====== Ed Costello ======

A [[Britain|British]] member from [[Liverpool]] with a sense of humour and a strong sense of civic pride. His contributions include... er... hold on, there was - no, wait... nope, we got nothing. He's not a lurker; he just doesn't //do// anything.

Is a musician [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/in-which-ed-costellos-musical-endeavours-are-frustrated.152764/|in a band]], which, if you're going to fulfil any stereotype of being Liverpudlian, is probably the best one to do. A music video based on an older song by the band even [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ed-costello-award-winning-film-composer.281790/|won]] a minor award back in 2013.

Ed [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-com-intersecting-with-reality.92524/|once had]] the terrifying impression AH has started seeping into his real life...

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==== Works ====

Ed didn't write much initially, but he's started to contribute mostly shorter stories and narratives to the [[Writer's Forum]] in recent years.  

Among other things, he's written a series of AH stories about an ATL Royal Airship Service:

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-big-village.364926/|The Big Village]]**// - Liverpool AH, from the POV of a book published in ATL 1962.

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/into-the-west-wind-the-royal-airship-service-1960.401102/|Into the West Wind]]**// - Set in 1960.

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/zephyr-brigade-the-royal-airship-service-1962.418966/#post-15170989|Zephyr Brigade!]]**// - Set in 1962.

Some of his standalone TLIADs and vignettes:

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/seven-cities-a-tliad.317959/|Seven Cities: A TLIAD]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/vignette-%E2%80%93-death-of-a-greyhound.398073/|Vignette: Death Of A Greyhound]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-thalassocrats.361819/|The Thalassocrats]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-darling-buds-express.384479/|The Darling Buds Express]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-lord-high-treasurer-a-mini-vignette.359616/|The Lord High Treasurer: A mini-vignette]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/two-dogs-fighting.381848/|Two Dogs Fighting]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-vignette-%E2%80%93-impossible-promises.402205/|AH Vignette – 'Impossible Promises']]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/tliafd-what-is-going-on.283243/|TLIAFD: "What Is Going On ?"]]**//

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/harbours-and-havens.376734/|Harbours and Havens]]**//

A one-off story contributed to a [[Sea Lion Press]] contest:

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/of-whom-we-know-nothing.399588/|Of Whom We Know Nothing]]**//

And a //Railway Series//-as-AH fanfic:

//**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-sodor-holiday-a-travelogue-of-the-north-western-railway.368280/|A Sodor Holiday: A Travelogue of the North Western Railway]]**//

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==== In AH.com Fiction ====

Has a brief appearance in Doctor What's //**[[stories:Snake Oil]]**//.

Has appeared in //**[[stories:AH.com The Series]]**// several times, always being brutally killed off, but is always willing to come back for more.

He's scheduled to appear at least briefly in a future //**[[stories:AH.com Enterprise]]**// prequel mini-episode, as a jolly British sky pirate from one of the timelines of the multiverse. Hopefully, his character will stay alive for a change. ;-)

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