Long story short, after years of on and off effort, The Creature was born.
Il Diavolo Senza Corna (The Hornless Devil) was published as an e-book a few weeks ago.
It's in Italian, I didn't trust my English to the point of writing an entire f*****' novel.
(The underlying timeline file, though, WAS and is in whatever English I can manage).
The premise is the early demise of certain historical figures of, ahem, importance, in the Interbellum Europe.
Plus the existence of at least another couple "deus ex machina" figures, unknown to our times (so the POD would perhaps be found in the XIXth century in unremarkable families with certain surnames).
The developments after that are as unlikely as they are, IMHO, intriguing.
It's a BIG novel., more than a hundred small(ish) chapters, in rigorous chronological order.
If printed, it would be quite thick and heavy.
It was born out of the timeline, as an amateurish attempt at writing that I eneded up in a final rush after I found a publishing house, Delos, specialised in science fiction, and and an author of alternate history and manager there gladly helped me publish.
Now it's out there in the cold unknown.
Without any attention, it won't go anywhere.
If someone here has some knowledge or love of Italian, is studying the language, etc., it may make for an interesting read.
Furthermore, it costs next to nothing in comparison to its massive scope.
And contrary to common sense, I still hope to see some minimal income from it.
You can get it here:
Un certo caporale tedesco muore nelle trincee della prima guerra mondiale e un sanguinario commissario bolscevico viene ucciso poco dopo per vendetta. Il mondo cambia drasticamente.
www.delosstore.it
And obviously in several other platforms (just Google it).
If only a couple of you read it, I'll be satisfied.