Matthew Robinette, "Mr. Hypothetical History" himself, lives with his

wife and three kids in Shreveport, Louisiana. Call him crazy, but hypo-

thetical history is everything to him. "And why not?" he asks. "It's the

basis of the whole friglamatic universe for Jilicker's sake! Bailey me this

and Bailey me that, but we all know what really happened at the Battle

of the Windmill, right? One word: Meriwether. Well, two words:

Meriwether Lewis."