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Posts about Alternate History, including reviews of alternative history books, movies and games

A Kill in the Morning – Publication Day!

This is the day I have dreamed of… today is publication day for my first novel A Kill in the Morning. First thing this morning, I popped in…

A Kill in the Morning Reviews

The A Kill in the Morning reviews are starting to come in and they’re almost entirely positive. I’ll be reposting the most interesting endorsements, professional A Kill in the…

SS-GB: Book and Television Miniseries Review

SS-GB is a classic work of alternative history, set in a world where Nazi Germany invaded Great Britain in 1940. Written by Len Deighton and published in 1978, it’s…

YouWriteOn Book of the Year is A Kill in the Morning

A Kill in the Morning has won the YouWriteOn book of the year! This is how I felt when I found out: YouWriteOn’s owner, Ted Smith commented about A…

A Kill in the Morning to be published by Transworld

My book A Kill in the Morning is to be published by Transworld! Here’s is the official picture of me celebrating. Underneath the cool exterior I am a maelstrom of…

Alternative James Bond Themes

Here’s some great Alternative James Bond Themes, songs that could easily have been used in the opening credits on James Bond movies. Many of them were actually considered by…

Alternative History Propaganda Posters

I love alternate history and I find propaganda fascinating, so I find taking alternative timelines and designing alternative history propaganda posters for them fun. What is alternative history propaganda? It’s…

A Kill in the Morning shortlisted for Terry Pratchett Prize

My book A Kill in the Morning has been shortlisted for the Terry Pratchett Prize! Here’s a picture of a bemused me trying to absorb the news. About…

Fatherland by Robert Harris: Book Review

Fatherland, written by Robert Harris and published in 1992, is set in a world where Nazi Germany won the Second World War. By the nineteen sixties, Germany dominates…

How to use Point of Departure in an Alternative History Novel

If you’re writing an alternative history story and your readers say they find it implausible, this article shows how to make them suspend their disbelief by using a…