Historical Stories

A "Delights" novel (11)
Part of the Kobekistan universe
The Emir of Kobekistan has a Royal Yacht. Soon after the present Emir succeeded to the throne a new skipper was appointed. Henry Hargreaves had been second officer on a cruise liner, and he finds that the comfort and amusement of his passengers is every bit as important in his new command as it was on board his old ship. A certain amount of discipline is needed, especially to persuade his wife to accept the presence of concubines. The Emir kindly helps with the education of his daughter.

A Tom Fisher Tales Story (10)
Tom Fisher goes on the annual outing to the seaside where he meets his Aunt and her Parlour Maid, Netty. Netty doesn't believe Tom can possibly give her the satisfaction she enjoys, but he proves himself capable and in the process the relationship between the maid and her employer seems set to change. Tenth of the Tom Fisher Tales.

It's a hard winter and even the wolves are going hungry. When Olida sets out one winter evening to share a meal with her grandmother, we find that not all wolves walk on four legs.

A Mat Sullivan and Sarah York story (1)
A lone woman must fight off an Indian raid in New Mexico Territory

Jason Dunlop becomes a Batman-like figure, The Ghost, as he fights the Sydney Ducks on the Barbary Coast. Join Jason and his girl friend, Big Ass Betty, as they fight to right some of the wrongs of old San Francisco. The Sydney Ducks were real crooks, mostly from Australia, who nearly took over San Francisco in the 1850s.

And unspeakable crime begets an unstoppable curse which begets an unforgivable act. When does a burden become a blessing?

Promiscuous 14-year-old Jamie Hopewell, banished West because of men-on-boy scandals he was causing in Philadelphia in 1881, finds himself riding into an Apache uprising in the New Mexico Territory as Jamie is going to become the ward of the commander of Fort Cummings, who is willing to take the boy because he has a fetish for 14-year-olds. An Apache band of renegades has other plans for Jamie, though.

Patrick is captured when very young and soon learns the trade of raiding the British coastline for booty and young females. Most of the young females are quite happy with the change in lifestyle suddenly forced upon them.

A "Delights" novel (6)
Part of the Kobekistan universe
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of his accession the Emir would be pleased to accept a new concubine into the Golden Palace harem and create for her a title, Special Concubine. There would be a series of semi-public tests of all the candidates. The top four entrants would participate in the semi-finals during which marks would be added for the Emir`s pleasure during her public defloration. Finally, the two top women would each spend a night with the Emir and the winner would be announced.

Ancient Greece. A mother is preparing her son's body for burial, when Hermes arrives to deliver a message.