alternate history science fiction

Deaf Student of Alexander Graham Bell Reclaims Her Voice in Historical Novel by Deaf Author

A Sign of Her Own is an incredible look into what life was like for the deaf population during the late 1800s/early 1900s, written by Sarah Marsh, an author who grew up deaf. Ellen Lark has had a hard life but has fought tooth and nail to get where she…

Lydia LefevreFebruary 20, 2024

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Sink Your Canines Into This Contemporary Compendium of All Things Lupine

“I trust readers will distinguish between carefully researched, factual histories and the highly fanciful, entertaining folktales of Lupine origin.” Shapeshifter mythology and folklore date back millennia, can be found in numerous cultures around the world and have become somewhat of a trope in various literary genres. From spicy erotica to…

Monique SnymanSeptember 6, 2023

Fiction

Unique Dystopian Novel Challenges Our Culture and Imagination

Have you ever been in such awe of a book that you couldn’t find the right word to describe it? (Not a good place to be if you write reviews for a living!) Maybe the word doesn’t exist yet. Remember the classic Woody Allen movie Annie Hall when Alvy tells…

Jim AlkonDecember 5, 2022

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Two Renowned Writers of the 19th Century Correspond in This Historical Reimagining

Two 19th-century writers lived just 74 miles from each other. One is the renowned author of Little Women, the other, one of America’s foremost poets. Emily Dickinson would undoubtedly have heard of Louisa May Alcott, yet there is no historical record of the two ever meeting or corresponding despite their…

Susan BaileyMay 9, 2022

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Doing the Right Thing Robs Young Man of All Rewards in Clever Sci-Fi Novel

Doing the right thing can often carry lots of serious consequences. That’s what the main character, Jason, quickly discovers in Cassandra Finnerty’s clever science fiction and fantasy novel, Escape From Zero (Castle Swan Media), which takes place in the year 2268 in a kingdom known as Canard. Canard uses an…

Jim AlkonFebruary 4, 2022

Fiction

A Young Girl’s Promising Future is Put Into Jeopardy in “Dark Hearts, Enlightened Souls”

Rose Buchan, age 12, excitedly prepares to leave home for her new position. The money she earns will be a lifesaver for her widowed mother and three little sisters. Bravely, she promises to write regularly, and enters the carriage of George Galbraith. Upon arrival at his grand Edinburgh residence, however,…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 19, 2021

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Feminist Reimagining of the Old West, “Outlawed” by Anna North, Intrigues Readers

As is fitting for the alternative history genre, the setting of Outlawed (Bloomsbury Publishing) by Anna North plays an essential role in the novel. Though this setting — the Western United States in 1894 — is a real place and time, its premise is entirely fictional. In the world North…

Mary Helen SheriffFebruary 1, 2021

Fiction

“The Lost Diary of Anne Frank” Imagines the Final Days of an Extraordinary Young Girl

Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, first published in 1947, is a universal classic and perhaps the most powerful, important and tragic account of the Nazi occupation of Holland in the early 1940s. It has sold 30 million copies in 67 languages. Some 1.3 million people visit…

Jim AlkonApril 14, 2021

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Alternate History Gives Autonomy to Enslaved Young Man in America

What if? That’s the question the alternate history genre of speculative fiction poses as it weaves together real events and gives them a different outcome. One of the best-known examples is Philip K. Dick’s classic, The Man in the High Castle, in which Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan win WWII.…

Joanna PoncavageOctober 4, 2022

alternate history science fiction

Sink Your Canines Into This Contemporary Compendium of All Things Lupine

Two Renowned Writers of the 19th Century Correspond in This Historical Reimagining

Doing the Right Thing Robs Young Man of All Rewards in Clever Sci-Fi Novel

A Young Girl’s Promising Future is Put Into Jeopardy in “Dark Hearts, Enlightened Souls”

Feminist Reimagining of the Old West, “Outlawed” by Anna North, Intrigues Readers

“The Lost Diary of Anne Frank” Imagines the Final Days of an Extraordinary Young Girl

Alternate History Gives Autonomy to Enslaved Young Man in America

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