Historical Stories

A Story in the Jake's Merle Haggard Invitational Universe
Slade Ransom gets shot by the Sheriff in Ogallala, mistaking him for a bank robber. Eluding the posse he hides out then makes his way to Northern Colorado to take over as foreman of a troubled ranch, the Circle R. Between rustlers, trail drives and two beautiful women maybe the posse was a better choice. This is a straight Western.

It is 1948 and London is recovering from almost a decade of war and only three years of recovery and rebuilding both the physical destruction and restoring society with new-found optimism for a bright new future. Gertie is 17 , nearly 18 and a bright and pretty hat check girl looking after theatregoers’ hats and coats in a lively West End Theatre. One evening, while everyone is watching the third act, a drunken patron attacks her and a dashing captain rescues her … changing her life forever.

Eva Van der Heiden knows she will never find a man to love her. Her days are spent caring for her siblings and enjoying spinsterhood until her aunt matches her with a man under false pretenses. Luc de Jeu marries Eva thinking she will provide him with an heir when in fact, she thinks their union is a marriage of convenience. Can their marriage last when they both have different expectations?

What if you are to inherit a business empire on the death of its surviving elderly founder and learn its startup capital was from Nazi war loot? Then you learn the empire's founders obtained that loot by stealing it from the Nazi Party and they kept a portion of what they stole for themselves to atone for the Nazi Party stealing their families' businesses and executing their families. That is Paul Adler's dilemma.

A Mat Sullivan and Sarah York story
This is the sequel to "The Rancher's Daughter." This story will take Mat and Sarah, etc. up to statehood for New Mexico. All the loose ends should come together in this story. It is a true sequel; no background will be covered. Read "The Rancher's Daughter" before "The York Ranch!"

Cheating, intrigue and revenge in the early days of the nuclear age.

A fun, insightful story of the "Real" Chuck Johnson's youth. Read why his stories often include airplanes and music.

Sharing a hospital room in Paris in 1990 when he was a young American soldier, Hank is beguiled by the war stories of an old lady spy. As she talks, her eyes sparkle and her fine old hands reach under his blanket.

A Halloween 2022 Contest Entry
In 1920s Romania, a traumatized American soldier, a German doctor, and a local woman face an ancient, ravenous evil.