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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 3, 20245 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...
Feb 2, 20249 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 31, 202415 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 29, 202410 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 26, 202413 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 24, 202411 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 22, 202412 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 19, 20242 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, 20241 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 17, 20247 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 15, 20246 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 12, 202410 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 10, 202413 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...
Jan 8, 20242 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 6, 20248 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 5, 202414 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 3, 20248 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...
Jan 1, 20247 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 29, 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 27, 202312 min read
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