Harper Valley is a roiling hotbed of secrets. Now those secrets are slopping over onto a widow and her daughter. See the history and how she reacts. This is my retelling of the hit country song. Included are lots of illustrations. Enjoy!
My entry for the 2004 'Historical Challenge' on asstr.org. Leif the Lucky mounts an expedition to sail beyond the sunset. With him is Thorfinn Fairhair, an orphan fisher-boy. The Norsemen discover a fair new land and it's strange inhabitants, the Skraelings. For those interested in such things, this story is loosely based on 'Eric the Red's Saga.'
On a land where the women are dominant, a young man finds that curiosity can lead him into trouble, as he stumbles across a pirate ship and has the adventure of a lifetime being a Cabin Boy to a dominant captain amid forty horny women.
Two anthropology graduate students accidentally trip a portal through time and wind up in ancient Egypt. Something about the portal does allow them to speak the local language. However, they still have to survive there without being killed as dangerous foreigners and have to find a way to make a living. Becoming Nanny to the pharaoh's favorite son was a good start. The male half of the duo worked as a bodyguard. Be warned: this story has only eight chapters.
In 1902, a 23 year old woman is practically a spinster. Leanna is left to fix up and sell the farm after Grandfather dies. Help arrives in the form of James Turner - a man with a ghost and a quest and no time for a woman.