Helldivers 2: The Future of War

Not just an amazingly fun game which reinvents a lot of how we play online experiences in the modern PvP obsessed world which sucks much of the fun out of gaming for me, Helldivers 2 delivers a fascinating look at how the future of war might unfold. Too much? Hear me out! In Helldivers 2, …

The Alternate History of Blue Eye Samurai

Last month (and in 2023) I was raving about a show I watched a hunch (hat tip to Race for the Iron Throne for helping cinch it) and ended up completely in love with the story and characters set in the Edo period of Japan. However, as anyone who has a small understanding of the …

Aliens: Phalanx

On the world of Ataegina, one where humanity had backslid into little kingdoms and petty states, with only a rough medieval level of technology, death has risen up in the night. Like a plague, hundreds and then thousands of demons have swarmed forth from Black Smoke Mountain. They have destroyed the great cities, ravaged the …

July 1863: When the Confederacy Died

Here in July 2023, I think it fitting to reflect on the worst idea the United States ever birthed, the Confederate States of America, by celebrating the month of July for what it represented. The irrevocable shattering of the Confederacy. It is rare for one month to deliver such catastrophic body blows to a cause …

The Iraq War Twenty Years On

On this day in 2003, the announcement was made that land operations were being undertaken against Saddam Hussein's Iraq and the Ba'ath Party which had brutally ruled it for decades. In a little over a month, the Coalition forces overran Iraq and occupied the country. The invasion, while an unqualified military success, contained almost no …

Balloons of War

With recent news about the transition of a Chinese spy balloon floating over the United States, my mind got turned to what balloons had done in war before. This was, surprisingly, an older practice than I thought! The first time hot air balloons (rather than lanterns) were used in war was back in 1794, l’Entreprenant at the …

To the Victor Go the Spoils

I've said before that WWI is a very underappreciated avenue for alternate history stories, and I'm happy to be proven wrong on the subject. Thankfully, the story To the Victor Go the Spoils from alternatehistory.com once again delivers us an exciting divergence in the Great War! Having written before on the subject of a late …

The Manticore Ascendant Series

Beginning in 1993, readers were introduced to the world of Honor Harrington and the cold war between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven by David Weber. We see Manticore as it is gearing up to fight one of the greatest conflicts in the Post Diaspora era in 1900 PD. However, …

World War Z Canada

The following is a short piece of fan fiction I wrote back in 2020, and is fanfiction imagining the fate of the True North Strong and Free in the phenomenal work of zombie fiction, Max Brook's World War Z. All rights go to Max Brooks and this should only be considered an homage to his …

Writing Update: July-September

While not necessarily productive volume of words wise, the last three months have seen big strides in a major project. In September I was able to polish off and write the final lines of my novel The Virtue of Battle, which while the title is now subject to change, the first draft is at last …