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Jan 68 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...
Dec 25, 202328 min read
A Christmas Tale
By David Flin It's the Snow Marine himself. A Christmas story is, I am given to understand, traditional at this time of year. I am...
Sep 15, 20232 min read
Call for Articles
He's glaring at you. You can't see it because of the spectacles, but he is. Yes, it’s that time of an editorial reign of terror that the...
Sep 6, 20234 min read
POD Cast. October 14th, 1066
By David Flin Draw up the spears on the hill-top at Hastings, Fight till the sun drops and evening grows cold, And die with the last of...
Aug 30, 202313 min read
War of the Worlds in Real Time: Interview with Andrew Harvey.
Interviewer: David Flin Throughout June, Hague Publishing ran a version of The War of the Worlds through the format of Twitter. The story...
Aug 26, 20231 min read
Restoring the Order
The Old Guard Now, where was I? I’m back. That means that AndyC’s reign of terror as substitute magazine editor is over, and my reign of...
Aug 24, 20237 min read
Book Nook: The Flashman Series, by George MacDonald Fraser
Review by David Flin Illustration for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman. Picture courtesy Gino d'Achille. One of the constant debates...
Aug 8, 20235 min read
Insulting a Regiment
By David Flin The inspiration for so much stuff. Available from LibriVox. In a previous article , Eoin Mulligan gave us an overview of...
Jul 29, 20232 min read
Alternate Quotes
By David Flin He's not going to be amused, is he. It all started with a joke. Someone (I forget who) quoted Churchill’s famous comment...
Jul 25, 20235 min read
Comic Corner: Captain Britain by Alan Moore and Alan Davis
Towards an Earth that is not Earth. Alternate realities - don't you just love them. Written in the early 1980s, this series, along with...
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Book Nook: Ten Years Beyond Baker Street
Why, yes. My copy is getting a bit dog-eared. How can you tell? Ten Years Beyond Baker Street, by Cay Van Ash The premise of this story...
Jun 26, 20235 min read
Comic Corner: Master of Kung Fu
Review by David Flin There's a huge amount of symbolism going on here. Read the issue to find out what it's all about. No, not comic as...
Jun 23, 20232 min read
Ukraine Write-a-thon. Final call
Damage to Ukraine power infrastructure. Picture courtesy Ukrenergo. This is the final announcement for the Ukraine Write-a-thon on Sunday...
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Letter from the Editor
By David Flin. The new Editor, one David Flin, looks out over his new domain. He feels he should note that his hair has more grey in it...
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