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May 9, 202218 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek part 7: The Final TOS Films, More Novels and Comics
By Tom Anderson In my last article, I discussed the early years of Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) up to its third season finale...


May 6, 202211 min read
Soviet/Japanese war in 1934
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1997. Essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats and...

May 5, 202210 min read
Living the Twenties: M,N,O
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...


May 4, 20222 min read
The Strangest Analysis
By Colin Salt That the US was in a hesitant period in terms of defence planning in the 1990s is not a surprise. But one particular...

May 2, 202212 min read
Vignette: Comic Interlude
By Roshita Narasimhan On the Sea Lion Press Forums, we run a monthly Vignette Challenge. Contributors are invited to write short stories...


Apr 29, 20224 min read
Review: BBC Radio 4's What If?
By Matthew Kresal When he was interviewed on this blog earlier this year, Steven H Silver noted that the alternate history explosion he'd...


Apr 28, 20222 min read
VTOLs and Airships
By Colin Salt So you have an Alternate history setting and you want to show the differences between this timeline and reality by showing...


Apr 27, 202215 min read
Africa During the Scramble: Four Months in Berlin
By Gary Oswald The Berlin Conference of 1884-85 is probably the best known and most taught moment of the Scramble of Africa. It was a...


Apr 25, 202217 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek part 6: The Birth of The Next Generation
By Tom Anderson 1987 finally saw the return of Star Trek to the small screen with Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG). I have already...


Apr 22, 202222 min read
Llamas In The Appalachians
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Website in 1998. It can be found, among other stories and essays, in Dale's...

Apr 21, 20229 min read
Living the Twenties: J,K,L
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...


Apr 20, 20229 min read
Africa During the Scramble: The Years without Food
By Gary Oswald Between 1500 and 1820, Africa’s population declined relative to that of the rest of the world due a combination of booming...


Apr 18, 20223 min read
Review: Everfair
By Gary Oswald Everfair by Nisi Shawl, is a book that I knew I had to buy as soon as I saw the concept. Which is 'what if the Congo Free...


Apr 15, 20226 min read
Review: Titanic: Adventure Out of Time
By Matthew Kresal A hundred and ten years ago, a grand ocean liner of the Edwardian era was caught up in fate and circumstances on its...


Apr 14, 20222 min read
Review: Weird World War III
By Alex Wallace This article was first published over here by our friends at Never Was Magazine and is shared as part of our partnership...


Apr 13, 202213 min read
Africa During the Scramble: A French India
By Gary Oswald In 1914, Blaise Diagne became the first entirely ethnically black African to be elected to a European parliament when he...


Apr 11, 202214 min read
Alternate History in Star Trek part 5: Early TOS Pocket Books novels
By Tom Anderson Aside note: in between writing part 4 and this article, Star Trek: Picard returned and featured...a time travel and...


Apr 8, 20227 min read
Stronger French/Ottoman Alliance
By Dale Cozort This Scenario was originally posted on Dale's Blog in 2022. Essays like this can be found in Dale's 'Space Bats and...

Apr 7, 20227 min read
Living the Twenties: G,H,I
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...


Apr 6, 202213 min read
Africa During the Scramble: The Reality behind 'The Woman King'
By Gary Oswald The first articles I ever wrote for this site were a three part series looking at the Kingdom of Dahomey in modern day...
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