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.

In 1962, eighteen-year-old Jack Rossi leaves rural Colorado to join the Navy, only to find himself recruited into a secret world of computers and intelligence. As his extraordinary programming talents attract attention, Jack discovers friendship, romance, and a growing role in America's Cold War. But when an international crisis erupts, his code could help change history.

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.

Sgt. Tully and his fellow Texas Rangers pursue Comanche raiders who have killed settlers and captured their women, taking them back to Mexico to make them slaves. This is the story of the Rangers' rescue and of the two women Tully finds.

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

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.