Videos for Alternate Historians #10

Sorry for the late post guys, but I think you are going to enjoy these videos I found. First up, Cody Franklin of the Alternate History Hub is going to be posting two videos a week for the foreseeable future. This week we have Part 2 of "50 States 50 Scenarios":

Followed by "What if Australia Was Never Colonized?":

We finish this week in videos with a look at the first clip from Mr. Holmes, directed by Bill Condon and starring the great Ian McKellen as the titular character:

I am actually looking forward to this film. Since the film focuses on Holmes after he retired and involves an older actor, I think we will see more of Holmes' mind at work and less of the action found in television and recent films. What do you think?

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Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update and a blogger on Amazing Stories. Check out his short fiction. When not writing he works as an attorney, enjoys life with his beautiful wife Alana and prepares for the inevitable zombie apocalypse. You can follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

RIP: Stuart Shiffman (1954-2014)

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report that Stuart Shiffman has passed away. Stuart was one of the original alternate historians. He was a Sidewise Award for Alternate History judge since 1999 and one of the many contributors to Uchronia. He is also the author of "Saks & Violet", a humorous tale to Shetterly and Stone's Captain Confederacy, set in an independent New York City in the late 1800s in Captain Confederacy Vol. 1. Besides his work in alternate history, Stuart also was a renowned fan artist and won the Best Fan Artist Hugo Award in 1990 and the Rotsler Award in 2010. You can learn more about his amazing career here.

Like with many of you, my interaction with Stuart was primarily through the Internet. He was active on my alternate history Facebook group: Alternate History Online. He even submitted a story once to one of our writing contest called "Herzltown, and environs, from the 1946 Fyodor's Guide to the Australian Confederacy". I remembered Stuart always being friendly and easy to talk with and I regret I never got to meet him in person. I could say more about Stu, but I think my friend Kier Salmon said it best:

Folks... Dream! Share, create. Stu could not have been the wonderful, kindly, gentle, talented person he was without the community he belonged to. And we all belong to that community. Dream, share, remember that every kindness propagates and grows and spreads.

Airship Update #7

Airship Updates is back with more news about those wonderful whales of the skies:

Blue plaque unveiling to commemorate the bombing by Zeppelin air ship in Great Yarmouth.

The Sunrise!  A thermal-powered, eco-friendly ariship.

World's Largest Airship Available to New Sponsor for First Time in Two Years at Market Watch.

The future or Arctic travel?  Canada thinks so.

If Canada can do it, why not Australia?

Links in the Air

Andy Lester thrilled residents by bringing a dirigible to Stuart in 1930 by Alice L. and Greg E. Luckhardt at TC Palm.

Argus One airship undergoes initial testing by Defense Systems.

The Fate of the K-14: Navy inquiry was fast, ignored key evidence by Earl Brechlin at Fence Viewer.

No Airship Was Safe From Nora by Jack Marsh at the North West Evening Mail.

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Mitro is founder, editor and contributor of Alternate History Weekly Update. When he is not busy writing about his passion for alternate history, he spends his time working as a licensed attorney in the state of Illinois and dreams of being a published author himself one day.