WhizzPast is the fastest way to travel back in time — a history and culture blog that takes humanity’s remarkable story seriously, but not itself. We’re for people who find the past genuinely thrilling: the revolts and revelations, the characters who defied their era, the moments that bent history in a completely different direction.
Author Michael Crichton once said, “If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” At WhizzPast, we agree 110%. Our aim is to tell stories about the past that will appeal to both your heart and your head — witty, erudite, and always surprising.
Published by Ink Tank Media, WhizzPast is edited by Joel Willans — history graduate, prize-winning short story writer (broadcast on BBC Radio, published in dozens of magazines and anthologies worldwide), and the kind of person who gets genuinely excited about 16th-century piracy.
Joel Willans (JPW)
Joel’s debut short story collection, SPELLBOUND: Stories of Women’s Magic over Men, was published by Route in 2012. His areas of obsession include revolution, radicalism, and history’s great creative mavericks.
If you’d like to pitch a story, email: editorial@whizzpast.com