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Monthly News from History That Never Was

| February 13, 2025

If you’d prefer to get your news from me in a once-a-month, digestible format, you should subscribe to my newsletter! In it, I talk about what I’ve been working on, interesting history and research rabbit holes, what’s coming next from me, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy! If you sign up, […]

Cover Reveal for Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming!

| February 11, 2025

My next book, Sure Shot in Cobalt City: Homecoming, will be out a month from today. It’s a sequel of sorts to Sure Shot in Las Capas: The Case of the Absent Star, but the books can be read in any order and don’t require you to read them both to understand either one. A […]

Interview with Nathan Toronto

| January 27, 2025

Today, I’m chatting with Nathan Toronto, military sci-fi aficionado with an interest in alternate history and publisher of Bullet Points! DV: Tell us a little about yourself and your writing. NT: I am a military science fiction addict. It can be a means for creating a more peaceful, prosperous world. In my professional life I […]

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| December 12, 2024

Are you subscribed to my newsletter? It comes out once a month, near the middle of the month. In it, I talk about what I’m up to, interesting history or other research rabbit holes I’ve gone down, what’s coming next, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy if you like mine! If […]

Weird History in Unfixed Timelines Omnibus

| October 31, 2024

Unfixed Timelines Omnibus collects three volumes of my fantastical and weird history stories and poetry, along with essays explaining the real history that I altered into fictional versions of history. The stories and essays touch on the Veiled Prophet from St. Louis in the nineteenth century (a weird mix of a civic organization with racist […]

My Historical Fiction from Last Year

| September 19, 2024

I haven’t posted a summary of my historical fiction for a while, in part because there hasn’t been much to post. But last October, I released Unfixed Timelines 3 and Unfixed Timelines Omnibus. The former includes seven stories and one poem, several of which were previously published, along with essays about the history I altered […]

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| August 15, 2024

Are you subscribed to my newsletter? It comes out once a month, near the middle of the month. In it, I talk about what I’m up to, interesting history or other research rabbit holes I’ve gone down, what’s coming next, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy if you like mine! If […]

Guest Post: Queering the Regency by Natania Barron

| August 12, 2024

Today I have a guest post from Natania Barron, author of Netherford Hall, which she summarizes as “Pride and Prejudice and Witches,” but which also is a sapphic Regency-era tale! So I asked Natania to talk a little about queer folks (particularly women) during the Regency for her guest post today! ~ Queering the Regency As […]

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| May 21, 2024

Are you subscribed to my newsletter? It comes out once a month, near the middle of the month. In it, I talk about what I’m up to, sometimes interesting history and research things I’ve found, what’s coming next, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy if you like mine! If you sign […]

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| February 15, 2024

Are you subscribed to my newsletter? It comes out once a month, near the middle of the month. In it, I talk about what I’m up to, interesting history and research things I’ve found, what’s coming next, and recommendations for other books and writing you might enjoy if you like mine! If you sign up, […]