ZONEN | Sea Lion Press

In this #SaturdayShowcase of SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Zonen" by @TomBlack.UK A tiny change to #history - a #Danish occupation zone of #Germany after #WW2 - results in the lives of individual families taking a tragic turn. #WhatIf #Denmark www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Happy Read an Ebook Week! Just a few days left to get a half price copy of my book, The Careless Fraudster, available now at @Smashwords.
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Why I Wrote... Streseland By Alexander Rooksmoor.As Sea Lion Press regulars know, often it is the least likely alternatives which are the most favoured as the basis for novels. The classic is Nazi Germany winning the Second Wo...

New: SLP #AlternateHistory #author Alexander Rooksmoor discusses why he wrote "Streseland". In a sea of #WhatIf books about the #Nazis winning #WW2, he instead explores a #Germany where their rise to power was averted altogether. #AuthorInterview #Stresemann www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...

Other Ideologies 3: Weird Monarchisms By David HoggardIn countries with existing monarchies, support for the status quo is usually fairly common – in the UK, even most Labour supporters view the monarchy as, at the very least, the lesser ...

With the #Pahlavi dynasty in the news over #Iran, here's another chance to read David Hoggard's article on some other unusual #monarchy #restoration movements. #Ideology #Monarchism #Italy #Portugal #Spain #Carlism www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/other-i...

My book, The Careless Fraudster, will be promoted as part of a special sale on @Smashwords to celebrate Read an Ebook Week from March 1 - 7. Follow me for updates and links to the promotion for my books and more! #Smashwords

#WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

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The @sealionpress.co.uk vignette contests are always fun, and I often but not always enter something that might fit into my #DavidBrook #alternatehistory #ColdWar.

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Monthly Update: January
- 2171 #darts scored 33,633 @ 46.48/3-dart average
- Best 501 leg: 22 darts
- Highest out: 52
- 140+: 1

Now past 200,000 so more than 20% done!

The Launch Box: PoD 3 - Korolev Lives By Andy CookeAleksandr Vishnevsky was the best surgeon on the staff of Dr Boris Petrovsy, the Minister of Health for the Soviet Union - himself a highly experienced surgeon. It was mid-afternoon on t...

More #space themed #whatif moments from the #SpaceRace as we count down to #NASA 's #ArtemisII mission. Andy Cooke explores the possibility of #Korolev living longer and the impact on the #Soviet space programme. #ColdWar #Soyuz #Apollo www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-lau...

The central message of Buddhism is every man for himself.

THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH | Sea Lion Press

As the #NASA #ArtemisII mission to the #Moon approaches, we look at some of SLP's #space focused #fiction #books such as "The Surly Bonds of Earth" by Tom Anderson. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

So, should I assume AI is actually smarter than I thought and can predict the future?
Or stick with my original concerns that it can't really be trusted to answer a simple question?

Apollo Goes To Venus: The Manned Venus Flyby By Matthew KresalHalloween 1973.A Saturn V rocket sits on Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On top of it, three astronauts await lift-off. The journey they will soon be embarking ...

As we count down to #NASA 's #ArtemisII mission to the #Moon , Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) looks at the ambitious 1970s plan for a crewed #Apollo flyby of #Venus. #SpaceHistory #Space www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/apollo-...

I'd love to be in this sp.

Terrific - remember going to see it in the afternoon before the Oscars as I wanted to see it beforehand.

Watched the absolute classic, North by Northwest last night!

Amazing how bad #AI can be - I just did a quick search for Tammy Abraham to check where he was currently playing - Besitkas in Turkey. However, according to the #Co-Pilot summary - the first entry! - he plays for Aston Villa. Not since 2019!
Absolutely astonishing!

DECISIVE DARKNESS | Sea Lion Press

In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Decisive Darkness", Paul Hynes' (who penned the new #WW2 article earlier this week) bleak take on #ImperialJapan fighting on after the #atomic #bomb fell on #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

Dreams From The Dark Years: Third Time Lucky By Paul Hynes.On the 2nd of May, the Battle of Berlin finally came to an end. The surviving residents of the German capital emerged from the ruins of their homes and attempted to piece their lives bac...

Paul Hynes looks at #French planning for #WW2 and how their battle strategy was ironically upended by the loss of #NaziGermany 's plans at #Mechelen forcing them to change their own strategy for a repeat of #WW1. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Gamelin #Maginot www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...

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...

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...

Great fun to write my first #AlternateHistory novel.

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 ...

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...

Love a space #AlternateHistory

A slow month for obvious reasons, but a second 100 out shot, and best average. #LukeLittler has nothing to fear.

Monthly Update: December
- 1135 #darts scored 18,220 @ 48.16/3-dart average
- Best 501 leg: 24 darts
- Highest out: 100
- 140+: 0

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...

#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...

FIGHT AND BE RIGHT | Sea Lion Press

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...

FUNNY MONEY | Sea Lion Press

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

Such a fun film. I apparently referred to black and white films as being 'in grey' when I was a kid.
Barbara Windsor's eye-clicking photographic memory!

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...

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-...

Love this - one of my favourite Bonds.
#007 #JamesBond

It's Christmas.
I have a cunning plan.