Historical Stories

A Billy Oldham Story
Join Billy Oldham and his wives in their war against Bushwhakers in Missouri in the 1850s. The Civil War had already started out here in the West, and Billy gets caught up in a private war of extermination. This story is about the Wild West that nurtured the likes of Jesse and Frank James. The dialog has dialect, but the rest of the story does not, so it should be easy to read. There is no overt sex, but they characters do talk about it.

Jack Downing, an Army Ranger, was somehow zapped to western Georgia of 1810, just after the beginning of the Redstick war. In the first few minutes of his time there he rescues a White woman from the Redsticks. She soon becomes his wife. He sets himself up as a professional hunter and supplies hog and deer meat to the residents of the town of Bob's Knob. He becomes the captain of the local militia, and they fight several battles with the Redsticks. 8 chapters.

A Married Life Story
Two members of "The Greatest Generation" start out in life together.

At five, Princess Kim So Yeon escaped assassination with nothing but a farm girl's promise to keep her safe. At thirteen, she returns — changed, hardened, and ready. But the enemies who drove her out still lurk behind palace smiles. Her only weapon? Jo Soo. A farmer's daughter who can't be bought, fooled, or intimidated. Crown Prince Yi Joon has waited eight summers. So has the danger. The oath was made in a wildflower field. Now it must be kept in a court that wants her dead.

The gods have tried young Isetnofret, taking her wealthy husband from her. She had hoped to provide a burial of splendor for her parents, ensuring their place in the afterlife, and now she is a burden to her aging father once more. When a son of Pharaoh looks upon her with desire, perhaps the gods have at last blessed her with their favor.

A story in the Immortals Universe
A terrific Canadian novelist, Lynsay Sands created the Immortal series. Not vampires, exactly. I love her books! Her scientific immortals require blood to fuel "nanos", medically engineered healing nanobots created in Atlantis ages past. Here, I've borrowed her "not vampire" theme, creating a short story of an encounter in the Victorian era.

A story of lust and passion in the 1800's. Based in Cornwall, England.

A harsh land. Endless danger. One woman refuses to be defeated. A tale of courage, survival, and unyielding will.