When writing fantasy, it is impossible to skim over the world-building process. Everything that happens in your book, all the characters of your story, reside in your world. Imagine if JRR Tolkien had rushed through the creation of his fantasy world. As loveable as Bilbo is, and as horrifying as the Trolls are, The Hobbit […]
Tag Archives: Alternate History
What is Alternate History? The Unchronia Alternate History site defines alternate history thus: In an alternate history, one or more past events are changed and the subsequent effects on history somehow described. This description may comprise the entire plotline of a novel, or it may just provide a brief background to a short story. Perhaps […]
Infamous Day is the second in a series of stories featuring different, far bloodier, far more horrific World War II stories written by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen. A precursor to World War Two set in Pearl Harbor, the first novel in a series written by Gingrich and Forstchen. Japanese […]
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Settling Accounts: In at the Death is the eleventh and it is said the last of the long running Southern Victory Series by master of alternate history Harry Turtledove. But since In at the Death sets up so many possibilities for future stories, one should not bet any money on it being the last. For […]
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Crused Genres is a magazine of science fiction and fantasy books with a twist. In advance of each month’s publication, they tease stories that mesh with science fiction or fantasy with another specific genre, such as Western, horror or dystopian. After the first magazine was published on December 1, 2008, the editors of Genres Crossed […]