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.
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 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.
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)
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.
A Cold War and before Story 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.
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...