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Review by Adam Selby-Martin As with so many titles, it was the cover art to Every Second Counts that drew my attention in as I scrolled...

By Colin Salt Success or failure? Circumstance and point of view can define either - in one timeline, a sportsman or woman can be deemed...

By Alex Richards In my last article I introduced the possibility of the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II being killed by the Burghers of...

By Tom Anderson In this series of ‘Consequences in AH’ articles, we’ve already seen how an innovative word seen as cheap and tawdry at...

by Tom Anderson Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have Not An English Word, by Tom...

by Andy Cooke When it comes to signalling that the reader is in an alternate history, airships are superb for the purpose. Whether Harry...

by Brian Click Socialists and liberals dream of making progressive change in society. Conservatives speak of preserving past glories....

By Ryan Fleming There are a number of ideas that are recurrent in alternate history. The two most recurring being the victories of the...

By Tom Anderson Three ubiquitous forms of transport we now take for granted are the bicycle, the car and the aeroplane (or airplane in...

By Liam Connell On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...

Review by Adam Selby-Martin As I’ve been digging through the listings for the indie Alternate History genre on the Kindle, I’ve come to...

By Ryan Fleming There are few moments in history where you can pinpoint a single decision that brought about momentous changes as a...

By Alex Richards The Thirty Years War was, in percentage terms at least, the most destructive event in German history, depopulating vast...

By Tom Anderson The game of chess has captured the human imagination perhaps more than any other. Chess probably originated in India at...

By David Hoggard and Bob Mumby Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have Many a Hero...

By Andy Cooke As this series comes to an end, I'm going to wrap up by doing something a little different: looking at a wider set of...

By David Hoggard Picture the scene. In an opulent palace, two pasty Englishmen wait nervously in a corridor, waiting for an audience...

By Ryan Fleming Within published alternate history fiction of decades gone by there seemed to be only a few genres that would make use of...

By Tom Anderson Before the nineteenth century, there was no means to record a human voice, music or any other sounds. Clockwork...

By Tabac Iberez Editor's note: A slight change of scheduling here - rather than showcasing one of our competition vignettes, we are...