The Pearl was a Victorian underground magazine that ran from July 1879 to December 1880. One story within it was titled Lady Beatrice Pokingham: Or, They All Do It. This torrent contains the Pokingham story with new material that has not previously been published.
Lotta really wants to join her best friend Emily at this year's summer camp, but she has trouble coming up with the cash. Emily has an idea how Lotta can make quite a bit of money mowing lawns, but things somehow get a bit out of hand - not that Lotta complains too much. What if Lotta gets caught, though? And how far would she go to make it to camp? What will happen once she gets there? A naughty journey of discovery and liberation with a hint of plot.
The outer provinces have fallen away into anarchy, rebellion, nothing at all, and Amerise, once safely in the Third Tier is now on the frontier of the Empire. Kilarin has come to find the truth of the story of the last dragon, hiding his secrets behind his lined stone face. The innkeeper, who knows the Crown will never pay as Quest Law requires, but unwilling to rouse the old warrior to anger, tells him he will have to share the tiny room with a second Dragon Knight. Who has secrets of his own.
When Bob's wife divorced him, while he was deployed in the Middle East, there was nothing he could do about it. She took his daughter with her and even changed their names. Her intent was that he never find them again. But he did find her again. He found her in a strip joint. And she wasn't a waitress.
19-year-old Luke Powell is an outstanding soccer player but finds his life's dream to play soccer at the same college where his dad played derailed by a war. Even though he is a soccer player, there is very little soccer in this story. Follow Luke as he seeks to accomplish his life's goals despite the circumstances. / (Reviews)
A Warriors Across Time Story This story is about a young man dreaming of what would happen if he could fight in the battles of the past. Offered a place in a strange but real game he is given that chance. In this separate time how will history look on him. Will he be a hero or a man quickly forgotten?
Out of the frying pan, into the fire… Or in the case of 23-year-old Vincent Hargrove — out of a tragic past, into an unfaithful marriage. When it gets to be too much he runs away. Isolated in the woods hoping against hope that time will heal all wounds. Isolation in the deep woods of central Oregon he finds peace in solitude. As he develops a small parcel of land left to him by his grandparents he gets along with minimal human contact, until a desperate foreign woman crosses his path. / (Reviews)
David experiences love and the heartache of loss in his life, and on his journey of recovery finds it difficult to accept help at all, but especially from an unexpected source. He has to learn that some things shouldn't ever 'go without saying', and finds that not all his friends know when to speak and when to shut up. That needs wisdom, which really does go without saying.