Historical Stories

The Great War ended with a human victory - but only thanks to God's smallest lifeform. The common cold killed the Tripod Builders, but not before they left the world in ruins. Now, George Wells - son of a British author living in exile in New York - finds himself caught up in a deadly conspiracy centered on the surviving Red Martians and the hope of a nightmare future which might only be averted with all out war.

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?

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

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

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.

When Hetty headed out west to join her husband, she could imagine many dangers. But somehow she'd never believed bandits might waylay her stagecoach. When they do, she's forced to make some impossible decisions. And the choices she makes will change her life forever.

Wyoming, 1860. Seized from a burning wagon train, Mary Ellen Cates is brought to a Shoshone camp for one purpose — to nurse a warrior's dying infant daughter. What begins as survival becomes something neither of them planned. Grey Wolf calls her Snow Bird. She calls his camp home. But the world outside the willows is closing in, and January 1863 is coming for everything they've built.

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!"

Jack Kruger has been back in Brooklyn for some time now and he yearns to return to the past and witness those battles that he had studied for so many years in his military studies. The American Civil War was fresh in his memory, but now he was focused on the American Revolution and he wanted to begin in 1775 right at the beginning in order to follow the time line in a way that made it easy for him to understand Washington's strategy. / (Reviews)

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