Historical Stories

Two soldiers spend a night in a foxhole on the eve of the last big battle of World War II in Europe, and their lives are changed forever.

1905. An idealistic painter flees London for rural Dorset, convinced genius will one day be recognised. But it is his overlooked wife, Henrietta, who discovers inspiration in an enigmatic ex-soldier while a reckless weekend of absinthe, artists and shattered conventions exposes the gulf between lofty ideals and human desire. In the end, art—not scandal—delivers the greatest surprise.

The lives of two fugitive brothers of successive Phoenician kings become entwined in the villa of the Greek philosopher exile Phaedo, where one fugitive is Phaedo's fourteen-year-old catamite, Hiero, and the other, Prince Xander, brother of the current Phoenician king, is a hidden guest. Hiero and Xander's lives as sometimes lovers continue to intersect over the years of trying to gain the throne.

For Halloween: Twice yearly in the late 18th century, the choir master of Munich Cathedral, in Bavaria, Otto Strickler, takes a coach up to Castle Ringang in the perpetual shadow of the Alps to collect a large donation from the patron, the forever forty-year-old Baron Derick von Obertstdorf. Each time the baron requires Strickler to bring an unsullied fourteen-year-old boy angel with him for the night. It's handsome, blond, boy treble soloist, and orphan Jan Becker's turn.

Some memories, experiences, attitudes, and fantasies from my early teens, with some present day wishful thinking and regrets about those years, tagged on.. You figure out what's what. LOL.

During WWII and the retaking of France, a Canadian soldier finds confort in a scared woman.

Dorset, 1926. Young, wealthy and afflicted by a profound boredom, a recently orphaned gentleman drifts through life with little enthusiasm for anything. Only his conversations with his loyal butler, Wilson, offer a spark of interest. When an unexpected discussion about human desire leads to a startling discovery, master and servant find themselves bound by an unusual understanding that will quietly reshape both their lives.