The Case of the Vanished Valise My name is Hank Calder, I'm a private investigator. My first job with Art…

Second installment in an original alternative history series Fiction by Thomas Shess *** Friday, August 9, 2019, 11 a.m. A…

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

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…