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Aug 15, 202218 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek Part 14: The Controversial Birth of Deep Space Nine
By Tom Anderson It is a measure of just how much spinoff material has been produced in the history of the Star Trek franchise that it has...


Aug 12, 20222 min read
Review: Civilizations
By Alex Wallace It always interests me, if with some trepidation, whenever someone of a literary bent attempts alternate history. At...


Aug 11, 202213 min read
Interview: Tom Anderson
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Tom Anderson who is one of the most prolific writers for Sea Lion Press, both on this...


Aug 10, 20229 min read
The Borders of Genre: The Glorification of Fascism Within Alternate History
By Monroe Templeton In a 1973 interview with Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune, French film theorist and director François Truffaut...

Aug 9, 20228 min read
Vignette: For a Few Dollars More
By Charles EP Murphy On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...

Aug 8, 202217 min read
Africa During the Scramble: The Desert Order
By Gary Oswald The fate of the Senussi family is heavily entwined with the modern history of Libya, they were the royal family of the...

Aug 5, 20224 min read
On The Dangerous Edge Of (Sub)Genres
By Matthew Kresal "Our interest's on the dangerous edge of things." So says a line by Robert Browning that was a favorite of Graham...


Aug 4, 20227 min read
Interview: Kevin Ikenberry
Questions from Gary Oswald This Interview is with Kevin Ikenberry, a writer of military speculative fiction. He can be found at his...

Aug 3, 20229 min read
Behind the Scenes: Lands of Red and Gold
By Jared Kavanagh To celebrate the publication of my second alternate history novel, The Proxy Dance, (the second book in the Lands of...

Aug 2, 20221 min read
NEW RELEASES: Alternate Irelands, Australias, Americas and Englands
A collection of stories exploring alternate Irelands forms part of our newest batch of four books available now. The Proxy Dance by Jared...

Aug 1, 202222 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek Part 13: First Frontier, Dark Mirror, Imzadi, and Q-Squared
By Tom Anderson As discussed in the last few articles, I will be devoting this article to fuller treatments of four individual spinoff,...


Jul 29, 202213 min read
What If Hitler Had Gone for Moscow? Part 2
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. More essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats...

Jul 28, 20226 min read
Living the Twenties: Y,Z
By Sarah Zama Sarah Zama, @jazzfeathers on twitter and a writer of historical fantasy stories set in the 1920s, did 26 blog posts in 2020...

Jul 27, 202217 min read
Africa During the Scramble: The Miracle at Annual
By Gary Oswald African forces defeated European forces all the time during the Scramble. It was not remotely uncommon for Imperial...


Jul 26, 20222 min read
Review: The Gamekeeper's Night Dog
By Colin Salt Alternate history writers have frequently obsessed over some tangible thing. In many cases, it's been airships. In the The...

Jul 25, 202212 min read
Interview: Tom Black
Questions from Gary Oswald Today is the 7th Birthday of Sea Lion Press so to celebrate that I talked to Tom Black, SLP's Managing...

Jul 22, 202225 min read
Panel Discussion: What is Plausibility?
By Alexander Wallace, Gary Oswald, Matthew Kresal, Colin Salt and Mark Ciccone Salt: Plausibility. That word has spawned a million...

Jul 21, 202213 min read
Africa During the Scramble: Spanish Slaves
By Gary Oswald Of the European countries to still have territory in Africa by 1914, Spain controlled the least land. Her African Empire...


Jul 19, 20222 min read
In Memoriam: Eric Flint
By Alex Wallace I only ever met Eric Flint once. It was at Capclave, the convention run by the Washington Science Fiction Association in...


Jul 18, 202217 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek part 12: TNG Spinoffs of the Later Run
By Tom Anderson In this article, I’ll be looking at the spinoff media – specifically comics and novels – which were produced with the...
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