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Latest book is the alt-history novel, Funny Money, published by Sea Lion Press following a British agent in an alt Cold War.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/John-A.-Hopkins/author/B091TWB9D9
Latest book is the alt-history novel, Funny Money, published by Sea Lion Press following a British agent in an alt Cold War.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/John-A.-Hopkins/author/B091TWB9D9
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FUNNY MONEY | Sea Lion Press
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I am excited to share the news my new novel, Funny Money has bean published by the team at Sea Lion Press. This is the follow up to Atomic Secrets, an alternate history espionage thriller.
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In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Decisive Darkness", Paul Hynes' (who penned the new #WW2 article earlier this week) bleak take on #ImperialJapan fighting on after the #atomic #bomb fell on #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
DECISIVE DARKNESS | Sea Lion Press
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January 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books, it's "Decisive Darkness", Paul Hynes' (who penned the new #WW2 article earlier this week) bleak take on #ImperialJapan fighting on after the #atomic #bomb fell on #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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Paul Hynes looks at #French planning for #WW2 and how their battle strategy was ironically upended by the loss of #NaziGermany 's plans at #Mechelen forcing them to change their own strategy for a repeat of #WW1. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Gamelin #Maginot www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...
Dreams From The Dark Years: Third Time Lucky
By Paul Hynes.On the 2nd of May, the Battle of Berlin finally came to an end. The surviving residents of the German capital emerged from the ruins of their homes and attempted to piece their lives bac...
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January 13, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Paul Hynes looks at #French planning for #WW2 and how their battle strategy was ironically upended by the loss of #NaziGermany 's plans at #Mechelen forcing them to change their own strategy for a repeat of #WW1. #WhatIf #AlternateHistory #Gamelin #Maginot www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/dreams-...
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To go with yesterday's look at the #AlternateHistory #ColdWar #thriller "Atomic Secrets" by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) here's another chance to read his "Why I Wrote..." article about the #writing process. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Atomic Secrets
By John A. HopkinsI was incredibly excited when Sea Lion Press agreed to publish my first alternate history novel, Atomic Secrets. It is built on a simple premise and an alternate history staple – Bri...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
To go with yesterday's look at the #AlternateHistory #ColdWar #thriller "Atomic Secrets" by John A. Hopkins ( @jahauthor.bsky.social ) here's another chance to read his "Why I Wrote..." article about the #writing process. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
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New: Tom Anderson discusses #worldbuilding in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy, focusing on the principle of 'rule-making vs rule-breaking' made famous by the 'first law' of #BrandonSanderson. #Writing #Fiction #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...
Fiction Friction: Rulemaking and Rule Breaking in Sci-Fi
By Thomas Anderson.The fantasy author Brandon Sanderson has become well-known for his advocacy of what he calls “Sanderson’s First Law (of Magic)”; that is, that an author's ability to solve conflict ...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:03 AM
New: Tom Anderson discusses #worldbuilding in #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy, focusing on the principle of 'rule-making vs rule-breaking' made famous by the 'first law' of #BrandonSanderson. #Writing #Fiction #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/fiction...
Love a space #AlternateHistory
Andy Cooke looks at the near misses of #NASA 's first #Gemini missions in 1964. #SpaceRace #SpaceHistory #ColdWar #Space www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/the-lau...
The Launchbox, Pod 13: The Near Misses of Gemini (Part 1)
By Andy CookeFollowing the successful completion of the Mercury programme (and NASA managing to sidestep a series of potential disasters), the next step was Gemini. Originally known as “Mercury Mark I...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Love a space #AlternateHistory
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#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Our Man on the Hill" - #WhatIf arch-red-baiter #JoeMcCarthy had secretly been a #Communist agent himself? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
Why I Wrote... Our Man On The Hill
By Matthew Kresal.“Where do your ideas come from?”That’s almost an inevitable question one receives after a stranger finds out you’re a published author. One that is almost always in the wake of, “Wha...
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January 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
#SidewiseAward winning #author Matthew Kresal ( @kresalwrites.bsky.social ) discusses why he wrote "Our Man on the Hill" - #WhatIf arch-red-baiter #JoeMcCarthy had secretly been a #Communist agent himself? www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/why-i-w...
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Let's begin our #SaturdayShowcase for 2026 of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books with one of the few that started it all - Ed Thomas' "Fight and Be Right". #WhatIf #WinstonChurchill 's father had become #PrimeMinister? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
FIGHT AND BE RIGHT | Sea Lion Press
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January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Let's begin our #SaturdayShowcase for 2026 of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books with one of the few that started it all - Ed Thomas' "Fight and Be Right". #WhatIf #WinstonChurchill 's father had become #PrimeMinister? www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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A reminder that most SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted until the #NewYear as part of the #Smashwords winter #sale! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/25-off-...
25% Off Our Books Until New Year!
The ebook retailer Smashwords is running a sale until New Year's Day, and Sea Lion Press is part of it! We have dozens of books on a 25% discount, from our newest releases to some of our venerable cla...
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December 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
A reminder that most SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted until the #NewYear as part of the #Smashwords winter #sale! www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/25-off-...
Enjoying the 1st game of AFCON25, especially Efan Ekoku on comms - absolutely lovely to listen to.
Looking forward to watching the remainder of the tournament.
And WHAT A GOAL from Ayoub El Kaabi to get the tournament going.
#AFCON
Looking forward to watching the remainder of the tournament.
And WHAT A GOAL from Ayoub El Kaabi to get the tournament going.
#AFCON
December 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Enjoying the 1st game of AFCON25, especially Efan Ekoku on comms - absolutely lovely to listen to.
Looking forward to watching the remainder of the tournament.
And WHAT A GOAL from Ayoub El Kaabi to get the tournament going.
#AFCON
Looking forward to watching the remainder of the tournament.
And WHAT A GOAL from Ayoub El Kaabi to get the tournament going.
#AFCON
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And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.
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Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
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Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
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In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #books, it's our guide "How to Write #AlternateHistory" edited by David Flin. Remember to check out the #Smashwords #sale in which many of our books are currently discounted! www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
HOW TO WRITE ALTERNATE HISTORY | Sea Lion Press
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December 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #books, it's our guide "How to Write #AlternateHistory" edited by David Flin. Remember to check out the #Smashwords #sale in which many of our books are currently discounted! www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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The #Smashwords #Christmas #sale is NOW ON! Please check out all the dozens of SLP #AlternateHistory #novels #discounted! #Books #BookOffer #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/winter-...
Winter Sale!
Smashwords is having a sale for the rest of the month and dozens of Sea Lion Press books have 25% off, just in time for Christmas! Whatever your favourite period of history and preferred tone for AH t...
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December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The #Smashwords #Christmas #sale is NOW ON! Please check out all the dozens of SLP #AlternateHistory #novels #discounted! #Books #BookOffer #WhatIf #Counterfactual #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/winter-...
And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And the sales is now on!
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
My David Brook series is here:
www.smashwords.com/books/byseri...
#AlternateHistory #writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
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Happy 88th Birthday to 🇬🇧British film director Ridley Scott, born #OnThisDay, here with Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver during a break in filming a scene on the ‘Mother’ set of the science-fiction horror film "ALIEN" (1979) at Shepperton Studios in England
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Happy 88th Birthday to 🇬🇧British film director Ridley Scott, born #OnThisDay, here with Ian Holm and Sigourney Weaver during a break in filming a scene on the ‘Mother’ set of the science-fiction horror film "ALIEN" (1979) at Shepperton Studios in England
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
🎬 20th Century-Fox 🛸
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
SLP #AlternateHistory #books are discounted in the #SmashWords #sale from December 8th! See below for details, link: smashwords.com/sale
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Excited my @sealionpress.co.uk books are part of this sale.
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
Atomic Secrets & Funny Money are the first two books in the #AlternateHistory David Brook series.
I'm hard at work editing book three, tentatively titled Lethal Wings.
#writersky #fiction #book #WhatIf
Not to teach anyone to suck eggs but...
If like me you have a M365 subscription renewal, check you haven't been auto-enrolled for Co-Pilot for an extra £25/yr (assuming you don't use it).
If like me you have a M365 subscription renewal, check you haven't been auto-enrolled for Co-Pilot for an extra £25/yr (assuming you don't use it).
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Not to teach anyone to suck eggs but...
If like me you have a M365 subscription renewal, check you haven't been auto-enrolled for Co-Pilot for an extra £25/yr (assuming you don't use it).
If like me you have a M365 subscription renewal, check you haven't been auto-enrolled for Co-Pilot for an extra £25/yr (assuming you don't use it).
Interesting list. Thanks
Originally published in "Never Was" magazine, Nick Ottens looks at " #Countries that almost existed". #AlternateHistory #Counterfactual #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/countri...
Countries That Almost Existed
By Nick OttensThis article was first published over here by our friends at Never Was Magazine and is shared as part of our partnership with Never Was. For more articles like this please check out thei...
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October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Interesting list. Thanks
An excellent last film of the #LondonFilmFestival last night - #Giant, the story of #PrinceNaseemHamed and #BrendanIngle.
I also highly recommend #Tuner, the #SurpriseFilm - a interesting crime thriller with #DustinHoffman and #LeoWoodall.
And finally, #APrivateLife, #JodieFoster.
#movies #LFF
I also highly recommend #Tuner, the #SurpriseFilm - a interesting crime thriller with #DustinHoffman and #LeoWoodall.
And finally, #APrivateLife, #JodieFoster.
#movies #LFF
October 20, 2025 at 10:27 AM
An excellent last film of the #LondonFilmFestival last night - #Giant, the story of #PrinceNaseemHamed and #BrendanIngle.
I also highly recommend #Tuner, the #SurpriseFilm - a interesting crime thriller with #DustinHoffman and #LeoWoodall.
And finally, #APrivateLife, #JodieFoster.
#movies #LFF
I also highly recommend #Tuner, the #SurpriseFilm - a interesting crime thriller with #DustinHoffman and #LeoWoodall.
And finally, #APrivateLife, #JodieFoster.
#movies #LFF
An interesting look at prequels and #JamesBond.
Like Mr. Anderson, I rather like the three Horowitz Bond books. I love the original books and re-read them all the time, so it was good to have something more like #IanFleming than the other continuation writers.
Like Mr. Anderson, I rather like the three Horowitz Bond books. I love the original books and re-read them all the time, so it was good to have something more like #IanFleming than the other continuation writers.
Tom Anderson's #PrequelProblems article series (about the challenges of writing a #prequel) returns with a look at the 1950s #JamesBond #OriginStory "Forever and a Day" by #AnthonyHorowitz. #BookReview #SpyFiction #Retro www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/prequel...
Prequel Problems: Forever and a Day (James Bond)
By Thomas Anderson.This is the first article I’ve penned in my “Prequel Problems” series for quite a while, so it may be worth briefly recapping the purpose and goal behind these articles. As a voraci...
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October 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
An interesting look at prequels and #JamesBond.
Like Mr. Anderson, I rather like the three Horowitz Bond books. I love the original books and re-read them all the time, so it was good to have something more like #IanFleming than the other continuation writers.
Like Mr. Anderson, I rather like the three Horowitz Bond books. I love the original books and re-read them all the time, so it was good to have something more like #IanFleming than the other continuation writers.
What a fantastic day at the Women's Rugby World Cup Final on Saturday. Two fantastic games, and the #RedRoses emerged as #WorldChampions - congratulations
#WRWC
#WRWC
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
What a fantastic day at the Women's Rugby World Cup Final on Saturday. Two fantastic games, and the #RedRoses emerged as #WorldChampions - congratulations
#WRWC
#WRWC
Cracking start - looking forward to next week.
A new #SerialSunday, this one by @cepmurphy.bsky.social - #AlternateHistory #horror at the dawn of #TonyBlair and #NewLabour in 1997. #Fiction #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/serial-...
Serial Sunday: The Galton Horror I
By Charles EP Murphy.A mere handful of people in Britain watched the Shackleton 1 probe launch into space back in 1996. Gunnar Glass had been twelve, portly and mousy-haired and learning to avoid the ...
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September 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Cracking start - looking forward to next week.
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Today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books: the #USCivilWar is over and the South has won. But what happens to #BleedingKansas? Mark Ciccone tells the tale of of an ordinary cavalryman who just wants to go home. #Kansas #CivilWar www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books: the #USCivilWar is over and the South has won. But what happens to #BleedingKansas? Mark Ciccone tells the tale of of an ordinary cavalryman who just wants to go home. #Kansas #CivilWar www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...
Nice summary - I agree there was a drop in quality in the 2000s. I would add Craig Thomas to the list - his #Firefox (turned into a Clint Eastwood movie) is often mentioned as the 1st techno-thriller. The follow-up Firefox Down, and my favourite Winter Hawk are terrific.
Colin Salt examines the emergence and #history of the #technothriller #genre in the 20th century. #ColdWar #TomClancy #MilitaryFiction #Writing #WritingCommunity www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/boom-bo...
Boom Boom Goes the Tank: A Brief Chronology of The Technothriller
By Colin SaltSo with my strange love-hate relationship with World War III fiction and technothrillers in general, I should start this series by giving a brief, opinionated chronology of the genre with...
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September 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Nice summary - I agree there was a drop in quality in the 2000s. I would add Craig Thomas to the list - his #Firefox (turned into a Clint Eastwood movie) is often mentioned as the 1st techno-thriller. The follow-up Firefox Down, and my favourite Winter Hawk are terrific.