Historical stories and posts
Found 76 stories and posts tagged 'Historical'.
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Twilight of Idols
Published May 16, 2019 · 5,298 words (20 minutes) · 2 likes · 33 views
Fantasy Horror Historical World War II Fafnir Ring Saga
She hoped for a hero. Unfortunately, she found Adolf Hitler.
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Deep Into That Darkness Peering
Published May 15, 2019 · 1,942 words (8 minutes) · 1 like · 26 views
Classic Fantasy Horror Humor Literary Fiction Science Fiction Historical Poe Pastiche
One night in San Francisco, resentment, ennui, and Amontillado.
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O, Pioneer
Published May 13, 2019 · 10,562 words (39 minutes) · 57 views
Fantasy Historical alternate history Christopher Columbus New World First Nations china and America Discovery of America
1211 AD: Their king dead, remnants of the royal household of Hang Zhou escape the Mongol invasion by fleeing in a tiny fleet of vessels. Led by the king's steward, Wei Li, they reach the shores of the New World where they integrate into the society of the coastal tribes. Almost 300 years later, a merchant named Cristobal Colonne (Christopher Columbus) comes to the New World. In this re-imagining of the "discovery" of the American continent, things turn out a bit differently than history records.
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Alternate Explanation
Published May 11, 2019 · 115 words (1 minute) · 1 like · 94 views
Humor Historical flash fiction Shakespeare
This is a very, very short story from back in the early days of Book View Cafe when I was publishing a flash fiction every week (eventually collected in Flashes of Illumination). I was inspired to post it by this article in The Atlantic.
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Don't Fence Me In
Published May 7, 2019 · 3,517 words (13 minutes) · 1 like · 1 view
Fantasy Historical weird western magic bullet unrequited love
You can run. You can hide. But you can't escape forever.
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In Time
Published May 1, 2019 · 1,605 words (6 minutes) · 3 likes · 185 views
Fantasy Historical dogs ghosts Emily Dickinson
This is a story about the poet Emily Dickinson and her dog, Carlo.
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Filigree and Ice, Ash and Atoms
Published Apr 24, 2019 · 1,919 words (7 minutes) · 103 views
Science Fiction Historical steampunk physics thermodynamics
"Modern" physics ideas are steampunk ideas -- Young's double-slit experiment was in 1803 and before the 19th century ends Planck explains blackbody radiation with quanta, Maxwell's electromagnetism has relativity hidden in it, and Boltzmann invents entropy... In this story I follow the implications of steampunk supertechnology with real-physics rules.
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Flying in the Heart of the Lafayette Escadrille
Published Apr 21, 2019 · 4,675 words (17 minutes) · 50 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction Historical war WWI Flying
Some bars try to create an atmosphere to transport their patrons to other worlds. After a few drinks, they might even succeed. Poor, lonely Eddie, adrift in a Denver singles bar, experiences two worlds that look like they shouldn't have anything to do with each other, until they suddenly do.
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The Last Child
Published Apr 20, 2019 · 468 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 39 views
Horror Literary Fiction death Murder Classic Mystery Historical abuse neglect child child neglect childhood
Written for the Women of Horror prompt challenge in February 2019. Read the original at Nina D’Arcangela’s Spreading the Writer’s Word blog here: https://spreadingthewritersword.com/2019/02/27/ladies-of-horror-flash-project-horror-author-angela-yuriko-smith-angelaysmith-sotet_angyal-loh-9/
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A Thing Brilliant and Fine
Published Apr 13, 2019 · 7,366 words (27 minutes) · 53 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction Historical alternate history the Inquisition
When the Inquisition comes to question Francisco's mentor, the genius Donato, Francisco must find a way to save him.
