The #punks had it right. This ain't no future. This must be some badly written, fucked up alternate history.

#NoFuture #NeverMindTheBollocks #SexPistols #AlternateHistory #AltHist #allohistory

https://open.spotify.com/track/44j7XiZnlNthzSqT26hnFH?si=c6eabc4c77f64dd7

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

For those curious about The Histories and my writing process:

I wrote many words on how I craft totally "real" histories about people who are definitely very real. Lots of research. Lots of writing weirdness. Lots of being an #althist weirdo. #writing

https://shaunduke.net/2023/05/writingthehistories/

And yet another entry in The Histories has arrived!

Say hello to Tammy Orville Coxen, Empress of the Campari Express (1893-2005)

You can read this entry (and 38 others) right here: https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:tammyorvillecoxen

Thanks to Tammy for the support. This one took a lot of research to write, but the final product came out well, I think!

If anyone else wants an entry (or get something added), deets are here: https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:buyhistory

Thanks for reading! #writing #sciencefiction #althist

And a new entry in The Histories has arrived!

Say hello to Tonya Reginaldine Moore, The Caribbean Ectoplasmicologist (1962-Present)(a.k.a. @tonyarmoore)!

This one is longer than usual. I couldn't help myself. I had too much to write.

I hope Tonya enjoys it, and I hope YOU enjoy it, too! #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #althist

https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:tonyareginaldinemoore

A new entry in The Histories has arrived!

I'm please to share the story of Joyce Reynolds-Ward, The Equine Phantom (1844-1939) (a.k.a. @JoyceReynoldsWard)

Flooster. Old West hero. Hunter of bounties. Subject of occult conspiracies. Possibly a herd of horses!

Please give it a read. And big thanks to Joyce for supporting the project. I hope Joyce and everyone enjoys this bit of #althist fun! #writing #fantasy

https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=wiki:joycereynoldsward

Two months ago I was 46% through STEAMPUNK CLEOPATRA (Thaddeus Thomas, 2021). Today I'm at 54%. Clearly the book is not clicking with me. I fear I must invoke the #EightDeadlyWords of Dorothy Jones Heydt: "I don't care what happens to these people." While I can see how they got that way, neither main character is particularly likeable.

Also, while I was expecting a steampunk tale (look at the title), what I seem to have is a #SecretHistory, which means nothing is going to outwardly matter at the end. I think I'm just going to read a page or two at the start and end of each chapter, then read the last twenty pages or so, and be done with the book.

On the other hand, I #amReading TIN CAN AIRDALE by M.L. Maki (The Fighting Tomcats #7), an alt-hist novel where a US naval carrier group from 1990 ends up in 1941 and integrates itself into the war. Last night I was reading in the rocker, facing away from the room clock, and when I got up I noticed it was 04:00. (I'm retired: I slept past noon.)

The series is on #KindleUnlimited (a two-year subscription makes that only $6/mo). This is not a particularly well-written or -edited series (plenty of they're/their mix-ups, and so on), but it moves fast and I find it interesting.

#ScienceFiction #scifi #sff #AlternateHistory #AltHistory #AltHist #AH {my kingdom for a canonical hashtag list}

Hey, #Worldbuilding23 / #Dungeon23 fans! (I flatter myself by using the plural.) Here's either two more, or possibly, four more, depending on how you count https://www.worldanvil.com/w/breach-lizardky/a/fracture-1-article . It could be one world, or three! And there's also https://www.worldanvil.com/w/breach-lizardky/a/atlantis-3-article , which is definitely one. These are worlds from the #GURPS campaign I'd like to eventually run, which may or may not be adventure settings.. I can't seem to stick to my goal of 1-2 paragraph background material, no matter how hard I try. #TTRPG #AltHist #AlternateHistory

In this timeline Andy overslept so he was late to his geography GCSE and so @hypnogoria and @elton were his co-hosts on Space Dock Jury! Wibbly wobbly timey wimey!

They have come back to discuss the genre of Alternate History and how it connects to Sci-Fi. #Podcast #scifi #althist

https://greatderelict.libsyn.com/alternate-history

I am increasingly annoyed at #Google responding with endless links to ads and ebay auctions rather than data. If I want to know how much an all-metal portable typewriter weighs because I'm researching #altHist, that doesn't mean I want to buy one.

For Day 12 (wow!) of #Dungeon23/#Worldbuilding23, I continue to mine my own past creations to bring you Moreau (https://www.worldanvil.com/w/breach-lizardky/a/moreau-article), a world of patchwork men and sapient beasts in the trenches of the Great War. (Based on my short story:https://mrlizard.com/fiction/alfie-saves-the-day/ )

These worlds are 'background' for the #Gurps game I'll never get to run.
#TTRPG #althist

Before the Internet, or at least before about 2005ish, I'd have just written "This is an alternate world where Rasputin did some ritual and now there's scary Russian monsters everywhere and WW1 is still going in 1924 and oh yeah electricity doesn't work right." for my #GURPS setting. Now, I am compelled to study maps of the WW1 front in 1916, and google "When was London electrified?" and "When was the diesel tractor invented?" and "Can elevators be non-electric?" and... #althist #ttrpg /1

Maybe these will help people here find me, if they're rash enough to want to.

#ScienceFiction #sff #fantasy #AlternateHsitory #AltHist #ah #history #Historical #HistoricalFiction #Byzantine #Byzantium

Maybe these will help people here find me, if they're rash enough to want to.

#ScienceFiction #sff #fantasy #AlternateHsitory #AltHist #ah #history #Historical #HistoricalFiction #Byzantine #Byzantium

Friends, here's some short fiction of mine.

"Emily" was published in the Saturday Paper. It's an alternate history story, in which the poet Emily Dickinson has a ritualistic duel.

You can read the beginning screenshotted below, or subscribe to the newspaper for the full story (and much more).

#amWriting #writing #altHist #fantasy #writingFantasy #scienceFiction #shortFiction #genreFiction #swords #swordFighting #duel #sword https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/fiction/2021/02/06/emily/161253000011031