You can “alter the world” and alter your own life. Ride around the world with Santa on Christmas Eve, and hear him explain why he does it. Listen to the dreams of an unborn baby girl. Travel to 1431, and be present at the burning of Joan of Arc. Travel to Gettysburg, and stand between the federals and the Confederates. Read about photographs of ancient Roman emperors and about a movie of Jesus going to the Cross. Hear a contest between a liberal and a conservative, and enjoy a football game played with two footballs. Alterworld presents hurts and joys of the world in unique prose poetry. The author, Marshall N. Dana, is a seminary graduate and pastor, but his main credential, as stated in Alterworld story number 68, is that “I have lived in this world for 65 years.” That’s sufficient credential for anyone.