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Winter Sale!
Smashwords is having a sale for the rest of the month and dozens of Sea Lion Press books have 25% off, just in time for Christmas! Whatever your favourite period of history and preferred tone for AH t...
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The #Smashwords #Christmas #sale is NOW ON! Please check out all the dozens of SLP #AlternateHistory #novels #discounted! #Books #BookOffer #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/winter-...
#PanAm once seemed so secure and iconic a brand that #2001ASpaceOdyssey imagined it flying futuristic space flights. But in reality it crumbled to dust - Colin Salt asks, was that inevitable? #WhatIf Pan Am had been saved, and how? #AirTravel #Airline www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/could-p...
Could Pan Am Be Saved?
By Colin Salt.Pan Am Airlines is a cultural icon of an airline that nonetheless went out of business decades prior to this article. This naturally brings up the question people ask about any firm or o...
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December 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
#PanAm once seemed so secure and iconic a brand that #2001ASpaceOdyssey imagined it flying futuristic space flights. But in reality it crumbled to dust - Colin Salt asks, was that inevitable? #WhatIf Pan Am had been saved, and how? #AirTravel #Airline www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/could-p...
If you enjoyed Tom Anderson's new article earlier this week about how much of our #scientific and #technological #terminology is the work of one man, you may be interested in this earlier article in which he explores related subjects. #Tank #Television www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
Alternate Terminology: Landships, Farseers, and Localnets
By Tom AndersonWhen writing alternate history (AH), an author's challenge is to hint to a reader that the world the story is set in is different from our own (though it may be superficially similar) b...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If you enjoyed Tom Anderson's new article earlier this week about how much of our #scientific and #technological #terminology is the work of one man, you may be interested in this earlier article in which he explores related subjects. #Tank #Television www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
Ryan Fleming looks at how the #JamesBond franchise became associated with #Christmas #television in the UK - and how things could have been different. #Counterfactual #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-man...
The Many Faces of James Bond (Part 3)
By Ryan Fleming Christmas. Merry Christmas.Somehow a film series about an alcoholic, gambling, womanising assassin became a staple of Christmas television in British households. Back before before eve...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ryan Fleming looks at how the #JamesBond franchise became associated with #Christmas #television in the UK - and how things could have been different. #Counterfactual #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-man...
Tom Anderson explores the little-known but hugely influential #poet William Whewell, whom scientists came to to name new technologies and discoveries - we owe him words like #carnivore, #linguistics, even #scientist itself and every word that ends with #tron. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
Alternate Terminology: The Forgotten 19th Century Poet Who Named Our Modern World
By Thomas Anderson.I’m aware that on Youtube nowadays there is an irritating prevalence of using the word “forgotten” (or “that you’ve never heard of”) in video titles, which is frequently not true. P...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Tom Anderson explores the little-known but hugely influential #poet William Whewell, whom scientists came to to name new technologies and discoveries - we owe him words like #carnivore, #linguistics, even #scientist itself and every word that ends with #tron. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/alterna...
Tom Anderson looks at how #TheWindInTheWillows by #KennethGrahame, written due to an odd turn of events involving a #bankrobbery, had a profound influence on both #childrensliterature and #fantasyfiction. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
Consequences in Alternate History: Across the Wild Wood
By Tom AndersonHow a Scotsman’s Alcoholism and an Englishman’s Bad Aim Created Modern Children’s Literature Kenneth Grahame was, as one biographical sketch put it, ‘a big, shy Scot’. He was born in Ed...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Tom Anderson looks at how #TheWindInTheWillows by #KennethGrahame, written due to an odd turn of events involving a #bankrobbery, had a profound influence on both #childrensliterature and #fantasyfiction. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/consequ...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Andy Cooke, #author of the SLP #PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction "Endeavour" books as well as the #Shadowlands #PortalFiction series for younger readers. #AuthorInterview www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Andy Cooke
Questions from Gary OswaldThis Interview is with Andy Cooke, the first editor of this blog and a prolific writer for both Sea Lion Press and Sgt Frosty Publications.Hello and thanks so much for talkin...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Andy Cooke, #author of the SLP #PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction "Endeavour" books as well as the #Shadowlands #PortalFiction series for younger readers. #AuthorInterview www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
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If you like #alternatehistory and you also like buying discount books, have I got good news for you due to the Sea Lion Press sale at Smashwords this month: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
If you like #alternatehistory and you also like buying discount books, have I got good news for you due to the Sea Lion Press sale at Smashwords this month: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #books, it's our guide "How to Write #AlternateHistory" edited by David Flin. Remember to check out the #Smashwords #sale in which many of our books are currently discounted! www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATE HISTORY | Sea Lion Press
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December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #books, it's our guide "How to Write #AlternateHistory" edited by David Flin. Remember to check out the #Smashwords #sale in which many of our books are currently discounted! www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
New: Ryan Fleming is back with another look at a #film stuck in #DevelopmentHell for years, this with a more successful end than most - #MadMaxFuryRoad, originally planned to come out in the early 2000s. #MadMax #PostApocalyptic #FilmHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...
Tales from Development Hell: Mad Max Fury Road
By Ryan Fleming.Mad Max: Fury Road was released in May 2015. It was the fourth film in the Mad Max series, and the first without original leading man Mel Gibson.Though it saw disappointing returns as ...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
New: Ryan Fleming is back with another look at a #film stuck in #DevelopmentHell for years, this with a more successful end than most - #MadMaxFuryRoad, originally planned to come out in the early 2000s. #MadMax #PostApocalyptic #FilmHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/tales-f...
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #BigFinish #DoctorWho #AudioDrama "He Jests at Scars", Gary Russell's #WhatIf perspective flip focusing on the #Valeyard. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/doctor-...
Doctor Who Unbound: He Jests At Scars...
By Matthew KresalIn 1986, Doctor Who came back from an eighteen-month hiatus with an ambitious, season-long story arc. A season that saw Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor put on trial by his fellow Time Lord...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) reviews the #BigFinish #DoctorWho #AudioDrama "He Jests at Scars", Gary Russell's #WhatIf perspective flip focusing on the #Valeyard. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/doctor-...
Tom Anderson looks at examples where #history was made based on a #cointoss. Did you know #Portland, #Oregon was nearly #Boston instead? #WhatIf #HeadsOrTails www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/heads-i...
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 consequences, we’ll be looking at several specific examples from history ...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Tom Anderson looks at examples where #history was made based on a #cointoss. Did you know #Portland, #Oregon was nearly #Boston instead? #WhatIf #HeadsOrTails www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/heads-i...
New: Gary Oswald's ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) articles on #Caribbean #History continues with this look at the #Barbary #Corsairs and the #WhatIf possibility of a #Muslim #NewWorld #colony from #Morocco or others. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/caribbe...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
New: Gary Oswald's ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) articles on #Caribbean #History continues with this look at the #Barbary #Corsairs and the #WhatIf possibility of a #Muslim #NewWorld #colony from #Morocco or others. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/caribbe...
The #Smashwords #Christmas #sale is NOW ON! Please check out all the dozens of SLP #AlternateHistory #novels #discounted! #Books #BookOffer #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/winter-...
Winter Sale!
Smashwords is having a sale for the rest of the month and dozens of Sea Lion Press books have 25% off, just in time for Christmas! Whatever your favourite period of history and preferred tone for AH t...
www.sealionpress.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The #Smashwords #Christmas #sale is NOW ON! Please check out all the dozens of SLP #AlternateHistory #novels #discounted! #Books #BookOffer #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/winter-...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Alexander Rooksmoor, #AlternateHistory #author of yesterday's showcased #WhatIf #book, "Against the Devil's Men", among others. #AuthorInterview #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interviewing the AH Community: Alexander Rooksmoor
Questions from Gary OswaldCounter factual and Alternate History discussion and fiction is a large and healthy online community. Sea Lion Press has always had the aim of providing a platform for Altern...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Alexander Rooksmoor, #AlternateHistory #author of yesterday's showcased #WhatIf #book, "Against the Devil's Men", among others. #AuthorInterview #Counterfactual www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's Alexander Rooksmoor's "Against the Devil's Men" - #WhatIf the #Mongol invasions had not turned back from western #Europe but had continued into #Italy? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
AGAINST THE DEVIL'S MEN | Sea Lion Press
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December 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's Alexander Rooksmoor's "Against the Devil's Men" - #WhatIf the #Mongol invasions had not turned back from western #Europe but had continued into #Italy? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) returns with another example of a cancelled #DoctorWho story, in this case from #ColinBaker 's never-produced second series, now a #BigFinish #audiodrama: "The Hollows of Time". www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Review: Doctor Who: The Hollows of Time
By Matthew Kresal.On the 27th of February 1985, Doctor Who was officially and quite publicly put on hiatus. The two years that followed were among the most dramatic in the series history, with an enti...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) returns with another example of a cancelled #DoctorWho story, in this case from #ColinBaker 's never-produced second series, now a #BigFinish #audiodrama: "The Hollows of Time". www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/review-...
Currently topical with the release of the latest #KnivesOut #film, Wm. Garrett Cothran discusses our enduring fascination with the #LockedRoom #MurderMystery. #DetectiveFiction #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/locked-...
Locked Room Crimes
By Wm. Garret CothranCrime is fun. Some will disagree but, in all honesty, people love crime. White collar or blue collar. Serial killers or a guy who snapped. Bank robbers. Bandits. Mafia dons and Ya...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Currently topical with the release of the latest #KnivesOut #film, Wm. Garrett Cothran discusses our enduring fascination with the #LockedRoom #MurderMystery. #DetectiveFiction #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/locked-...
Originally published in "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens looks at the #WhatIf moments of the #DutchRevolt and the #EightyYearsWar - could #Belgium and the #Netherlands have remained one country? #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual #LowCountries #Benelux www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
What If Belgium and the Netherlands Had Remained One Country?
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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December 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Originally published in "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens looks at the #WhatIf moments of the #DutchRevolt and the #EightyYearsWar - could #Belgium and the #Netherlands have remained one country? #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual #LowCountries #Benelux www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
SLP #AlternateHistory #author John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Funny Money", second in the David Brook series of #thriller #fiction set in a different, #WhatIf #ColdWar. #WritingCommunity #Writing www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Funny Money
By John A. HopkinsReceiving my paperback copy of Atomic Secrets, my first AH novel, was a thrill. Whilst I had previously self-published a novel, this felt a bit different. Perhaps it was the engageme...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
SLP #AlternateHistory #author John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Funny Money", second in the David Brook series of #thriller #fiction set in a different, #WhatIf #ColdWar. #WritingCommunity #Writing www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the unique #history of #Botswana, formerly known as #Bechuanaland, as part of his article series on the #ScrambleForAfrica. #Africa #AfricanHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...
Africa during the Scramble: The Christian
By Gary OswaldLooking at a political Map of Africa in 1870 what is perhaps most striking is how little European control there is. Europeans had been travelling to Africa since antiquity, they had an o...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) discusses the unique #history of #Botswana, formerly known as #Bechuanaland, as part of his article series on the #ScrambleForAfrica. #Africa #AfricanHistory www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/africa-...
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ), SLP #AlternateHistory #author and #editor of the alternate #Comics #anthology we looked at yesterday. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
Interview: Charles EP Murphy
Questions from Gary OswaldThis Interview is with Charles EP Murphy, a regular SLP writer who can be found on twitter.Hello and thanks so much for talking to us. First of all, how did you get into Alte...
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November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews Charles EP Murphy ( @cepmurphy.bsky.social ), SLP #AlternateHistory #author and #editor of the alternate #Comics #anthology we looked at yesterday. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, something a bit different - Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social edits an #anthology of essays looking at how #comics in both UK and US could have taken different paths. #DCComics #Marvel www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
COMICS OF INFINITE EARTHS | Sea Lion Press
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November 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, something a bit different - Charles EP Murphy @cepmurphy.bsky.social edits an #anthology of essays looking at how #comics in both UK and US could have taken different paths. #DCComics #Marvel www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
Read for free this #AlternateHistory #vignette ( ultra #shortstory ) by Alex Wallace on our magazine blog. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
Vignette: A Lack of Even Nothing
By Alex Wallace.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 87th contest ...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Read for free this #AlternateHistory #vignette ( ultra #shortstory ) by Alex Wallace on our magazine blog. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/vignett...
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses how #RussellTDavies almost arrived on the #DoctorWho scene 20 years earlier, with his #ColinBaker 6th Doctor script - now a #BigFinish drama - "Mind of the Hodiac". #BBC www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/doctor-...
Doctor Who: Mind of The Hodiac
By Matthew KresalThe mid-1980s is not remembered fondly by fans of the BBC's Doctor Who. The series began a downward trajectory after Peter Davison left the series, leaving his successor Colin Baker t...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses how #RussellTDavies almost arrived on the #DoctorWho scene 20 years earlier, with his #ColinBaker 6th Doctor script - now a #BigFinish drama - "Mind of the Hodiac". #BBC www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/doctor-...
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not just doing a plug here, but this was foretold in Andy Cooke’s The Fifth Lectern, which @sealionpress.co.uk published all the way back in 2015: www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 AM
not just doing a plug here, but this was foretold in Andy Cooke’s The Fifth Lectern, which @sealionpress.co.uk published all the way back in 2015: www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally
FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally