Historical Stories

Bill (Snake) Hartwick is the usual war vet of 1866. He's out of a job and the only solution is to go West. These are his adventures in the army, as a wagon train scout, and as a bounty hunter. Bill is nobody to mess with, as only too many bad guys find out, especially after he takes a partner. He even has some dealings with George Custer, and we all know what happened to him. This story was written without dialect, except where I screwed up.

Carter “Wheels” Ellis doubts that he’ll ever find a wife since he’s a paraplegic. But Nora Guthrie has strong feelings for him, and they begin a powerful romance. Sparks fly between Mayor Carly Branson and male prostitute Ray Stratton despite their mutual hate. Or is it love? Four people come to important crossroads. Will they find happiness, or take a wrong turn and end up heartbroken?

A Indian Fighters Story
John Shiply is an ex-Army captain who leads a county militia detail in central Texas in 1857 during the Comanche wars. Their job is to find and kill as many Comanche warriors as they can before the Comanches kill all the Whites in central Texas. Join him as he and his men try to win Texas from the Comanches. / (Reviews)

Kitty Anderson is a remarkable young woman of 1905 Texas. She shoots an automatic pistol and has learned to drink BEER, though not much at one time. She drives a car and, oh, yes, is a Secret Service agent. She starts out on a big case, tracking down the Knights of the Golden Circle (really, look them up). She's also a Deputy US Marshal, but that's just her cover.

A young woman, still a teenager, becomes a widow and the Marshal of a small Texas town in the old West. Join her as she fights crime, finds another loving husband, becomes a successful bounty hunter, a mother, and a Marshal again. There are many surprises at Harmony Junction and other places. Imagine what a tough gunslinger thinks when he is arrested by a woman! Except where I goofed, there is no dialect in this story except in some of the dialog. / (Reviews)

A Sacramento Marshal Story
This is a sequel to "Leaving Independence." Eddy and Martha and the family settle in Sacramento. Eddy becomes a deputy marshal and a business man and Martha becomes a mother. Eddy does have to keep his shotgun handy, and so do the boys.

A Gone to the West... Story
As a young girl, Sarah fell in love with two men. She made an innocent vow to her mother that she was going to marry both of them. Her amused mother promptly sat her down and explained, she was allowed to marry only one. Years pass! One of her two men is now happily married to her own mother'"childhood problem solved. Eighteen years old, in the full bloom of her vibrant young womanhood, will Sarah at last be successful with the remaining love of her life'"Emmett Lacey?

A Story in the Stanly Bromly-Gentleman Adventurer Universe
Stanly Bromly is back to dispense his special brand of justice to the pirates who operate off the coast of California in the 1850s. He's on a tear, so the bad guys had better watch out! This is the THIRD story in the series.

Uncle Darcy passes away and bequeaths me a musty old volume of spells and incantations.