Category: alternative history

May 19, 2026 / alternative history

On Sphynxes and the War

Sphynxes occupied a unique niche during Alice’s Reluctant War. They came down firmly on the…

May 5, 2026 / alternative history

This isn’t it. This poem is entirely about a sunflower and is very boring, and…

April 29, 2026 / alternative history

We, the great Dekology of Villains, have finally captured James Bond, and we have, at…

April 28, 2026 / alternative history

Honestly: Grok just gave me a far, far better dissection of the challenges in writing…

April 10, 2026 / alternative history

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January 19, 2026 / alternative history

(A micro-microfiction for those of us who like reading very, very brief things. I’m one…

January 4, 2026 / (unginged)

SPOILER ALERT: If you’re not familiar with the movie “Soylent Green” (or Harry Harrison’s original…

December 28, 2025 / alternative history

A Note From Jeff Mach: These are a bunch of highly ridiculous little science fiction…

June 13, 2024 / alternative history

7. Seven Serpents (in Myth, they’ll be called Dragons, but these are not mythical flying…

May 31, 2024 / alternative history

Once upon a time, there was a science fiction author who realized he’d made a…