Historical Stories

A Story in the Stanly Bromly-Gentleman Adventurer Universe
Stanly takes on the Sydney Ducks gang, the scourge of San Francisco. The Sydney Ducks almost destroyed San Francisco (historically true); they founded the infamous Barbary Coast District. This is a very bloody and violent story.

A story in the Naughty Families Universe
The young wife of Earl Dunrossiter discovers to her horror just what sort of man her new husband and his sons are.

A Christmas Story
He needed supplies for the winter.

In the unforgiving American West, a hardened outlaw and a frightened young boy find themselves bound together by a dangerous journey neither of them expected.

When the Korean officer De-Yong is on the verge of dying in a duel against a samurai, a kumiho saves his life. She offers him a pact—one that can only be sealed through a union—and it heals his wounds. Too late, both of them realize the consequences of this bond, which also draws other powers onto the battlefield. In the process, the moral boundaries between humans and demons begin to blur.

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.

His girlfriend is mad over something petty, and not speaking to him. When he happens across her mom exiting the tavern - drunk and needing a ride - he doesn't suspect what kind of ride she really needs. (Prequel to "Coming In Third" set in the 80s)