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Summer Sale!
While Amazon is our main retailer, it's not our only one - dozens of Sea Lion books are available at Smashwords as well and throughout the whole of July, they're all on sale!We've got thematic antholo...
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Sea Lion Press is pleased to announce our #SummerSale at #SmashWords has begun! Read the link for more information - check out #AlternateHistory #novels and #anthologies alike at a discounted price! #Writing #WritingCommunity #Books #BookSale #Sale www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/summer-...
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I'd like to welcome the newest judges for the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History: Andrea Horbinski, Alana Phelan, and Arturo Serrano!
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I'd like to welcome the newest judges for the Sidewise Awards for Alternate History: Andrea Horbinski, Alana Phelan, and Arturo Serrano!
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's "Chasing Shadows" by Bob Mumby. #WhatIf the #BusinessPlot had been real - but the corporate puppet president #SmedleyButler had a chance of heart? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
CHASING SHADOWS | Sea Lion Press
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November 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's "Chasing Shadows" by Bob Mumby. #WhatIf the #BusinessPlot had been real - but the corporate puppet president #SmedleyButler had a chance of heart? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
Ryan Fleming explores a legendary case of #DevelopmentHell for #RichardWilliams' #animated #film, "The Thief and the Cobbler" - delayed from 1964 to 1993, by which point many assumed it to be a mere #Aladdin ripoff. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...
Tales From Development Hell: The Thief and the Cobbler
By Ryan Fleming.There are some films whose development hell has made them infamous, usually for ruining what could have been a good film. Then there are those whose development hell has made them lege...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ryan Fleming explores a legendary case of #DevelopmentHell for #RichardWilliams' #animated #film, "The Thief and the Cobbler" - delayed from 1964 to 1993, by which point many assumed it to be a mere #Aladdin ripoff. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...
#AlternateHistory veteran Dale Cozort looks at the possibility of a real incident spiralling into a #WhatIf war between #Japan and the #SovietUnion in 1934. #Counterfactual #WW2 #InterwardPeriod www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/soviet-...
Soviet/Japanese war in 1934
By Dale CozortThis Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1997. Essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats and Butterflies' Collections.What actually happened: In the late 1920s ...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
#AlternateHistory veteran Dale Cozort looks at the possibility of a real incident spiralling into a #WhatIf war between #Japan and the #SovietUnion in 1934. #Counterfactual #WW2 #InterwardPeriod www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/soviet-...
To celebrate the completion of Alex Richards ( @arichards.bsky.social ) 's multi-year project to #map every #parish in #England (see quote post) here's another look at the #article series he wrote on #mapmaking in #fiction. #Cartography #AlternateHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/so-you-...
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
To celebrate the completion of Alex Richards ( @arichards.bsky.social ) 's multi-year project to #map every #parish in #England (see quote post) here's another look at the #article series he wrote on #mapmaking in #fiction. #Cartography #AlternateHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/so-you-...
In this new "Dreams from the Dark Years" series article, Paul Hynes discusses #France 's security guarantees to #Poland before the outbreak of #WW2 and the ill-fated #Saar Offensive against #NaziGermany during the #PhonyWar. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...
Dreams from the Dark Years: Fool's Mate
By Paul Hynes.The 2001 film The Pianist contains many disturbing scenes but there is one at the very beginning which sticks out for this series.It involves the Jewish Szpilman family in Warsaw on the ...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In this new "Dreams from the Dark Years" series article, Paul Hynes discusses #France 's security guarantees to #Poland before the outbreak of #WW2 and the ill-fated #Saar Offensive against #NaziGermany during the #PhonyWar. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...
From the archives: #SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #anthology "Alternate #Presidents" edited by Mike Resnick. #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual #WhatIf #BookReview #USPolitics www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Review: Alternate Presidents
By Matthew KresalEvery four years, American voters get the chance to elect a new President. The choices voters, and sometimes the House of Representatives, made on those occasions have been a rich vei...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
From the archives: #SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #anthology "Alternate #Presidents" edited by Mike Resnick. #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual #WhatIf #BookReview #USPolitics www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interview Tom Anderson, #author of yesterday's #SaturdayShowcase SLP #AlternateHistory #book, "The Twilight's Last Gleaming". #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Tom Anderson
Questions from Gary OswaldThis Interview is with Tom Anderson who is one of the most prolific writers for Sea Lion Press, both on this blog and in terms of books.Hello and thanks so much for talking t...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interview Tom Anderson, #author of yesterday's #SaturdayShowcase SLP #AlternateHistory #book, "The Twilight's Last Gleaming". #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's "The Twilight's Last Gleaming" by Tom Anderson - #WhatIf an #asteroid impact had triggered the #Yellowstone #supervolcano in 1886? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING | Sea Lion Press
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November 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's "The Twilight's Last Gleaming" by Tom Anderson - #WhatIf an #asteroid impact had triggered the #Yellowstone #supervolcano in 1886? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #DCComics work #Flashpoint - no, not #TheFlash comic storyline nor its TV adaptation, but the original #Elseworlds from 1999. #AlternateHistory #Comics www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Review: Flashpoint
By Matthew Kresal.Mention the title Flashpoint to a fan of DC Comics and you’ll get a flicker of recognition. It was the title, after all, of a 2011 crossover event that reshaped the DC universe prior...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #DCComics work #Flashpoint - no, not #TheFlash comic storyline nor its TV adaptation, but the original #Elseworlds from 1999. #AlternateHistory #Comics www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Thought up by an Englishman but more significant in #Canada and #NewZealand among others, David Hoggard examines the relatively obscure #political #ideology of #SocialCredit and whether it could have become more widespread. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/other-i...
Other Ideologies: Social Credit
By David Hoggard Other Ideologies 1: Social CreditFor the last hundred years or more, the central conflict of politics in the vast majority of countries has been between Socialism and Capitalism – two...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thought up by an Englishman but more significant in #Canada and #NewZealand among others, David Hoggard examines the relatively obscure #political #ideology of #SocialCredit and whether it could have become more widespread. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/other-i...
Read for free this #AlternateHistory #vignette (ultra #shortstory) by Tom Anderson on the theme of #Remembrance, also published as part of our collection "N'Oublions Jamais". #WW1 www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
Vignette Sunday: The Remembrance To End All Remembrances
By Tom Anderson On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write vignettes on a specific theme (changed monthly).The eighth theme was "World War On...
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November 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Read for free this #AlternateHistory #vignette (ultra #shortstory) by Tom Anderson on the theme of #Remembrance, also published as part of our collection "N'Oublions Jamais". #WW1 www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
As the #Commonwealth and beyond commemorate #Remembrance for the losses of #WW1 and other wars, J. Concagh discusses how the manner of how to mark the war dead has been controversial since the very beginning. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-hel...
The Hell Where Youth And Laughter Go
By J. ConcaghI have a soft spot for the Royal Artillery Memorial. It is not a conventional kind of memorial; dominated not by the people it commemorates but by their tools; the artillery shells, the c...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
As the #Commonwealth and beyond commemorate #Remembrance for the losses of #WW1 and other wars, J. Concagh discusses how the manner of how to mark the war dead has been controversial since the very beginning. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-hel...
Paul Hynes looks at the role of #insurgent and #partisan forces in #NaziGermany 's #OperationBarbarossa #invasion of the #SovietUnion in #WW2, and how they might have affected the outcome. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/when-th...
When The World Held Its Breath: Divide And Conquer
By Paul Hynes "We have only to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crumbling down" was Adolf Hitler's reassurance to his followers as he chose to embark on the invasion of the So...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Paul Hynes looks at the role of #insurgent and #partisan forces in #NaziGermany 's #OperationBarbarossa #invasion of the #SovietUnion in #WW2, and how they might have affected the outcome. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/when-th...
As the #Commonwealth commemorates the sacrifice of soldiers in #WorldWarI and other past wars, we ask ourselves could it all have turned out differently? Our #GreatWar #WhatIf #anthology, "N'Oublions Jamais", is headlined by the titular #SidewiseAward nominee. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
N'OUBLIONS JAMAIS | Sea Lion Press
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November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
As the #Commonwealth commemorates the sacrifice of soldiers in #WorldWarI and other past wars, we ask ourselves could it all have turned out differently? Our #GreatWar #WhatIf #anthology, "N'Oublions Jamais", is headlined by the titular #SidewiseAward nominee. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books it's the one that started it all. @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social explore #WhatIf there been any truth to the (wrong) #conspiracytheory that #HaroldWilson was a #communist #spy. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
AGENT LAVENDER | Sea Lion Press
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November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books it's the one that started it all. @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social explore #WhatIf there been any truth to the (wrong) #conspiracytheory that #HaroldWilson was a #communist #spy. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
A #sporting #AlternateHistory from Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) : #WhatIf other nations had become powerhouses of #RugbyUnion? #Rugby #SportsHistory #Sport #Argentina #Japan #Madagascar www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/rugby-u...
Rugby Union Powers That Aren't
By Gary Oswald.Rugby Union, like a lot of sports, was first codified in the UK and as such the four home nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland) have traditionally been the heartland of the gam...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A #sporting #AlternateHistory from Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) : #WhatIf other nations had become powerhouses of #RugbyUnion? #Rugby #SportsHistory #Sport #Argentina #Japan #Madagascar www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/rugby-u...
Originally published in "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens explores the #WhatIf question of #France pre-emptively starting #WW2 against #NaziGermany at an earlier stage. #AlternateHistory #History #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
What If France Had Started World War II?
By Nick OttensThis article was first published over here by our friends at Never Was Magazine and is shared as part of our partnership with Never Was. For more articles like this please check out thei...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Originally published in "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens explores the #WhatIf question of #France pre-emptively starting #WW2 against #NaziGermany at an earlier stage. #AlternateHistory #History #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
#Brownies , the #FerrisWheel, #ShreddedWheat, the #electriccar ... Tom Anderson looks at the surprising number of things our modern world owes to the #Chicago #WorldsFair of 1893. #Expo www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/chains-of-consequence-chicago-1893-fountain-of-modernity
Chains of Consequence: Chicago 1893, Fountain of Modernity
By Tom AndersonIn these ‘Chains of Consequences’ articles, I have generally explored a single strand of consequence from a happenstance event, looking at all the things we take for granted—cultural to...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
#Brownies , the #FerrisWheel, #ShreddedWheat, the #electriccar ... Tom Anderson looks at the surprising number of things our modern world owes to the #Chicago #WorldsFair of 1893. #Expo www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/chains-of-consequence-chicago-1893-fountain-of-modernity
Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) discusses the #writing of his marvellous 'double blind #WhatIf' #WW2 book " #Chamberlain Resigns": a parody of overly-smug and prescriptive " #AlternateHistory " essay collections by #historians with blinkered views. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote… Chamberlain Resigns, And Other Things That Did Not Happen
By Charles E.P. MurphyIt was the internet’s fault. I’d been into history as a general interest since I was a kid, and alternate history was introduced to me through a barrage of sci-fi stories, most e...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) discusses the #writing of his marvellous 'double blind #WhatIf' #WW2 book " #Chamberlain Resigns": a parody of overly-smug and prescriptive " #AlternateHistory " essay collections by #historians with blinkered views. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Tom Anderson examines the strange chain of #historical #consequences that mean the iconic children's network #Nickelodeon takes its name from decisions by #LouisXIV and #AbrahamLincoln. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/from-bo...
From Bourbons to Viacom - How Louis XIV Created Nickelodeon
By Tom AndersonFor the next article in our series looking at chains of consequences in history (and the implications for alternate history speculation), we’ll look at a chain whose start and end seem ...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Tom Anderson examines the strange chain of #historical #consequences that mean the iconic children's network #Nickelodeon takes its name from decisions by #LouisXIV and #AbrahamLincoln. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/from-bo...
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Nick Sumner ( @nicksumner.bsky.social ), #author of the best-selling #AlternateHistory #WW2 #book series " #DrakesDrum ". #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Nicholas Sumner
Questions from Gary OswaldThis Interview is with Nicholas Sumner, a regular SLP author. He can be found on his website and on twitter.Hello and thanks so much for talking to us.Hello Gary, thank you f...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Nick Sumner ( @nicksumner.bsky.social ), #author of the best-selling #AlternateHistory #WW2 #book series " #DrakesDrum ". #AuthorInterview #WritingCommunity #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "The #Scottish Anthology" edited by Ryan Fleming ( @ryanafwrites.bsky.social ), #WhatIf tales with a #Caledonian setting or flavour. #Scotland #ScottishHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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November 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "The #Scottish Anthology" edited by Ryan Fleming ( @ryanafwrites.bsky.social ), #WhatIf tales with a #Caledonian setting or flavour. #Scotland #ScottishHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
Read for free this #AlternateHistory ultra #shortstory ( #vignette ) by Wm. Garrett Cothran as part of our monthly vignette #writing competitions, some of which are periodically collected into a themed #anthology. This was an entry on the theme of ' #Slasher '. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
Vignette: Method Killers
By WM. Garrett CothranOn the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories on a specific theme (changed monthly).The theme for the 67th co...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Read for free this #AlternateHistory ultra #shortstory ( #vignette ) by Wm. Garrett Cothran as part of our monthly vignette #writing competitions, some of which are periodically collected into a themed #anthology. This was an entry on the theme of ' #Slasher '. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
#WW2 ... in 1919? Veteran #AlternateHistory writer Dale Cozort looks at the nightmare possibility of #Germany rejecting the Treaty of #Versailles and the #GreatWar resuming. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
What If Germany Had Returned to War in 1919?
By Dale CozortThis Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. Essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats and Butterflies' Collections.Germany’s World War I-era government colla...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#WW2 ... in 1919? Veteran #AlternateHistory writer Dale Cozort looks at the nightmare possibility of #Germany rejecting the Treaty of #Versailles and the #GreatWar resuming. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...