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Short Story / Horror

July 11, 2017

Reads: 88

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Lily has said too much and got her name in the papers. Now she's for the chop. Read More

Tags: death, execution, guillotine, secret-society

Poem / Poetry

May 22, 2017

Reads: 93

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

The guillotine is patient. Read More

Tags: death, guillotine, neck

Short Story / Historical Fiction

August 26, 2013

Reads: 1642

Comments: 2

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Set in the French Revolution, this story is about a man with his family, facing the dangers of The Committee and the guillotine. Read More

Tags: love, family, history, courage, guillotine, french_revolution

Short Story / Other

July 18, 2013

Reads: 464

Comments: 9

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A story about a misunderstood thief, who makes a dire mistake, and suffers gravely for it. He'll only be remembered by one person. (Partially un-edited) Read More

Tags: love, death, tears, pain, grief, mistakes, bows, kings, guillotine, thieves, meat, arrows, guards, wrongful, the_thief

A change at the top in France Read More

Tags: revolution, president, guillotine, de, changer, francais, problemes, sarkozy, bastille, hollande, fromages, gaulle

Book / Mystery and Crime

April 15, 2012

Reads: 302

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A second. That's all it takes. Katie Hamilton's life hasn't been great, but it hasn't been horrible. She grew up in a big house with a big family and nice things. Tragedy struck when she was in her late teens and her mother died suddenly in a skiing accident. But… Read More

Tags: american, history, la, museum, natural, flynn, guillotine, turn, marcus, ivy, katie, lionel, kate, catherine, kat

Short Story / Other

October 22, 2011

Reads: 590

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man who is sentenced to death. Read More

Tags: death, god, sad, mary, blood, guillotine

It is my opinion of the state of the U.S. and the world, beginning with our penchant for bloody war. I believe that greed is ruining this country and that the U.S. government is no longer of the people, by the people and for the people. And I end with… Read More

Tags: iraq, war, greed, wwii, corruption, afghanistan, guillotine, french_revolution, oligarchy, louis_xvi

"The night was cold and icy, the guillotine looked dreary, the blood stained the blade itself, gleaming in the moonlight. I shivered. I saw the fear in the womans eyes before the blade collided with her soul, and dignity..." 1794. Men and Women in distress, the guillotine slashing away at… Read More

Tags: blood, guillotine, red_ribbon, 794

Poem / Poetry

May 26, 2008

Reads: 216

Comments: 6

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A poem about casting off the fears and doubts of moving on and soaring into a new life. Read More

Tags: life, gold, eagles, guillotine

Poem / Poetry

April 27, 2007

Reads: 466

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I really do not know, I was reading Shakespeare and tried to write Old English style. And learning about the guillotining and such, I just wrote this down. Read More

Tags: love, death, djtswing, guillotine

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