Violent storms are common in the Midwest. The one described here actually happened outside a little town I was staying in almost 20 years ago. It sounded like a train, the tornado axiom, if you will, but the straight-line winds cleared a windrow to stumps and killed several cattle (and I'm sure a lot of other critters). Friday I was in the shower, during a storm, when my muse spoke to me, and yes, when I looked out back, she was sitting on our boat.
Yulia Valerievna is hunting a killer in America after the death of her partner. What she will find will shake the foundations of what she knows and believes. The question is: will it destroy her? A commissioned piece.
A man seems to spring to life, naked and with virtually no memory. He is standing in the middle of a road in a magical country, Isbardia, full of monsters, both human and demonic. He gets lucky and saves a woman from a potential rapist, and the woman turns out to become the love of his life. They find a map with a mysterious "X" on it, and this is the story of their discovery of what that mark means. 8 chapters, ~35,000 words.
This is a time-travel story set in the very old West. There are no six-shooters or rifles. Rather, it is the story of how a college student manages to survive and make his life better, as well as that of his friends. What would you do if you were plopped down in front of some very hostile Indians who were only interested in seeing what your insides looked like? Luckily, our hero was able to survive those first 15 or so minutes. Could you do as well? / (Reviews)
This is a violent story of the far West, when the far West was the Alabama Territory. Join Johnny Quartermaine and his friends as they struggle to survive during the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814. The Creeks were laying waste to the White settlers west of the Chattahoochee River. Johnny, his wife and family, and his friends try to live the normal lives of Western settlers, but the "Redsticks" won't let them. Look up the "Redsticks" if you don't believe that they really existed.
Joe McSwain, 12 years old, and his two sisters/wives travel from South Carolina to settle in the far West of 1813. They come to rest in South Alabama and start a farm and a business raising war dogs. They fight Indians, British invaders, local slavers, and empire builders, but they live and prosper as Joe accumulates more wives. The McSwain household grows to be a force in the lives of everyone in this part of Alabama. Join them as Joe and his dogs force civilization onto the savage country.
Joseph Bell, an Army close-quarters fighting instructor suddenly finds himself in the middle of a war: King Philip's War in 1675 in Western Massachusetts. Join him as he tries to cope with Puritans and hostile Indians. He has nothing to offer but his skill, his training, and his guts as he faces battle after battle, mostly with Indians. This was the worst Indian war ever fought, both in lives lost and property damage. Just keep your head down and your tomahawk handy!