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Alright, what’s all this, then?

An NZ-centred TLIAF.

Oh, you’re having another go at Shuffling the Deck in New Zealand?

Not as such.

Good, because you made a right balls-up of that last ti-

*thwack* *splud* *thunk*

...



You hit him with a shovel!

I needed to bury an old failure. And hit him. The two rather came together.

Is he alive?

Yeah, just out cold.

Ah, like There Is No Depression.

Hey, I updated that last week!

Yeah, after what, three months?

Thesis.

And what about that TL-191 rehash, Captain Originality?

Thesis. And literary constipation.

Gross.

You asked, smartarse.

So what’s with the back-and-forth with yourself? What, you think you’re Meadow now?

Oh please; I’m just living up to the format.

And trying to ingratiate yourself with the Politibrits.

And trying to ingratiate myself with th- hey!

So what’s this about, anyway?

NZ Prime Ministers.

So it is a do-over of Shuffling the Deck!

Not as such. It’s a quick history of NZ PM’s, except here they’re all the ones who got screwed over, passed over, or just forgotten about.

And the title’s relevance to this is…

Reference to the framing device.

How does that work, then?

Read on and find out. It's literally the first chapter.

Will there be a title card?

Ha! Fat chance. We’ll be lucky if there’s an ending.

First time for everything, I suppose.

It's a fortnight and I haven't got a lot of work on. Trust me, we'll be done by Easter. Probably even this year's one.
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