Historical Stories

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...

Two souls in 1870s America. One is a tailor, living on the Great Plains and trying to escape his ghosts and his pain. The other is a teacher, dismissed from her Pennsylvania classroom after daring to advocate for women's suffrage. Both are bloodied by life, but refuse to break. This is their journey to finding themselves and each other. Caution: the "rape" code, while necessary to the story, is *not* treated erotically. Inspired by the songs "Mr. Tanner" and "Mail Order Annie" by Harry Chapin

An attempt at presenting Joseph's story. Joseph was a working man, a carpenter. An attempt to bring the story into more realistic tones than the myth-making carols we have.

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.

A story in the Toby Wakefield Stories Universe
Toby Wakefield tells of his experience when he, along with 15 fraternity brothers, participates in a gangbang of Marcia Zillich. The next morning he discovers that the wild girl of last night's debauch is a very sweet young woman. She tells the story of how she was kidnapped in Viet Nam, which began her odyssey into nymphomania. The story tells of her "business" as a nymphomaniac and how she struggles to overcome it.

A Sacramento Marshal Story
Jasper Samuelson leads a wagon train over the California Trail in 1862. The Jayhawkers and Bushwhackers are a real nuisance. And the Indians aren't very helpful, either. Thank God for shotguns and buckshot!

A story of the Clegg family's slave trading businesses
Before today's Freddie Clegg there were others. After the chaos of the German invasion of Paris in 1940, one man finds himself standing up against the Nazi threat. Oh, yes, and kidnapping women along the way. Freddie Clegg finds his skills in demand for the British war effort.

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.

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.