In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed westward from Europe in search of a trade route to the East Indies. What he found instead was a previously-unknown continent with its own inhabitants and resources. European contact soon led to conquest, brutality, and genocide.
But what if it didn’t happen that way?
What if instead the Indians — bolstered by an accidental discovery and greater numbers —... [click here for more]
It is the Year of Our Lord 1510, and one has to wonder how differently history could have played out if Niccolò Machiavelli, the military commissioner of the Republic of Florence, had not understood the true scale of Leonardo da Vinci’s genius. In such a world, the visionary might simply have wasted his time painting portraits of women and doodling in a sketchbook. Instead, he unleashed a technological... [click here for more]
The Associated Shades of Hades is a social club whose members are, generally speaking, refined and civilized in their behavior; one would expect nothing else from a group that includes such famous figures as George Washington, Confucious, and Sherlock Holmes. But sometimes, tempers flare, witty banter fails, and out come the knives, pistols, and pool cues.
ROLF!: The Associated Shades of Hades... [click here for more]