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  1. "The Bloody Man"

    Hi Bloody Man fans! I promise that there will be some updates soon, work permitting- I've got one a chapter on France progressing steadily. In the meantime though, I have news of a different variety; I'm pleased to say that the first part of the TL is now available in kindle format through Sea...

  2. The Blue Lotus, a "Fight and be Right" short story

    Three In daytime hours, the Hongkew Wharf would have been a bustling hub of activity; in the pre-dawn half-light, it was shuttered and deserted. The Inspector gazed out over the muddy waters of the Whangpo; the gloom had lifted just enough for him to make out the Pootung airfield and the bulk...

  3. The Blue Lotus, a "Fight and be Right" short story

    Glad people are enjoying this! I have ideas for a few more that might pop up now and again. I'll quite happily take both! Quite possibly- I almost removed the phrase about the Knackwurst. Still, could be worse; at one point Fairfax and Carstairs were going to appear. Anyhow, on to...

  4. The Blue Lotus, a "Fight and be Right" short story

    Two **** Everyone in Shanghai knew the Blue Lotus; if the city was the “Paris of the Orient” some claimed it to be, than the club was its Moulin Rouge. Even in the driving rain, the huge neon construction that adorned the club’s roof could be seen from across the city, bathing the...

  5. The Blue Lotus, a "Fight and be Right" short story

    Glad people have enjoyed this- the next installment will be posted tomorrow and the final one on Tuesday. It's only a short piece really, but it was fun to write, and an experiment in not getting too bogged down in exposition; I really hope that you don't need to read FaBR to understand what's...

  6. The Blue Lotus, a "Fight and be Right" short story

    Author's note: This is a short, three part standalone story set in the world of "Fight and Be Right". If you've read the TL, great! If not, you don't really need to in order to understand what's going on; just treat it as an unspecified alternative timeline. Part two will follow in a few days...

  7. Alternative Prime Ministers #5, "Flesh of my Flesh""

    Thanks, high praise indeed! I need to finish reading that TL actually; got a few parts in and was really enjoying it, then got distracted. I think it's rather fun (and a real challenge) in these little vignettes to fit as much world-building as possible; obviously when the PoD is considerably...

  8. Alternative Prime Ministers #5, "Flesh of my Flesh""

    Thanks all! Glad people liked this; was a bit of a spur of the moment thing really but I quite liked the idea and thought that a cock-up at the Edinburgh City Council Child Services in the 1960s was a depressingly plausible, Thaxted-ish PoD, not to mention leading to an outcome where everyone...

  9. Alternative Prime Ministers #5, "Flesh of my Flesh""

    ...me, These windy spaces/Are surely my own. And those who here toil/In the sweat of their faces Are flesh of my flesh/And bone of my bone." **** Flashbulbs popped and cameras whirred as Mick stood at the threshold of 10 Downing St. “Are you going to give the Prime Minister a Glasgow...

  10. "The Bloody Man"

    Wow, so many replies to respond to! Thanks all for the interest; I’m really you’re enjoying this. It’s great to be making progress on it again, and your comments and questions really spur me on to produce more. I’ll try and take each theme that’s come up separately, rather than reply to...

  11. Poll: How would Irish fare with Ireland as protestant as England

    ...suppressed Lutheranism during his reign. I think there will also still be plantations, although now the conflict will presumably be Anglicans vs *Presbyterians rather than the OTL sectarian divide. There will still be big differences; I think the paranoia regarding Ireland and the Irish on...

  12. Charles I of England abdicates

    Really, abdication has nothing in it for the King. His successor is already safely abroad and in place to return to rally the Royalists if need be; he might as well follow the path he did IOTL, which was to negotiate in bad faith, divide his enemies as he had done several times before, and...

  13. "The Bloody Man"

    ...their camp and began to march westwards; they met the New Model Army at Harthill, on the border between Lanarkshire and Lothian, two days later…” **** Harthill, Lanarkshire, May 1648) A watery sun shone down as a group of horsemen rode past the great coal pit of Harthill. From the other...

  14. "The Bloody Man"

    It’s certainly a possibility. Some sort of conspiracy does seem to have happened around the events leading up to the King’s death, and Blood is the sort who might end up entangled in it. Mind you, we never saw what Edward Sexby was up to in the North prior to tracking Blood down, so he’s another...

  15. "The Bloody Man"

    ...French client. On the upside, Spain’s opponents are in a worse state too, so it’s swings and roundabouts really! Whatever happens, I think that any *Treaty of the Pyrenees will look rather different ITTL. As for Asturias, I hadn’t really given much thought to him before, but I suspect he’s...

  16. Alternative Prime Ministers #4, "Better One King""

    Thanks! I hadn't seen that TLIAD actually; I've just skimed the first bit on Llloyd George and it looks great, will have a read when I'm on the train later today. Well, he's still Lennon really; a lot of people refer to him as "Lenin" as a joke and Charles, who hasn't been back in Britain...

  17. Alternative Prime Ministers #4, "Better One King""

    Glad people enjoyed this! It's not, perhaps, the most high probability TL (thankfullly!), but I thought it was an interesting concept. As I mentioned on the other thread, really I thought of the last line and then cosntructed a vignette around it. ...and of course a quote taken directly from...

  18. "The Bloody Man"

    And here's a map showing the progression of the Scottish campaign...

  19. "The Bloody Man"

    ...begun to settle down for a long siege when refugees began pouring in; the English had just taken the port of Musselburgh, six miles to the east…” **** Jock’s Lodge Near Edinburgh, April 1648 John Lambert shook his head in disbelief, and turned to Henry Ireton. “This is dismal, Henry...

  20. "The Bloody Man"

    Nope; although he's born significantly after the PoD, butterflies won't have reached rural Lincolnshire by Christmas 1642 so he's still around. He's actualy another prominent participant in the epilogue, so watch this space... Optimistic, but possible; the sticking point will be Ireland, as...
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