Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2019-12-21 | Author:Colin W. Sargent [Sargent, Colin W.]

Chapter 13 Dead dogs bite not TO CELEBRATE the First of May, 1986, Valentin, Dani, and I were invited to a family party at the Ceausescus’ villa on Lake Snagov. ...
( Category: Biographical September 14,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Matthew Harffy [Harffy, Matthew]

PART THREE FLIGHT INTO DARKNESS Chapter 21 Cynan’s head throbbed. Opening his eyes, he winced as the bright light lanced into his brain. With a groan, he pushed himself up ...
( Category: Medieval September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-07-21 | Author:Sheila R. Lamb [Sheila R. Lamb]

One day, I quietly approached an elderly couple at the market. The woman squinted and held plants and herbs close to her face. “My sight’s gone,” Niamh told me. “And ...
( Category: Fantasy September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-05-22 | Author:Clinton Aldrich

Chapter 38 Private Hanno Foche stuck a spade into the charred, ashen ground where one of Peenemünde’s women’s dormitories had once stood. It had been a year since the air ...
( Category: German September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Josef Skvorecký

Filthy Cruel World … the present time is not pastoral, but founded on violence, pointed for more massive violence: perhaps it is not perversity but need … —Robinson Jeffers The ...
( Category: Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Natasha Solomons

As soon as Rosaline was released from Romeo’s presence the unease returned. As she walked through the basilica, she observed it was filled with friars and monks. They were not ...
( Category: Renaissance September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Edward Louis Henry

* * * The Jug The beaver trade was rough, the weather and the country harsh, and the mountain men who lived and worked there were rude and tough, many ...
( Category: Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-07 | Author:Leah Angstman [Leah Angstman]

And so the days passed like this. Not a word was exchanged between Ishkodhonck and Grace. He stayed away, fishing and hunting, making trips to the mainland as if to ...
( Category: Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-07-12 | Author:Sheila R. Lamb [Sheila R. Lamb]

CHAPTER 26 Fodla tended to new arrivals, warriors whose injuries were limited to gashes that did not need surgery. I had heard her ask a warrior fretfully about Lugh. Other ...
( Category: Fantasy September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-09-15 | Author:Millie Bobby Brown [Brown Bobby, Millie]

Chapter 23 ‘Maybe they went home. Maybe they couldn’t get through and just went home,’ Em said, her voice holding a faint hope for Charlie and Flo’s safety. ‘We should ...
( Category: World War II September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2020-04-10 | Author:Annie Pearson [Pearson, Annie]

— NED — “SEE, NED? THIS IS THE TINCTURE I gave Mrs. Fairchild last night. It’s a small flask, but it should be mostly full, not almost empty.” Winwood ran ...
( Category: British September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Charlie Brown

By this time it was growing dark and as the truck he was on noticed the different vehicles with lights on the front of them. They were going in different ...
( Category: World War I September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-02-25 | Author:Betty Bolte

Chapter 13 An owl hooted nearby, waking Amy. She blinked in the near dark, the dawning sun sharing its light with the forest beyond. The fire had died back to ...
( Category: United States September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-17 | Author:Kathryn Spurgeon

Mary Bobbie: A Short Story Mary Bobbie, the oldest and most jovial of the sisters, keeps a terrible secret for ten years. Will her family be disappointed if they find ...
( Category: Short Stories September 13,2023 )
epub |eng | 2018-12-03 | Author:Kathryn Spurgeon

Chapter 8 The men wandered down the street to examine a stallion Tommy had recently purchased. Jennie, Ann, and the littlest boys had gone to take a nap, which left ...
( Category: Short Stories September 13,2023 )