A Jeff Burnside Story Jeff and Jane Burnside cope with Bushwhackers and Jayhawkers in Missouri in 1863. And they haven't even met the Union Army, yet. Join them and their friends as they try to survive with a growing family in the Wild West of the time. Caution: This story uses dialect throughout.
Yuan Dynasty, 1338. Brought to the imperial court as tribute, Haewon arrives in the shadow of her sister's rising power. In a court built on performance and calculation, she finds the one man who sees her clearly — an honest soldier in a dishonest world. But honesty has enemies. And love in a court like this is the most dangerous thing of all. A story about a pure heart in a corrupt world. And what it costs to keep it.
This is a story in four parts of precisely 250 words each. Each 'chapter' uses the name of one of the four great Celtic Fire Festivals. It is short and, I hope, sweet.
A man is killed by religious militants while protecting his fellow workers. He unexpectedly wakes up to find he's been abducted by aliens and they have an offer for him. He accepts the offer to be placed in an environment like Earth was 35,000 to 40,000 years ago, complete with animals and humans of that time. But there's a catch, it's a one-way trip and he's a star in their version of a reality broadcast show. They supply some gear to help him survive, and now it's up to him to do so. / (Reviews)
Buck Harrison is a drifting cowhand looking for a place where he could settle and be happy. Leaving the ranch after his mother passed on, there was no place for him near the family on the Home Ranch, and his older brothers inherited all the properties. He did carry a bit of coin in his saddlebag though. A month of traveling saw him coming down out of the hills, seeing a Ranch house in the valley.
Dirt-track race-car driver Mel Austin is badly injured in a crash and wakes up in the hospital being nursed by friend and fellow driver Arlene. They decide it's time to grow up and live a more conventional life, so marry and settle down to teaching and nursing, jobs they both like. But, they've been racing cars long enough that it's hard to stay away from the tracks and out of the cars on them... How can they scratch the itch without exposure to the danger?
A young warrior grows to be a man and fights to protect himself and his homeland with the help of a mysterious sword. Walk beside him as he builds his life on the blood of his enemies and the support of his family to become one of the most powerful men in his tribe. Set in a fictional world but (hopefully) historically accurate to the Germanic tribal era, with some Viking bits thrown in.