Author Archives: Mark

Should Alt Hist set-up a discussion forum?

Posted on June 12, 2013

I have been wondering if Alt Hist should have it’s own discussion forum. The forum would be open to anyone interested in historical fiction and alternate history and would allow users to discuss any subject related to historical fiction as … Continue reading →

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Alt Hist Issue 5 now published!

Posted on May 28, 2013

I am very pleased to announce that Alt Hist Issue 5 has now been published! You can purchase eBook and Print copies from: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk And eBook copies from: Smashwords | Apple iBooks | Barnes & Noble Nook | … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Following Tommy by Bob Hartley

Posted on May 21, 2013

Following Tommy a novel by Bob Hartley Review by Gordon O’Sullivan Paperback: 104 pages Publisher: Cervena Bara Press (2012) Language: English ISBN 978-0-9831041-8-6  Purchase from: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk Following Tommy is a vibrant fictional portrait of the summer of ’62 … Continue reading →

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Book Reviews: Dragonslayers & Jason and the Argonauts – from Osprey Adventures

Posted on April 30, 2013

Ian Shone’s latest book reviews are two titles in a new series from Osprey called Osprey Adventures Dragonslayers, by Joseph A. McCullough Order from: Osprey | Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk and Jason and the Argonauts, by Neil Smith Order from: Osprey … Continue reading →

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Alt Kafka – Franz Kafka in Alternate History

Posted on March 13, 2013

This blog post is written by Séamus Sweeney. Séamus is the author of Dublin Can Be Heaven from Alt Hist 3. Writers often write about writers and writing.  This is hardly surprising for many reasons. One is the simple fact that writers generally … Continue reading →

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Sword and Scimitar by Simon Scarrow reviewed by Ian Shone

Posted on February 12, 2013

Great new review by Ian Shone. Simon Scarrow’s book Sword and Scimitar takes on the little known, but historically important, Siege of Malta in 1565. Take a look at Ian’s review to see if he does a good job of … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 3, 2013

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were submitted to the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. This blog had 24,000 views in 2012. If each view were a film, this … Continue reading →

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New Book Review and New Book Reviewer – The Sins of the Father by C. B. Hanley

Posted on December 18, 2012

As you may know Ian Shone writes quite a few of the book reviews for the Alt Hist site, and while he is still going strong (should have another review from him soon), we have also had some other volunteers … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Short Stories moving to Print Publication as well as eBook

Posted on November 29, 2012

Reblogged from Fantasy Short Stories: the New Magazine of Fantasy: The first issue of Fantasy Short Stories was only available as an eBook. However, print is not dead, so for subsequent editions we will be making Fantasy Short Stories available … Continue reading →

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Update on Alt Hist Issue 5

Posted on November 29, 2012

I thought I should give followers and readers of Alt Hist a quick update on where we are with Alt Hist Issue 5. I was hoping that we would have an issue ready for November this year – our plan … Continue reading →

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