Found 117 works tagged 'Historical'.
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Whistles and Trills
Published Jan 13, 2020 · 4,044 words (15 minutes) · 27 views
Fantasy Historical birds Giants World War II aviation
Of all the fates Morgaine had feared – frozen to death, shot by Nazis, crushed by giants – being taken prisoner by a chough hadn't even been on her radar.
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Born To It
Published Jan 7, 2020 · 2,008 words (8 minutes) · 2 likes · 67 views
Fantasy Historical Second Sight
A school girl is ostracised by her peers for possessing the devil's sight.
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The Sound of One Foot Dancing
Published Dec 11, 2019 · 2,741 words (10 minutes) · 126 views
Fantasy Historical Fred Astaire Holiday Inn dancing White Christmas christmas movies WWII ghost story
Christmas, Fred Astaire, the filming of HOLIDAY INN, and a dancer who will not die.
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Breath
Published Dec 6, 2019 · 2,418 words (9 minutes) · 2 likes · 92 views
Fantasy Historical Australia ghost story Camping
A campfire tale proves all too real for a group of Girl Guides and their leader in 1930s Queensland.
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The Miracle at Ramah
Published Dec 4, 2019 · 1,576 words (6 minutes) · 150 views
Fantasy Historical christmas Christian bethlehem
This story came to me on the Sunday before Christmas several years ago. While in church, I realized that a part of the traditional Christmas celebration contains a profound horror story. The kind of story I wrote while I thought about that is called a “secret history.” The writer takes an event from history and, while staying true to the history, makes up a story. It might have happened this way!
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What the Wind Brings
Published Dec 1, 2019 · 7,938 words (29 minutes) · 1 like · 453 views
Fantasy Historical Conquistadors Magical Realism historical novel slave revolt Zambos Castaways
This is an excerpt from a historical/magical realism novel, released in paperback and ebook editions December 17. It tells the story of African slaves, shipwrecked on the jungle coast of 16th-century Ecuador, who allied with local indigenous people. Together, they outfought and out-thought Spanish conquistadors to preserve their freedom.
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Last Week I Was Esther
Published Nov 30, 2019 · 4,093 words (15 minutes) · 56 views
Fantasy Horror Historical vampire history possession Existentialism
Hell isn't just other people. You are them, and they are you.
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Farewell Concert at the World's End
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 3,474 words (13 minutes) · 147 views
Fantasy Horror Historical Enthusiasts halloween ghosts weird masks folk music
Luther is going to be a real Enthusiast someday, no matter how many people he has to kill and add to his guitar.
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A Circle of Steel and Bone
Published Nov 4, 2019 · 7,621 words (28 minutes) · 83 views
Fantasy Horror Mystery Historical Teutonic Order Cultural Imperialism Christianity Catholicism historical fantasy Monasticism Crusades Northern Crusade
In 1230s Prussia, Knight Commander Meinrad of the Teutonic Order must keep the uneasy peace between his knights and the recently-converted townsfolk while investigating a string of bloody and inexplicable murders.
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A Name to Ashes
Published Nov 3, 2019 · 6,476 words (24 minutes) · 4 likes · 1003 views
Fantasy Historical Cantonese sugar plantations ghosts historical racism coolie trade Cuba Cuba Commission Report
Lim Jia is the youngest clerk on an expedition to Cuba to investigate the indentured laborer trade. But he has a secret motive: to discover the fate of his long-missing older brother... which might require speaking with a ghost or two.
Jaymee Goh is a Clarion graduate with a PhD in comparative literature, and has contributed to Tor.com, Racialicious.com, Beyond Victoriana, and more. She lives in Berkeley, California, where she also works as an editor at Tachyon Publications.Free
