For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the knight was lost, for want of a knight the battle was lost, for want of a battle the kingdom was lost. So a kingdom was lost-all for want of a nail. Sometimes a minor thing can have great consequences. The death of the eldest son of James I of England allowed his brother Charles to take the throne and civil war ensued. Not a story as such but a timeline of what might have been...
A Cold War and before Story (1) Elise Henderson is parachuted into occupied southern France in May 1944 to report on the movements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division.
What she experiences changes her forever.
When the United States entered the Great War in 1916, it was at a crossroads. Europe urgently needed wheat and anarchists sought to attack the crops to foil the federal desire to help. A bureau (later to become the FBI) was formed to combat criminals with the powers to cross state boundaries. This is the fictional account of a young American who landed on Ellis Island from Scotland in 1902 aged 16.
Joe Long is a socially anxious and romantically inexperienced 19 year old college student when his world is turned upside down as the family of his 14 year old cousin Hannah Cardellino return to town. Being bold and eager for new experiences in many ways, makes her Joe’s opposite, but that’s what brings them together and ultimately what may drive them apart. Is love alone enough to make a relationship survive?
A Dark Wars Tale
One of the greatest prophets in human history was just born in an out-of-the-way inn's stable and already his destiny is in jeopardy. The King in Jerusalem and the religious elders, warned of his coming, seek out the child in order to assure fate does not play out as is foretold. Shocked by this vision, the master of a school for the arcane in the city of Taksasila summons three of his best masters for a mission into the Roman Empire to lay protections upon the child and save his destiny.
Jack Hazard was a successful bounty hunter, but he was nothing special beyond that. Then he got conked with a full beer bottle on the back of the head. When he came to, he was hearing voices even when nobody was talking! He thought that he was going crazy, but then he discovered that he had developed ESP and the other quirks that go with it. See what mind reading, etc. can do for a professional bounty hunter.
Jack Witherspoon was a precocious kid, especially when it came to guns. He started out as a farm boy, but had killed his first man by the time he was 13. He became a professional gunslinger and managed to accumulate a big load of gold while he was still young. Later on, he wound up with five wives. The dialog is pretty thick, mostly with the dropped “d” and “g” word endings. I hope you enjoy the story, anyway.
Crown Prince Adrian Valemont of Aradwyn and Captain Lena Voral of Virelia are forced into a joint military program as part of a diplomatic initiative to unite their divided nations. Reluctant and brash, Adrian clashes with the disciplined and unyielding Lena. When a politically motivated engagement is announced to symbolize unity, the two must navigate their differences, political intrigue, and public scrutiny.