Historical Stories

A story in the Dark Tales Universe
Since Carla was in High School, she knew she was a good girl. She had lots of dates, and none of them ever got too far with her. But Carla has a secret, as she had discovered her own way to keep boys happy, and still be a good girl.

Short story about a disabled man who is on a journey

Robbie, 17, has been dropped by his date at the theater. He goes to his favorite diner, where he meets Helen, 21, a fascinating woman who proves a delightful dancer after she feeds nickels to the jukebox.

Penny comes to the clinic for her polio vaccine, but it turns out she and the doc aren't *quite* on the same wavelength

A woman relates to her husband how she lost her virginity and discovered a liking for sex with black men. The story takes place during the summer of 1967 in San Francisco, the Summer of Love. Free love was the rule, but sex wasn't always consensual.

An extremely generous man gets extreme rewards. Genre-blending and strange, but mostly happy.

1947; a girl's dismembered body was found, placed by the roadside as though she had simply lay down there, her body halved. The police allowed the evidence to be compromised by the hacks who trampled over everything and the murderers were never caught; not by the police anyway. This is the story of what I like to think happened; vengeful women carry out their own investigations and bring those guilty to a justice of their own, one weak link gives up the others; retribution is divinely served.

Young Antinous, captured by the ancient Greek state Tripolis general Herotis in a battlefied defeat of the Greek state Kozani, is deflowered by the general and becomes Herotis's cup bearer, bed mate, and spy. There is a question of who Antinous really is spying for, though.

A story in the New World Beasts Universe
The origins of Nathaniel's clan. It's 1892: a mob in Quebec City has discovered a den of werewolves, and Nathaniel and his brother are on the run through the Canadian wilderness. The full moon is coming soon and they will need to satisfy their lusts with each other.

A pilgrim woman meets two Indian hunters.