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Book / Historical Fiction

September 28, 2023

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Part 7 of the "Sign of the Timez" Series. Now I was sent to Ireland in 1847. There was a famine and everyone was so hungry and sad. The people have given up hope and I knew it would be hard for me to have hope Read

Chapter 9

Book / Historical Fiction

September 27, 2023

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In the 9th century CE, the Rashtrakutas begin to expand their empire outside of Bharat (India), resulting in a series of battles with the Abbasid Caliphate. Under the charismatic and tactic leadership of the emperor Krishna III, the Rashtrakutas reach the borders of today's Iraq. As they plan to capture… Read

Chapter 10

Book / Historical Fiction

September 27, 2023

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As the underground mine is completed, King John orders and requires forty pigs to to be used for their fat to destroy the southeast tower of the Rochester Keep. As well as the melted fat, he requires kindling to start a fire which will do the job. The king asks… Read

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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. Read

Book / Historical Fiction

September 19, 2023

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A candlemaker is all Lydia Wade wants to be, but in 1299 a woman can only be part of the artisan guild if her dead husband was a member. A woman can work beside her husband in the guild if he allows it. Lydia does not want a husband living… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

September 17, 2023

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"The Dream Intruder" tells about a guy who is able to travel through his dreams and other people's dreams to do thrilling things like X-Man, Super-Man, or Spider-Man. Using imagination to create fantasies but it makes the readers fascinated. Read

Chapter 2

Book / Historical Fiction

September 10, 2023

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This is a book presenting the dark times of the French Empire, which’s national security has been penetrated by foreign forces of espionage and caused the King of France, Leomeu III, to be considered in danger, resulting to him being taken into hiding to one of the islands in the… Read

Chapter 9

Book / Historical Fiction

August 28, 2023

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Realizing the trebuchets aren't working or at least aren't effective, King John orders several commanders and skilled workers to begin digging an underground mine. The king is worried about the onset of winter and the morale of his men. Despite obstacles in the underground tunnel, the king is determined that… Read

Chapter 8

Book / Historical Fiction

August 17, 2023

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Sir Robert FitzWalter, before setting off with the retunue of 700 armed knights and provisions, pays homage to the sainted king, Edward the Confessor, to ask for a blessing hoping the supply and reinforcements from London will get to the rebels, holed inside the Rochester Keep, safely. Unfortunately, he is… Read

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Paganini is in Vienna in our final excerpt. Satanic imagery stalks him in both his daily life and his dreams. Moreover, his estranged mistress, Antonia, has left him, taking their young son, Achillino. This entry concludes with a powerful dream sequence, one of several in the book. In this one,… Read

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In today’s installment, Paganini’s good friend, Rossini, drags him into some mischief. Ann Abelson (1916-92) left the rough draft of a novel based on the life of Niccolò Paganini. I have edited and revised extensively, deleted nearly two hundred pages, and added several dozen more. Stephanie Chase graciously contributed what… Read

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Today’s excerpt presents more details about Paganini’s tenure as a court musician at Lucca, where he served Napoleon’s sister, Elisa. Read

Book / Historical Fiction

August 12, 2023

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Beatrice is a princess in Britain demanding for a perfect husband looks,physique,loyalty and wealth.Many princes had refused to marry the king’s daughter because of her looks.Her father is furious at her for her looks since he can’t get any power without other countries or even a new alliance a part… Read
Ann Abelson (1916-92) left the rough draft of a novel based on the life of the legendary violinist, Niccolò Paganini. I have edited and revised extensively, deleted nearly two hundred pages, and added several dozen more. Stephanie Chase graciously contributed what is now an Afterword, and at long last, the… Read

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Ann Abelson (1916-92) left the rough draft of a novel based on the life of the legendary violinist, Niccolò Paganini. I have edited and revised extensively, deleted nearly two hundred pages, and added several dozen more. Stephanie Chase graciously contributed what is now an Afterword, and at long last, the… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

August 12, 2023

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The Hand Of God is the story of a young black man seeking redemption and forgiveness in a white’s world in the 1950s. It is a fictionalized story based on Florida's infamous Chillingworth murders. Read
America’s most famous humorist lives again within the pages of John Isaac Jones’s new biographical novel! His hardscrabble childhood; influence of his older brother Orion; his wild days out West including his passionate fling with poet Ina Coolbrith; how he wooed and won his beloved Olivia and how, after rearing… Read
Edgar Allan Poe lives again within the pages of John Isaac Jones’s new biographical novel! His early orphan years, his tumultuous relationship with his foster father, his scandalous affairs, his glory days as a literary scion and his untimely death at the age of forty in a barroom brawl. It’s… Read

Chapter 7

Book / Historical Fiction

August 09, 2023

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King John orders more rocks to throw at the Rochester castle walls using the trebuchets. Once the supply arrives, William d'Albini orders his men to take cover as a full-scale barrage of ammunition begins. AS there is no sign of the armed relief supply from Robert FitzWalter, Albini orders a… Read

Chapter 4

Book / Historical Fiction

August 05, 2023

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One bomb, six million deaths. one survivor The aftermath begins. Read

Chapter 6

Book / Historical Fiction

August 04, 2023

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Since the destruction of the bailey walls, William d'Albini addresses his men to assure them that help will arrive from London and to keep them in an upbeat mood. Meanwhile, King John orders more rocks and other ammunition to hurl at the Rochester Castle walls using the five trebuchets he's… Read

Chapter 5

Book / Historical Fiction

July 31, 2023

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The siege of Rochester Castle in 1215 is stepping up. KIng John orders five wooden trebuchets - sling throwers - to be stationed outside the walls of the Rochester Keep to bombard them continuously. Read
The story starts in the Medieval History of the Reign of Roman Empire and A Commoner named "Raphael Yachwa" raises to Power with his abilities. Read

Chapter 4

Book / Historical Fiction

July 25, 2023

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Unable to patiently wait for the pickaxes to arrive from Canterbury, KIng John orders a skirmish between a few of his soldiers against the rebels manning the Rochester keep bailey. During the skirmiish, the king's hopes of storming the keep are unsuccessful. A few of the combatants are wounded. Once… Read

Chapter 3

Book / Historical Fiction

July 14, 2023

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King John sends an order to the blacksmiths of Canterbury to make as many pickaxes as they can in a matter of days and transport them to the Rochester Keep with the aid of sherrifs and with all speed. Read

Chapter 2

Book / Historical Fiction

July 07, 2023

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King John arrives at the Rochester Keep and confronts its constable and the rebel leader, William d'Albini. As the rebels and the King show no signs of backing down, the rebel's settle in and John stables his horses in the nearby cathedral and sets up camp. Read

Chapter 3

Book / Historical Fiction

June 20, 2023

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Axyl is a pirate aboard the Morning Star, she has a pretty simple life until the captain maroons all the crew and burns the ship. They are rescued by the privateers around the area and taken to port to be sold as slaves. Axyl is sold to a Knight and… Read

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Caroline Proust's husband may have died, but her immorality never did. The resident adulteress of her small town called Dewbrook, she began to hatch a plot that involved the seduction of a wealthy neighbour, Harold Wells, after the threat of losing everything she had came to her door. Although he… Read

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This story is entitled to both present an exciting and tricky story of travelling to the past and make readers more interested in an era along with its some characters. I'm open to any feedback! Read

Book / Historical Fiction

May 26, 2023

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A brilliant young Louisianan matures during the Great Depression, and is compelled to champion the poor people of the entire US with his catchy capitalistic Populism. Because of Huey Long's substantial and growing popularity, FDR grudgingly is obliged to move to the left. Read

Chapter 38

Book / Historical Fiction

May 17, 2023

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Out of an unnaturally quiet night, a bedraggled woman in noble finery requests access to the southern capital. Who she is has been lost to time for most, but her continued existence will throw everything further out of balance. Janurana had barely survived her royal house's destruction at the hands… Read

Book / Historical Fiction

May 17, 2023

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Just prior to the Birth of Christ. The people on the American continent anxiously awaited a sign. Nephi, a just retired church leader began a most intriguing journey back to Jerusalem where he was able to meet the Christ Child as one of the wise men. Read

Chapter 1

Book / Historical Fiction

April 15, 2023

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This is an account of a famous standoff - a siege - in 1215 in which a group of knights headed by Sir William d'Albini occupied a castle in the southeast of England to prevent the notorious King John from regaining the capital, London. Set during the months that followed… Read

Chapter 2

Book / Historical Fiction

April 11, 2023

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brains was just a beautiful intelligent dog, i had to take time and train it. Read

Chapter 22

Book / Historical Fiction

April 05, 2023

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A dinosaur of programming who wrote his first binary code for a vacuum tube computer in 1969 and still has the ability to write a Java applet shares his reminiscence on the events of the digital world development from the very beginning till our days. Read

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*An AWARD-WINNING NOVEL, Redemption’s Promise is an exciting adventure/romance set in Jerusalem during Jesus’ death through His ascension. It also weaves in Old Testament prophecies and their fulfillment in Christ. All this in a fast-paced fictional story you won’t be able to put down! - Jason bar Micaiah is just… Read

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Jay G is back. He has taken on a very complicated case. Read

Book / Historical Fiction

February 17, 2023

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There is time we can keep some secrets for the rest of humanity to endure their living faith for all the greatness we are gifted here. This book is a collection of such memoir of a time when there will be such priceless vision around our entire creation on the… Read