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Bryce Ackerman returns home from a business trip to Vienna expecting to marry his beloved Aimée. But she is pregnant. This is 1872 and Bryce is a Victorian gentleman who doesn’t believe in sex before marriage. Aimée is distraught. So-called officers and gentlemen, on leave, visitors to her home,...

Here are six men, in six different stories, each facing change. Did Fred really see Romans? Who took the garden gnome? Do the French have any redeeming features? How far will you go to save your land? When you're not good with words how do you find ways to talk? And if you're not willing to...

A short story about childhood and dreams. A child's rich fancy, a fantasy of the moon lady and the sun lord.

This story was first published in the British woman's magazine 'the People's Friend. The magazine is famous for its gentle reads, providing comfortable kindly stories for readers who need a break from the harsh realities. Young James had another set of grandparents in his friendly neighbours,...

'I Wish I could Remember His Name' is a contemporary fantasy short story based on New Zealand mythology.. Maori mythology includes a god of the forest and guardians of the trees. A heart broken young wife, trying to establish her eco-tourist business finds her life improves when a mysterious stranger lends a hand and helps her complete her projects.

This story is an easy read, feeling good story first published in the People's Friend magazine. It's a good one to share with the family. Tasha and her Nan love dancing. Tasha dreams of dancing as one of the children in the Nutcracker with the National ballet company but there’s a problem and only her Nan can solve it.

'Women Waking Up' is an anthology of eight stories about eight different women. Facing their problems with humour, courage, or cheerful ignorance, cunning, guile or sheer women's cheek, these eight women find ways to make changes in their lives. They have a chance to make a choice, or make a decision,...

'Christmas Spirits has been editors' favourite in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. it also won a prize in a UK contest. It's a great story for Christmas.Set in the near future this short SF story is about a Maori Tohunga, (wiseman) head of his family's unusual business, who...

This is a short story set in the Germanican tribal area which is now part of Denmark. The Romans are trying to expand their territory but are not yet fighting. Much trading and visiting went on.Becan, returning home after four years of trading with the Romans, looks forward to meeting his sweetheart...

A short story (3,818 words) that follows the tragic and horrifying events that center around Bennet Alderdice and his courting bride to be, Nettie Vandenberg, on a secluded Louisiana Estate. This is part one of the 'The Alderdice Tales'. The first in a continuing saga of short horror tales.

After years of patient preparation, a block of countries led by China and Russia stages an overnight financial coup to unseat the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. Fortunes are made and lost in a matter of hours. But some have more far-ranging plans than financial gain. Computer engineer...

The continuing story of Nettie Vandenberg, immediately following the events of the short story 'Bennet'.Nettie returns to Baton Rouge, where she discovers her past and what horrors await inside her mind and soul.'Nettie' is the second volume in The Alderdice Tales, a continuing saga of short horror stories.

The old Wild West, the towns and places you have heard of and the legends that you know. The old Wild West with angels armed with a blinding bright light which will give their human sidekicks time to shoot and kill the evil ones and send their asses straight to hell where they belong. Demons, the...

Death is just the beginning...Death. Just the word can trigger gut-wrenching fear. The kind of fear causing the heart to pound, cold sweat to run down and burn the eyes, and fingers to tremble with a loss of strength. Is our fear the realization that from the moment of conception, the clock starts...