The Alternate Historian

Matt Mitrovich is the founder and editor of Alternate History Weekly Update, a blogger for Amazing Stories, a volunteer interviewer for SFFWorld and a Sidewise Awards for Alternate History judge. When not exploring alternate timelines he enjoys life...

[alternatehistorian]

Our heroes visit a utopia Earth but, of course, there is a catch...a deadly catch!

[alternatehistorian]

What If America Lost the West?

#nativeamerican #georgewashington #ohio The Northwest Indian War is perhaps the most impactful forgotten war in American history. And if thi

NEW VIDEO!!!

[alternatehistorian]

What If America Lost the West?

#nativeamerican #georgewashington #ohio The Northwest Indian War is perhaps the most impactful forgotten war in American history. And if thi

NEW VIDEO!!!

[alternatehistorian]

The Royal Navy isn't going to like this. #MapMonday

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-146#post-26609877

[alternatehistorian]

A common scenario in alternate history is Napoleon going to America. You saw it in William Sanders' Empire and Shannon Selin's Napoleon in America. And you also see it in this map where Napoleon and his brother build their own empires in North America. #MapMonday

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-133#post-26575678

[alternatehistorian]

Sorry for the belated #MapMonday post, but I was just so distracted by how poorly the liberation of Europe is going.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/1rafejw/leaflet_dropped_on_nato_soldiers_during_the/

[alternatehistorian]

The alternate history book, The Company of the Dead by David J. Kowalski, had a weird timeline based on an alternate sinking of the Titanic that you can glimpse in this map created by The Sagemaster. #MapMonday

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-119#post-26520977

[alternatehistorian]

What the hell happened here? #MapMonday

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/graphic-thread.384638/page-156#post-26499273

[alternatehistorian]

Because I'm going to start researching for a similar scenario soon, I wanted to share this map of the "Indian Confederation" on #MapMonday which is done in a rather unique style.

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-116#post-26508615

[alternatehistorian]

Get your tickets for this Saturday's Intelligent Speech Online 2026! I'll be speaking on the Main Stage at 1250 PM CST with a new what if and will be on the Fiction and History panel at 305 PM CST in Room 1.

And if you don't know what Intelligent Speech, check out this trailer.

[alternatehistorian]

This is a weird one: there is a communist takeover in America and the defeated capitalists flee to Liberia where they seize control of the government. Think of it as an American Taiwan in Africa. Happy #MapMonday!

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/1r6ad4z/mainland_has_fallen/

[alternatehistorian]

I think there have been some claims of contact between Ancient Egypt and the New World. This is unlikely given how Egypt was not much of a seafaring culture, but this #MapMonday I would like to feature a timeline where this culture survives along a different river...

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/imaginarymaps/comments/1qvw2dk/what_if_ancient_egypt_had_survivedin_america/

[alternatehistorian]

For this #MapMonday I wanted to talk about this map which features a Japanese occupation of Australia in WWII...but one that isn't necessarily going well for the Japanese. Let me know if you catch a certain film reference.

Source: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-of-the-fortnight-316-the-badlands.567363/#post-26439031

[alternatehistorian]

I have to say I love the idea of vampire King Arthur facing off against Christianity's only hope...Vlad the Impaler. #MapMonday

SOURCE: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-101#post-26450117

[alternatehistorian]

First as farce, then as tragedy. #MapMonday

(Map by The Greenland Missile Crisis by Bruce "QuantumBranching" Munro https://www.deviantart.com/quantumbranching/art/The-Greenland-Missile-Crisis-331791884)

[alternatehistorian]

This #MapMonday I am featuring a map by NeonHydroxide. Set in a future post-apocalypse North America, this map is designed to look like a tapestry, which is definitely a style I don't see a lot from the alternate cartographers out there.

You can find more details (and the stories attached to it) here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/map-thread-xxiii.563738/page-86#post-26371917

[alternatehistorian]

In case you missed it, you can still check out my newest video on the Roman conquest of Ireland (which includes a special announcement regarding yours truly).