Historical Stories

A Poacher's Progress Story (4)
Vengeance, like duty, is a hard taskmaster, and Jack Greenaway's humanity, and mental robustness,is tested to the full in the search for the killers of his family. Rewarded for his past services to the Crown Jack is then given other tasks, one that will eventually take him away from England, but not before he learns some peculiar facts about cider making. A gas lit meeting leads to partnerships, corporative and corporeal, which restores his faith in himself, but not in God.

Meet Tommy Matthews, as he navigates the end of his last year of junior high school, in small-town Western Pennsylvania. A recent growth spurt will enhance, but also complicate his life. The choices he makes (and will make) will influence the lives of many people in his orbit and will go a long way towards determining the direction his life will take. It all begins in the year 1981, which will prove to be the most impactful year of this young man's life.

Although Magellan is the name most associated with the first circumnavigation of the world, he was killed in the Philippines. The man who completed the 3 year voyage was Juan Sebastian Elcano. The details of Elcano's life are scarce. This is an imagined account of Elcano's life combined with known facts.

A romance based in Vermont. A crime uncovered from the past. Some history going back 210 years. Love between rich woman and man getting started. Some drama. / (Reviews)

Finn Harrison... RAF officer, KGB double-agent, businessman, friend, brother, lover and correspondent with his time travelling older self who is determined to do-over his life vicariously. Adulthood has one or two challenges ahead. (Note: BDSM, group, f/f and m/m codes will come up infrequently and are easily skipped.)

A Poacher's Progress Story (8)
Once on site in Egypt excavating keeps the expedition busy, although the devil can always find work for idle hands and active glands. Jack renews his friendship with Sayeed bin Ghouad and increases his dislike of Valentine Crudwright. He learns much of ancient Egyptian and Roman engineering, and unearths some surprising discoveries, not all concerning archeology. Eloise de La Zouche continues to be elusive, although not supine. Finally another journey beckons - but not by camel

Over 700 years ago, the Black Plague killed over 50% of the populations it touched from China to India and on to Greenland. This is Stefan's tale of his travels through the plague lands of a fictional kingdom.

Think of a 3-year-old baby girl who survives the freezing cold when her white parents do not. Think of a boy whose parents were killed, who runs away, thinking the killers will soon be hunting him. They meet when the girl is ten, and he is 15, him thinking she is Indian like the squaw who raised her. It's a time of tepees, ranches, outlaws, farmers and railroads, Indian wars and reservations. Also, think of a time of bank robbers, cheap land, new machines, small towns, and too few women.

A story in the Memoirs Of A Young Victorian Lady Universe
A young and beautiful orphan finds her way from London to her last remaining family in America. / (Reviews)