Billy Harris signs on as the scout for a cattle drive headed to Abilene on the original Chisholm Trail in 1867. Along the way, he mostly makes use of his much more popular talent with the ladies, and his men friends learn a few things, too. This is a short story with a lot of shootings, but little of it is gunpowder.
A New Life Story Part of the Ruby Red universe
Boy meets girl after a very bad experiece. Katya is a killer from Prague and Jim falls in love with her early in their new career. With nothing to lose Jim signs up with a South African firm called Global Conquest. Within a year things change, for the better when he meets Katya.
An Uncle Dave Story This was written for October 31, 2017. It was not finished in time for the Halloween Contest, and probably wouldn't have qualified for it in any case. Students of history will get the reference.
Annie wasn't naïve when she followed Tom to Serbia, but perhaps a little innocent. It was 1997, Communism had collapsed, and the Balkan Wars appeared over. It seemed the perfect time for a young couple to make their fortune, explore the world, and leave past disappointments behind. But Belgrade could be cruel to foreigners, and in the end, Annie's innocence would fall as its victim. Yet, she learned, the city had gifts had to offer too - gifts that could prove just as intense as its dangers...
A Tom Fisher Tales Story Tom Fisher is the gamekeeper's son, living on the estate of Sir Richard Astley, 'somewhere in England' in the 1920s. Richard is a selfish lover, as Tom observes when he fails to satisfy his paramour, Amy. She thinks virginal Tom might be able to assist in her moment of need.
Young Meg is certain she has found the ideal way for both she and her father to pay their way in the world. Unfortunately, it involves robbery on the King's highway and that is a "Hanging" offense.
Based loosely on the graphic novel by French Artist George Pichard and set in Paris in the year 1893. Madeleine is an adulteress and brazen hussy. Her mother-in-law Fabienne plans to re-educate her and teach her the error of her ways. The story is told from her son's point of view.
I would especially appreciate anyone who is French to provide feedback. I've done a little research about 1890s Paris to try to use terms and places that are authentic to the setting.