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THE TENACITY OF HOPE | Sea Lion Press
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Did we say Monday? Early #Christmas present! Tom Anderson's #AlternateHistory #USpolitics tale of a delayed #BarackObama #presidency, "The Tenacity of Hope" is out now! #NewBook #Obama www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the #KatRiver experiment in the #history of #SouthAfrica, when for a brief moment #British #Liberals sought to defend #Khoisan #farmers from encroachment. #AfricanHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...
Africa During the Scramble: The Kat River Experiment
By Gary OswaldOne of the most shocking things about the Scramble of Africa was its speed. In less than 40 years, Africa went from mostly free to mostly run by European Empires. Prior to the 1870s, a l...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the #KatRiver experiment in the #history of #SouthAfrica, when for a brief moment #British #Liberals sought to defend #Khoisan #farmers from encroachment. #AfricanHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...
To go with yesterday's look at the #AlternateHistory #ColdWar #thriller "Atomic Secrets" by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) here's another chance to read his "Why I Wrote..." article about the #writing process. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Atomic Secrets
By John A. HopkinsI was incredibly excited when Sea Lion Press agreed to publish my first alternate history novel, Atomic Secrets. It is built on a simple premise and an alternate history staple – Bri...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
To go with yesterday's look at the #AlternateHistory #ColdWar #thriller "Atomic Secrets" by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) here's another chance to read his "Why I Wrote..." article about the #writing process. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's the first David Brook #thriller by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ). Intrigue and espionage dominate a different #ColdWar with a surviving #NaziGermany. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
ATOMIC SECRETS | Sea Lion Press
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January 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory books, it's the first David Brook #thriller by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ). Intrigue and espionage dominate a different #ColdWar with a surviving #NaziGermany. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
New: Tom Anderson discusses #worldbuilding in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy, focusing on the principle of 'rule-making vs rule-breaking' made famous by the 'first law' of #BrandonSanderson. #Writing #Fiction #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...
Fiction Friction: Rulemaking and Rule Breaking in Sci-Fi
By Thomas Anderson.The fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has become well-known for his advocacy of what he calls “Sanderson’s First Law (of Magic)”; that is, that an author's ability to solve conflict ...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
New: Tom Anderson discusses #worldbuilding in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy, focusing on the principle of 'rule-making vs rule-breaking' made famous by the 'first law' of #BrandonSanderson. #Writing #Fiction #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...
In an article originally produced for "This Day in #AlternateHistory", Jeff Provine asks the question #WhatIf the career of #JuliusCaesar had been cut short by an encounter with #pirates ? #RomanEmpire #Caesar #ClassicalHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/julius-...
What if Julius Caesar was slain by Pirates?
By Jeff ProvineThis article was originally posed on This Day in Alternate History and the original article can be found there. Please check that blog for more like this.When Sulla died in 78 bc, Juliu...
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January 8, 2026 at 10:15 AM
In an article originally produced for "This Day in #AlternateHistory", Jeff Provine asks the question #WhatIf the career of #JuliusCaesar had been cut short by an encounter with #pirates ? #RomanEmpire #Caesar #ClassicalHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/julius-...
Andy Cooke looks at the near misses of #NASA 's first #Gemini missions in 1964. #SpaceRace #SpaceHistory #ColdWar #Space www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-lau...
The Launchbox, Pod 13: The Near Misses of Gemini (Part 1)
By Andy CookeFollowing the successful completion of the Mercury programme (and NASA managing to sidestep a series of potential disasters), the next step was Gemini. Originally known as “Mercury Mark I...
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January 7, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Andy Cooke looks at the near misses of #NASA 's first #Gemini missions in 1964. #SpaceRace #SpaceHistory #ColdWar #Space www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-lau...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses how the #AlternateHistory community's focus on plausibility can sometimes lead us to miss the potential of an unlikely but thrilling #WhatIf plot. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/cocaine...
Cocaine Bear and the Joy of an Unlikely Scenario
By Gary Oswald.Being enthusiasts of alternate history, everyone reading this is probably able to name an iconic piece of AH fiction in most formats. A book, a comic, a tv show, a video game etc. But i...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses how the #AlternateHistory community's focus on plausibility can sometimes lead us to miss the potential of an unlikely but thrilling #WhatIf plot. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/cocaine...
#AlternateHistory #writing, like #ScienceFiction, is often about asking one 'big driving #question'. Alex Wallace discusses the challenge of coming up with AH questions more interesting than, say, #WhatIf you-know-who won #WW2. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/on-aski...
On Asking Good Alternate History Questions
By Alex WallaceIn my capacity as the administrator of the Alternate History Online (AHO) Facebook group, I have seen many new alternate historians cut their teeth on speculating. More often than not, ...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:15 AM
#AlternateHistory #writing, like #ScienceFiction, is often about asking one 'big driving #question'. Alex Wallace discusses the challenge of coming up with AH questions more interesting than, say, #WhatIf you-know-who won #WW2. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/on-aski...
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews SLP founder, editor and #author Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), also known for his work on #interactive #AlternateHistory and #ScienceFiction #theatre such as #BridgeCommand. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Tom Black
Questions from Gary OswaldToday is the 7th Birthday of Sea Lion Press so to celebrate that I talked to Tom Black, SLP's Managing Director. He can be found either here or on twitter.Hello Tom, so first...
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January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews SLP founder, editor and #author Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), also known for his work on #interactive #AlternateHistory and #ScienceFiction #theatre such as #BridgeCommand. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Our Man on the Hill" - #WhatIf arch-red-baiter #JoeMcCarthy had secretly been a #Communist agent himself? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Our Man On The Hill
By Matthew Kresal.“Where do your ideas come from?”That’s almost an inevitable question one receives after a stranger finds out you’re a published author. One that is almost always in the wake of, “Wha...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Our Man on the Hill" - #WhatIf arch-red-baiter #JoeMcCarthy had secretly been a #Communist agent himself? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Let's begin our #SaturdayShowcase for 2026 of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books with one of the few that started it all - Ed Thomas' "Fight and Be Right". #WhatIf #WinstonChurchill 's father had become #PrimeMinister? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FIGHT AND BE RIGHT | Sea Lion Press
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January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Let's begin our #SaturdayShowcase for 2026 of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books with one of the few that started it all - Ed Thomas' "Fight and Be Right". #WhatIf #WinstonChurchill 's father had become #PrimeMinister? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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Wow - it's almost 2026! Thanks again to @sealionpress.co.uk for publishing both #FunnyMoney and #AtomicSecrets - both still available at 25% off at www.smashwords.com/profile/view... until Jan 1st.
All being well, the third David Brook novel will appear in 2026.
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction
All being well, the third David Brook novel will appear in 2026.
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction
FUNNY MONEY | Sea Lion Press
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December 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Wow - it's almost 2026! Thanks again to @sealionpress.co.uk for publishing both #FunnyMoney and #AtomicSecrets - both still available at 25% off at www.smashwords.com/profile/view... until Jan 1st.
All being well, the third David Brook novel will appear in 2026.
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction
All being well, the third David Brook novel will appear in 2026.
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction
A reminder of SLP's recent #AlternateHistory #book releases as we close out 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026! #HappyNewYear www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/this-ye...
This Year's Releases
This year's seen the release of two novels from Sea Lion Press: a Cold War spy thriller in a world with a Nazi detente, and a political history in a world where Obama's time in office is delayed by tw...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A reminder of SLP's recent #AlternateHistory #book releases as we close out 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026! #HappyNewYear www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/this-ye...
Early #HappyNewYear from all at SLP and we close out the year with a reminder that the new year isn't 2026 in every culture - indeed in many this isn't the #newyear at all. For us, though, we will see you in 2026! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
Consequences: Calendar Club and Happy New Year
By Tom Anderson“Did you hear about the man who stole a calendar? He got twelve months.”– old Christmas cracker joke
Since the dawn of human civilisation, the problem of telling time has been a puzzl...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Early #HappyNewYear from all at SLP and we close out the year with a reminder that the new year isn't 2026 in every culture - indeed in many this isn't the #newyear at all. For us, though, we will see you in 2026! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
Check out this #AlternateHistory #vignette (ultra #shortstory) by Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) which is about #wrestling and nothing else and definitely not #politics. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
Vignette: Work Means Work
By Charles EP Murphy.On 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 86th con...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Check out this #AlternateHistory #vignette (ultra #shortstory) by Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ) which is about #wrestling and nothing else and definitely not #politics. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
It should be free to read via Amazon if you are an Amazon Prime member, otherwise it needs to be purchased as an ebook.
December 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
It should be free to read via Amazon if you are an Amazon Prime member, otherwise it needs to be purchased as an ebook.
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Where could I read this online?
December 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Where could I read this online?
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses how attempts at #historicalfiction #films can often get undermined by changes made for the sake of #story - so why not make them #AlternateHistory instead? #Adaptation #Film #TheWomanKing #Dahomey www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/films-t...
Films That Should Have Been Alternate History Instead
By Gary Oswald.Inglourious Basterds is a 2009 Quentin Tarantino war film about allied agents operating in occupied France during 1944. Those agents are planning an assassination of Adolf Hitler and, t...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses how attempts at #historicalfiction #films can often get undermined by changes made for the sake of #story - so why not make them #AlternateHistory instead? #Adaptation #Film #TheWomanKing #Dahomey www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/films-t...
A reminder that most SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted until the #NewYear as part of the #Smashwords winter #sale! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/25-off-...
25% Off Our Books Until New Year!
The ebook retailer Smashwords is running a sale until New Year's Day, and Sea Lion Press is part of it! We have dozens of books on a 25% discount, from our newest releases to some of our venerable cla...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A reminder that most SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted until the #NewYear as part of the #Smashwords winter #sale! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/25-off-...
#MerryChristmas from all at SLP! Unto us a Child is born. Tom Anderson explores the royal origin of some #Christmas #traditions in this article. We will see you back in the new year. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
Consequences: The Royal Family and a Very British Christmas
By Tom AndersonChristmas is a festival which has reached around the world, and given birth to a host of different traditions in different countries. Indeed, the ‘Christmas Around the World’ travelogue...
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December 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
#MerryChristmas from all at SLP! Unto us a Child is born. Tom Anderson explores the royal origin of some #Christmas #traditions in this article. We will see you back in the new year. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
#AChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens is one of the most iconic stories of all time and lightens the festive season each year by reminding us of the #Christmas message. As @kresalwrites.bsky.social observes, we are fortunate it was written at all... www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/a-chris...
A Christmas Carol That Almost Wasn't
By Matthew Kresal.Christmas time. Presents. Turkey or a piece of poultry on the table for dinner. Stories of redemption and a new found chance of happiness (romantic or otherwise) amid the snows of th...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
#AChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens is one of the most iconic stories of all time and lightens the festive season each year by reminding us of the #Christmas message. As @kresalwrites.bsky.social observes, we are fortunate it was written at all... www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/a-chris...
This is an existing #authorinterview, but look out in the new year when Tom will be discussing the writing of this book itself.
December 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is an existing #authorinterview, but look out in the new year when Tom will be discussing the writing of this book itself.
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Tom Anderson, #author of our latest #AlternateHistory #book "The Tenacity of Hope" about a delayed #Obama #presidency. 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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December 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Tom Anderson, #author of our latest #AlternateHistory #book "The Tenacity of Hope" about a delayed #Obama #presidency. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
And here's the #Amazon link to buy "The Tenacity of Hope", Tom Anderson's new #AlternateHistory #Kindle #book about a delayed #Obama #presidency, available now! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G9QN1DLG
The Tenacity of Hope
The Tenacity of Hope eBook : Anderson, Tom: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
And here's the #Amazon link to buy "The Tenacity of Hope", Tom Anderson's new #AlternateHistory #Kindle #book about a delayed #Obama #presidency, available now! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G9QN1DLG
Here's a look at the original article by Tom Anderson which ultimately inspired his new #AlternateHistory #book "The Tenacity of Hope" -see reply. Who knew that the casting choice for #SevenOfNine in #StarTrekVoyager could have changed the rise of #BarackObama? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/from-th...
From the Final Frontier to the Audacity of Hope: How Star Trek Voyager led to the Obama Presidency
By Tom AndersonFor today’s article in my ‘Chains of Consequences’ series, we won’t be going so many years back in time. Only about a decade separates the start and end of this chain, which makes it al...
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December 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here's a look at the original article by Tom Anderson which ultimately inspired his new #AlternateHistory #book "The Tenacity of Hope" -see reply. Who knew that the casting choice for #SevenOfNine in #StarTrekVoyager could have changed the rise of #BarackObama? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/from-th...