Alternative History: the Series, Episode 1 John Wilkes Booth was not stopped by a soldier’s bullet. He was not stopped…

By Thomas Shess The hallway smells faintly of laundry detergent and sharpening steel. Doors stay open in the Olympic Village…

A Masterclass in Modern Noir Buckle up. The fog is rolling in, the neon is flickering, and the line between…

Welcome to ThomasShess.com, the official headquarters for the "multilectual" life. After decades of chronicling the West Coast’s most captivating stories—from the…