About the photo. Apparently John Scalzi likes to alter his likeness in photos to amuse himself. This is one of those photos.
In a way, the photo is a good representation of what this story is about. The story is actually written as an advertisement to customers of “Multiversity”, interested in alternative history. All the customer needs to do is tell the company what alternative history she/he would like and they get a fully researched report.
They use the death of Adolf Hitler in the sample scenarios. For instance the first sample scenario is “Adolf Hitler is Killed by Mugging on the Steps of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.” The results and scenarios get get more crazy as the story progresses. It’s really a fun story and has made me want to read more by John Scalzi. You can read the story, here.
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Sounds fun, but I have to say that the picture is just creepy.
Egad! The picture I used of Scalzi was no where near as scary as that one.
Glad you also enjoyed the story.
Carol, very creepy but I had to share it. LOL!
John, did you try to find a scary one? LOL! I just happened to run across it and couldn’t help but post it.