Historical Stories

This is the first of a series of stories that I am going to do based on various songs, mostly ones I suspect most readers have never heard. This one is based of an old standard, and involves two young Jewish kids in love with each other in the arranged-marriage ghetto of the Lower East Side. Their marriages have been arranged, but not to each other. How will they cope?

Average Joe was damaged in the First World War, shot down for the third time unlucky, often quipping that losing a leg and an ear he was "less than average" and at 43 was a confirmed bachelor. Then he met heavily pregnant widow Anjelica, "call me Anjie", but Joe thought she was an angel. And she was until her first husband turned up Out of the blue like a bad penny. Unusually, this story starts at the End rather than the Beginning.

A Story in the War in the Pacific Universe
While Billy is with the Marines at Tarawa, Kitty is tempted at home.

A Gordy and Weena Adventure
This is how Henry Hollister got to Queensland and participated in the expansion of the railways.

Two men head to NYC for the world series and meet Beatrice on the train. Smooth talking gets her into the powder room with them and well that's why you'll want to read the rest of the story. PS: She has a sister waiting for her in the city.

Continuing...with additions...Mahiro Sato's adventures. A total fabrication...do I do anything else?

Craig McCallister made his living as a stuntman and double in Western movies. He was the fastest draw in Hollywood. He was constantly in demand to double for the hero when fast gun action was required. One day a weird accident on the set flipped him back in time to the Old West. This is the story of how he adapted and made a success of the life he had portrayed. Join him in what became a life and death struggle as he found happiness in the Wild West.

A young Marylander interrupts a very active sex life to join the fight