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When the World Held its Breath: Altona
By Paul Hynes On the 14th of June, 1941 German commanders amassing their forces on the Soviet border received the message 'Dortmund'. The...
Apr 13, 201910 min read
Review: Obsidian and Steel - A Novella of Alternate History, by Mark Ciccone
Review by Adam Selby-Martin I’ve mentioned in previous reviews of his works that I consider author Mark Ciccone to be one of the leading...
Apr 12, 20195 min read
Points of Divergence: Scotland Act 1978 (Part 2)
By Ryan Fleming In the last article we took a look at the lead up to the 1979 Scottish devolution referendum, as well as how though a...
Apr 11, 201913 min read
So You Want to Make A Map: Part VII
By Alex Richards If you've been following along with this series, by this point you'll have what could be described as a full colour...
Apr 10, 20194 min read
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Making History on the Toss of a Coin
By Tom Anderson This article on Consequences in Alternate History will be a little different: instead of following a chain of...
Apr 9, 20196 min read
That Was Too Close... Five times Nuclear war DIDN'T break out
By Andy Cooke It is two minutes to midnight, at the time I'm writing this article. It is also eight in the evening, British Summer Time....
Apr 6, 20198 min read
Other Ideologies: Anarcho-Capitalism (Part Two)
By Max Lindh In our last article on the subject, we looked at the evolution of the worldview of Murray Rothbard – the ostensible father...
Apr 5, 20199 min read
Boom Boom Goes The Tank: Plotnukes And Plotting
By Colin Salt The time has come to address one of the most central issues, and potentially the most central issue of World War III...
Apr 4, 20194 min read
Alternate Terminology: Radar Love and Microwave Dreams
By Tom Anderson In a previous article on alternate technology terminology, we looked at the technology of radar and went into some...
Apr 2, 20195 min read
Vignette Sunday: No Heaven Above
By Katherine Foy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a...
Mar 31, 201917 min read
When The World Held Its Breath: First Lightning
By Paul Hynes For Germans awaking on the Sunday morning of June 22nd, 1941, the news that their country was at war with the Soviet Union...
Mar 30, 20198 min read
Review: The Battle Over Britain by Simon Brading
Review by Adam Selby-Martin Although there's a preponderance of military history-orientated alternate history on the market, relatively...
Mar 29, 20197 min read
Points of Divergence - Scotland Act 1978 (Part One)
By Ryan Fleming This series looks at specific individual Points of Divergence (PoDs). One rather prominent example is what could happen...
Mar 28, 201911 min read
So You Want to Make a Map? Part VI
By Alex Richards While the last article discussed what to colour, today I'll be discussing which colours to use. Here the choice...
Mar 27, 20195 min read
From the Final Frontier to the Audacity of Hope: How Star Trek Voyager led to the Obama Presidency
By Tom Anderson For today’s article in my ‘Chains of Consequences’ series, we won’t be going so many years back in time. Only about a...
Mar 26, 20196 min read
First Chapters: The Darling Buds Express
By Edward W Feery Welcome to the latest in our series of first chapters showcasing our books. Today, we have The Darling Buds Express, by...
Mar 24, 201910 min read
That was too close... Five assassinations that never were
By Andy Cooke This series looks at moments when the world didn't change - but shivered in the balance. Moments where a Point of...
Mar 23, 20195 min read
Other Ideologies: Anarcho-Capitalism (Part One)
By Max Lindh If one is willing to concede that the free market is better at running heavy industries, manufacture consumer goods, and...
Mar 22, 20197 min read
Boom Boom Goes the Tank: The Circle Trigons
By Colin Salt One amusing-in-hindsight Cold War footnote and object of my fascination has been the Circle Trigon Aggressor Force, used by...
Mar 21, 20193 min read
The audience versus Operation Sea Lion: a new type of AH experience
By Tom Black A man in naval uniform checks your name on the list. You step into a pub crammed with leather armchairs. Vera Lynn emanates...
Mar 20, 20197 min read
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