - The Blair Witch Project. It could only have been made in the early Internet period. Picture courtesy...
Jan 3, 20248 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Guest Jared Kavanagh
Marooned Guest: Jared Kavanagh Hopefully, the wildlife will be less dangerous than it is in Australia. In this marooning, we again have a...
Jan 1, 20247 min read
Alternate History and Stargate: Part 9
By Tom Anderson "Look above you." What could possibly go wrong when standing in the middle of an open field? Picture courtesy Wikimedia...
Dec 29, 202312 min read
The Van Helsing Mysteries: Season 2
By Ryan Fleming Cross. Holy Water. Garlic. Stakes. Cheese Sandwiches. Just another day at the office for Van Helsing. Picture courtesy...
Dec 27, 202312 min read
Westminster with Proportional Representation. Part 3
By Andy Cooke. We all know what's happening here. Don't we? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This is the third and final part of...
Dec 25, 202328 min read
A Christmas Tale
By David Flin It's the Snow Marine himself. A Christmas story is, I am given to understand, traditional at this time of year. I am...
Dec 22, 20239 min read
Tales from Development Hell: The Dark Tower
By Ryan Fleming Idris Elba looking out of place. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. As film development drags into the dreaded...
Dec 21, 20232 min read
EBOOK RELEASES: Our Free And Happy Land, and Man-Made Hell: The Modern Tragedy
Two very different stories conclude our 2023 release schedule today. A dark tale of a never-ending Great War on the one hand, and an...
Dec 21, 20239 min read
60 Years of Doctor Who. Part 9: The Ninth Doctor
By Matthew Kresal Not the Ninth Doctor you were expecting? Picture courtesy BBC. When the 1996 Doctor Who TV Movie failed to lead to a...
Dec 20, 20231 min read
EBOOK RELEASE: Al Grito De Guerra
In the penultimate of our pre-Christmas flurry of releases, Jack Knizhnik makes his SLP debut with this fiery tale of a more violent...
Dec 20, 20238 min read
The Alternate Lavender Island: Andy Cooke
Marooned Guest: Andy Cooke. Need I say more? Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Once again, we interview our guest who is about to be...
Dec 19, 20231 min read
EBOOK RELEASE: If We'd Just Got That Penalty
Former SLP blog editor and anthology-crafter extraordinaire Gary Oswald returns as editor of this collection of sporting alternate...
Dec 18, 20231 min read
EBOOK RELEASE: The Scottish Anthology
'twas the week before Christmas, and all through the publishing house, there were stirrings of new books, and a word that rhymes with...
Dec 18, 202311 min read
Non-Trek Worldbuilding 2: GalaxyQuest
By Tom Anderson The NSEA Protector, boldly going. Picture courtesy Galaxy Quest Wiki. In my last article on this subject, I discussed how...
Dec 17, 20231 min read
EBOOK RELEASE: Drake's Drum: Horizon Of Our Hopes
The wait is over. The fourth and final volume of the Drake's Drum series, Horizon Of Our Hopes, has been released in ebook format and is...
Dec 15, 20232 min read
NEW RELEASES: I Won't Go To Mars (Or Dance In Strangers' Cars), and an LGBT+ anthology
Just in time for Christmas, we are pleased to announce two new ebooks - the first of a few new releases we're making across this festive...
Dec 15, 202312 min read
An Alternate History of Horror XVIII: Onryō
By Ryan Fleming. Onryō; Japan's spirits of vengeance. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. This is, I am given to understand, the...
Dec 14, 202313 min read
Alternate History and Sport: Alternate Leagues
By Pete Usher. Boston National League baseball team, 1900. The oldest league in the world. Picture courtesy Wikimedia Commons. League...
Dec 13, 20237 min read
The Alternate Lavender Isle: Guest Charles EP Murphy
Marooned guest: Charles EP Murphy There's something strangely familiar about this place. Does it have a supervillain lair? Picture...
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