Storytelling Via Google Maps

A British author uses Google Maps to publish a thriller.

Charles Cumming's "The 21 Steps" is about a man in London who thinks he's being followed, and readers follow the story as it unfolds in Google Maps. This could be a perfect new medium for choose-your-own-adventure tales.

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