That's very much my view. It would've avoid the 46 years rule of the National Party and the current kleptocracy of the ANC, which I see largely as two sides of the same coin.

Thanks, Noah. I'm sure you'll enjoy James' ghost stories and I can recommend the BBC adaptations, especially 'Oh, Whistle and I'll Come to You' and 'A Warning to the Curious'.

Me too!

I know. It's his world, I'm just living in it.

Thanks, Jim.

It was a pleasure, Jon.

Thanks, Alex. When you do publish more, I'll definitely read it.

@@arronjameshook I'll keep you posted, for sure! 😀👍

Thanks, Shannon.

@@arronjameshook Thank YOU!

I think it's safe to say the story and bio would've made Garth Marengi proud!

Thank you. I've really enjoyed going through the anthology and there isn't a bad story in the collection.

Diolch, roedd yn bleser darllen.

It was really enjoyable. Was Garth Marengi an influence on the story?

@@arronjameshook 100%. It was almost an emulation.

Thank you, L J. The end of the story really did make me laugh.

Thanks, Ryan

It depends on the author. Sometimes they're required to due to their jobs. For some, they like the anonymity and others do because they're writing in a different genre from their normal output.

I write under pseudonyms so that clients don't get mad at me for the degenerate behavior of my characters. Sex and violence sells, but it might also get you fired. A pseudonym is a barrier to the real world.

@@elmontague2347 thank you for your reply. That makes sense.

I was originally just going to say the Republicans win the White House in the elections during the 2030s and 2040s in a similar manner to the Republicans after the Civil War and the Democrats between 1933 and 1953. However, I thought people would say that wasn't possible and a Democratic split would be more believable. The scenario for something I'm going to write in the future, but at the moment I'm going to concentrate on writing about the 2024-2050 period in the UK. One way you could do the scenario is that Wolfe dies before Quebec and the Spanish don't enter the Seven Years War, which means that the Seven Years War still ends in a French defeat with the economic crisis that causes the revolution in 1789, but the French keep Louisiana and Quebec. That way the American Colonies will remain loyal and history in Europe will continue as normal. It would be interesting to imagine if Louisiana and Quebec would remain Royalists or become Republican. If they became Republican, you could see a North American land campaign during the Napoleonic Wars as well as the French continuing their efforts to detain Haiti.

Thanks, Regina.

Thanks, Lekden.

Thanks, Jim. You've written a great story and I'd love read more stories if you do publish more.

I appreciate that, Arron. I'm working on some stories, and I hope I'll be able to get them submitted somewhere.

I'm trying to keep the mic as close to me as possible. I think the issue on some of the other videos is that I kept moving the mic away from my mouth when I was speaking.

It was really interesting. I told my friend, Shawn D. Standfast, about the story and he was interested in it as it reminded him of the older science fiction, which he, like yourself, is a fan of.

I'll see you in the live chat. If you've got any question about the scenario, please ask them as the first roughly ten to fifteen minutes will be me giving a summary of the scenario and answering any questions Steven might have about it.

Thanks, Rod.

I'm going see if I can find a better mic than my current one. My current mics is good, but I think I can probably find a more powerful one, as it were, for a reasonable price.

Thank you, Pat.

That's Ginge. He does look larger than he is sometimes.

Over the next month or so, I'm going to start to go back over some of my earlier videos and boost the sound. I'll add this one to list.

Thank you. The story was really funny. Would you be interested in doing an interview?

@@arronjameshook Possibly! What did you have in mind?

I was think we could talk about the story, horror genre in general and your channel.

Thanks, Nick. Once I've read Sledge, I'd love to interview you.

I really enjoyed the story. Would you be interested in doing an interview?

@@arronjameshook Sure, I enjoy doing interviews. My email is listed on my channel page. Let me know what you have in mind. :)

I'll drop you an email in the week.

Thanks, Noah. You'll enjoy it.