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Book / Romance

December 31, 1969

Reads: 8097

Comments: 46

Likes: 3

Shelves: 4

Only my third short story, Hexed is a very short glimpse into the intent of a woman who uses her natural abilities from beyond to gain her will. Please begin at the Prologue Update, I think this is becoming more of a Novella than a short story, Read More
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Book / Historical Fiction

January 25, 2020

Reads: 138

The Idea came to me, and I thought, Why not? Have a go. Clive was Always busy trying to help others to get well. He became very good at knowing what the body was all about. Read More

#memory, #healing, #brain, #surgeon

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Watch as tragedy sparks the downward spiral of a brilliant young man in New Jersey and New York. Read More

#drugs, #addiction, #thanksgiving, #new-york

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Bakhtiyar Khilji, in his attempt to burn down the biggest library of the early medieval world, finds his path blocked by a few brave men who decided to fight him. Read More

#fiction, #war, #drama, #action, #literature

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Book / Historical Fiction

January 15, 2020

Reads: 3143

[Historical Fiction] Back in 1969, a local teenage male of Norfolk, Virginia free-wrote on his experiences in life while he was currently serving in the Unites States Army as an infantryman in Vietnam during the civil war between the North and South of the divided Vietnamese country. Read More

#military, #vietnam, #history, #action, #60s

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The story encompasses impacts of nuclear tests, when no post-measures were taken to keep people safe from the harmful radiations. Fundamentally, the story depicts the situation of District Chaghi, Balochistan (Pakistan), where in 1998 the nukes were tested over Raaskoh (Mountain Range). Read More

#pakistan, #nuclear-effects, #chaghi-balochistan-nuclear-tests

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The raiding army of Bakhtiyar khilji is riding in from the west towards the worlds biggest university of the early medieval world. The safety of its residents and documents are hanging in the balance. The chief Guru's mind is made up. Read More

#fiction, #war, #drama, #history

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The Demon Boy

Chapter 45

Book / Historical Fiction

January 08, 2020

Reads: 3321

Comments: 45

Shelves: 2

Casper (formerly known as "John Doe" or simply "the boy") didn't ask to come to Glenholm. Nobody asked him if he wanted to be here either. For better or for worse, he's stuck living under the same roof as Glenholm's own notorious witch man. Balor's not a bad guy actually.… Read More

#horror, #thriller, #historical-fiction, #slice-of-life, #fantasy-elements

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Book / Historical Fiction

January 05, 2020

Reads: 67

Twenty-eight year old Agustin Vasquez needs a cure for his sister Dora. The treacherous smallpox terrorizes the people of Spain, sending many to early deathbeds. When a young, cunning explorer offers him a chance to save his sister, there’s nothing Agustin wouldn’t do to accept. Will the young conquistador realize… Read More

#spain, #conquistador, #siblinglove

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Book / Historical Fiction

January 02, 2020

Reads: 57

The young king had his mother as Regent,but was still giving orders that weren't carried out. Read More

#king, #goodies, #guards, #adviser

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Book / Historical Fiction

December 31, 2019

Reads: 346

Jay G is sent to the Netherlands to work on a case. Read More

#detective, #assignment, #netherlands

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Book / Historical Fiction

December 29, 2019

Reads: 1901

Comments: 14

Shelves: 1

Fed up with his dreary life in Japan, David is contemplating going back to the States when his friend John makes an absolutely crazy suggestion. [AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am absolutely amazed at the number of "reads" this book has gotten when it is clearly stated that it is "in progress".… Read More

#romance, #japan, #gaijin, #travel-in-japan, #japan-1970s

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Book / Historical Fiction

December 27, 2019

Reads: 103

Comments: 1

The shipwreck of the Rover, an American merchant boat, in 1867 off the coast of Taiwan had changed the course of the island's history. Read More

#taiwan, #indigenous-literature, #chen-yao-chang, #hakka, #han-culture

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1945. As the Second World War was culminating towards a poetic end; The Americans and Russians found themselves in a race to reach Berlin. Then all of a sudden, both parties informed that they were out of the race. But....were they? Read More

#war, #science-fiction, #drama, #thriller, #action

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

December 18, 2019

Reads: 104

There's a viking raid, and Aida is afraid. She had heard the stories, but now her greatest fears are here, breaking down her door and killing her family. She's afraid. She's taken prisoner. What will happen to her? Will she be ok? Read More

#adventure

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Book / Historical Fiction

December 07, 2019

Reads: 125

During the height of The American Civil War in the eighteen sixties, Anderson Grahame, seeks his own fortune during the reign of President Abraham Lincoln. As he does so, he meets Elizabeth Payton, a lowly servant girl from New York, who falls in love with him. The new historical novel… Read More

#romance, #american, #drama, #historical

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

December 05, 2019

Reads: 186

A short story of the account of a candle maker, and his involvement in the protest, leading to the fall of the Berlin wall... Read More

#freedom, #berlin-wall, #east-germany, #stasi

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Book / Historical Fiction

December 04, 2019

Reads: 187

Shelves: 1

a wwii pilot goes on a bombing mission in germany and for the first part it's smooth sailing until he's shot out of the sky by anti-aircraft guns and crashes. he survives the crash but is captured and turned into a weapon to change the course of the war. Read More

#all-ages

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 26, 2019

Reads: 122

A look back at the life of George and Ann Scirrotto Read More

#dementia, #world-war-2, #great-depression, #world-war-1, #greatest-generation

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 26, 2019

Reads: 111

One raised through a world of religious experiences how God is truly used from one follower to another. Read More

#god, #disease, #plague, #medieval, #middle-ages

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 19, 2019

Reads: 172

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 15, 2019

Reads: 155

This is a story about "the great emu war", again the characters ARE NOT REAL! This is explaining Pedro's dad Charles from my other book "The boy who wanted to play soccer". I will now shout out Oversimplified where I learned about the facts of this miniwar. ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read More

#war, #birds, #fighting, #emu

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Finding Home

Chapter 2

Book / Historical Fiction

November 15, 2019

Reads: 236

Wyoming. A land far west. A land of hope and promise. Sixteen year-old Adelia Chorvald was on to a new life, wondrous surprises on the horizon. Until tragedy struck, leaving her with only two brothers and a rugged land of new dangers. Her future was gone, replaced by the bare… Read More

#love, #loss, #hope, #child, #orphan

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 15, 2019

Reads: 71

It's a Journal Read More

#fiction, #memoir, #journal, #culture, #autobiography

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 14, 2019

Reads: 164

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

#legend, #christmas, #miracle

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 13, 2019

Reads: 100

This is a Journal Read More

#christianity, #memoir, #journal, #bible, #autobiography

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 12, 2019

Reads: 112

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 09, 2019

Reads: 176

#war, #memories, #1947

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Book / Historical Fiction

November 08, 2019

Reads: 614

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

A second lieutenant, only days from training back in the states is ordered, under fire, to assume command of a company of cast-off Marines, all out in the brutal bloody jungle because of the either the worst of luck or the most minor of offenses or infringement Read More

#vietnam, #veterans, #vietnam-war, #us-marine-corps, #a-shau-valley

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"I have purchased and read the First and Second Ten Days of this harrowing tale of the reality of war. It is listed as a work of fiction for obvi..." Read More

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#art, #doctor-who, #vincent-van-gogh

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This is a historical fiction book about the "100 hours war" or "the football war" The characters in this story did not exist, but some of the things that they did were done by different people. I will now shout out Youtuber Oversimplified who gave me the idea to write… Read More

#soccer, #pedro, #yeet

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 04, 2019

Reads: 239

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Warren is a young Torie in the time of the American Revolution. Having been driven out by the vile revolutionaries, he is out for revenge against the people who took his family from him. But are the revolutionaries really so vile? And what happens when Warren comes face to face… Read More

#war, #revenge, #revolutionary-war, #george-washington, #general-george-washington

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Estrelja, the young virgin of 15 years of age was about to be sacrificed on the altar by the cruel leader of the tribe. Gozo has always suffered from lack of water and that winter it had not rained at all. The people were afraid for their very survival and… Read More

#virgin, #human-sacrifice, #gozo, #ggantija, #prehistoric-temple

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This is a legend that I used to hear when very young. In medieval times the island of Gozo was cursed with night invasions by pirates and corsairs. These seadogs pillages and stole whatever they laid eyes on. One night they kidnapped a young boy named Mattew. His mother Zgugina,… Read More

#miracle, #zgugina, #gharb-gozo, #gozo, #st.-demetrius

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

November 01, 2019

Reads: 120

One night starting at 11:50 PM Read More

#halloween, #2019

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It's an idiom Read More

#idiom, #tropes, #figures-of-speech

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Short Story / Historical Fiction

October 26, 2019

Reads: 145

Comments: 1

A group of Alchemists summoned by King Philip II to create the Elixir of Life Read More

#history, #alchemist, #elixir-of-life, #king-philip-ii

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Book / Historical Fiction

October 22, 2019

Reads: 142

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

1833 London, England. Mycroft, a young man in the 19th Century, recounts his story that is full of love, romance, and adventures. Read More

#london, #historical, #england, #1830s

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