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1:18 pm Fri
Aug 26, 2011
Matthew Buchholz has a great Etsy store where he sells modified classic prints that tell the story of a horrific alternate history populated by elder gods and evil emperors and vast krakens from the deep.
Alternate Histories by alternatehistories on Etsy
(via Super Punch)
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