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Vakeva Gullveig was born during a solar eclipse to a dead mother. This was only the beginning. Sixteen years later, she travels the roads of medieval Ireland delivering a donkey-cart full of wares to sell in the market in Finnea, as she’s done for the past five years. This journey… Read More

Tags: fantasy, wizard, orphan, historic, young-adult

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Tags: war, historic, salaita

Book / Commercial Fiction

August 21, 2024

Reads: 418

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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"John came home on a Monday, it was cold, and it was raining, but john didn’t care, because he was home. He was home for the first time in five years. For the first time in five years, john walked the streets of his town, longing, aching, to finally rest.… Read More

Tags: romance, adventure, drama, historic, john-came-home

Book / Other

July 10, 2024

Reads: 189

Comments: 1

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Welcome to Hot Seat, where we interview some interesting and some fabulous people and even people we do not like. It's a miracle that we can interview people like this. (These are not real interviews. They are fictitious and made-up. Do not see these interviews as the truth or historical,… Read More

Tags: fiction, historical, historic, interview, interviews

Book / Science Fiction

April 28, 2024

Reads: 2176

Comments: 5

Shelves: 1

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An Italian author falls victim to robbery during a trip to Greece. He loses his writing material and also forgets what he wrote about. He begins the search to find his lost books. His journey will lead him abroad, but also further beyond the boundaries of time, to the glorious… Read More

Tags: historic, futuristic, time-travel, world-war-2, parallel-reality

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"This was a fantastic first chapter. Poor Tony! I think he should have definitely paid more attention to his surroundings and kept his sexual app..." Read More

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 More

Tags: history, famine, historic, time-travel, 1847

This is part 5 of "Sign of the timez" series I was now transported to 1693. A time of religious fanaticism and fear. It was a hard life of chores and learning the Bible. I was a child, but this did not mean that I was safe. Read More

Tags: history, historic, time-travel, 17th-century, 1693

You can look at the previous “Sign of the Timez” by searching my profile for; Child of the Cave Were you there? Princess Hostage It looked as if I escaped death one more time. I was now in a big bed in what appeared to be an old room. I… Read More

Tags: history, church, medieval, historic, time-travel

NEW CHAPTERS EVERY TUESDAY "Magnus gave a brief thought to Thatcher, somewhere in the deep south, surely over the Cold Country border by now" Thatcher has a lot on her plate. The skies have grown black, the ground is shaking, crops are dying and aquifers are drying up. Her options… Read More

Tags: fantasy, fiction, apocalypse, historic, lgbt

Book / Non-Fiction

March 23, 2021

Reads: 1079

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

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This is part 3 of the "Sign of the Timez" series. A young princess is given to the Romans as a hostage, so her Dad does what the Romans want. The girl must now live in constant danger with the enemy. They want her to act like a Roman and… Read More

Tags: history, rome, roman, historic, time-travel

"Sign of the Timez" is a series of stories where a young girl is transported back in history and experienced life as a child during different times. "Child of the Cave" sees Stephanie travel back to pre-historic times. She will experience the life that the first humans had. This will… Read More

Tags: history, historic, time-travel, pre-historic, cavemen

Book / Fantasy

March 31, 2020

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Shelves: 1

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In the future, there is no medicine that can save you. The government is gone. The days are hot, and the dangers many. Welcome to the continent of Aotearoa. The country of Gossfordshire is in crisis - the King is dead, his children are being murdered, and trade with their… Read More

Tags: fantasy, fiction, apocalypse, historic, lgbt

it was a short story for an english class. hope you like it. please tell me what you think, even if you hate it. thanks! Read More

Tags: fiction, historic

I based this off of the life of a girl who was in the holocaust. Her name is Bertha Adler. This is a fictional diary, but she was a real person. Her biograpghy: https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/idcard.php?ModuleId=10006524 Read More

Tags: fiction, holocaust, diary, historic, bertha-adler

A poem about an actual occurrence that happened in the State of Virginia, USA. Read More

Tags: historic, virginia, sycamore

Book / Fantasy

April 01, 2015

Reads: 328

Comments: 1

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The start of my novel based on the wars of the roses so it will be similar to game of thrones but only focuses on the story no physical relationships Read More

Tags: war, battle, historic, gameofthrones

Green Card Soldier is the tale of a Bosnian teen’s escape to America – fusing fact with fiction to tell a heroic story. This adventure novel is about Andro Babich, a naive, but inquisitive budding soccer star. His tale is told by Heath Winslow, a cynical, self-deprecating war correspondent. Set… Read More

Tags: adventure, green, immigration, serbia, peace, york, card, city, soldier, greece, historic, refugees, accord, croatia, bosnia

A story of two men who find themselves scared into each others arms. But, in this fear they find true love. Read More

Tags: vietnam, hot, homo, historic, man_on_man

Book / Fantasy

December 23, 2013

Reads: 756

Comments: 21

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"tell me" the pure darkness in her eyes flickered for a moment "what is hope? what is such pity, that you speak of" Joanna knew that there was no point in trying to run away from the Lanes family. It was like trying to run away from herself, but when… Read More

Tags: vampire, horror, romance, mystery, blood, victorian, elliot, historic, joanna, londown, white_chapel

Sasha Urilov has always been quiet and alone in the world. But a mysterious invitation and strange people following her will change her world forever. Crazy Russian cousins running a tea room, a very powerful and secretive aunt, a bookshop that isn't what it appears to be, a devious count… Read More

Tags: love, family, school, romance, magic, mystery, travel, girl, boy, russia, danger, witch, forest, books, woods

Poem / Poetry

September 23, 2013

Reads: 694

Comments: 2

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a strong poem on the attack of the twin towers, in memory of the 3,00 dead Read More

Tags: poetry, inspiring, loving, historic

A well planned and thought out fishing expedition that turned into a mild disaster Read More

Tags: farm, historic, fishing, zealand, cod, buildings, matanaka, dunedin

An emotional overview of the life of Anne Boleyn from her perspective. Read More

Tags: love, romance, passion, history, historic, anne, wives, six, henry, boleyn, viii, tudors

spiritual battle, the greatest battle of all time Read More

Tags: fiction, non, historic

Book / Travel

October 05, 2012

Reads: 796

Comments: 1

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In the summer of 1980, a maverick young doctor gave it all up, to hitchhike around the world. The first part of his odyssey took him through South America and up through Africa, accompanied by his mythical hunter companion, Orion. His vision quest continued around the second cartwheel of the… Read More

Tags: humor, romance, environment, world, erotica, adventure, travel, alone, spirituality, sites, memoir, asia, writer, animals, danger

In the summer of 1980, a maverick young doctor gave it all up, to hitchhike around the world. The first part of his odyssey took him through South America and up through Africa, accompanied by his mythical hunter companion, Orion. Between the Cartwheels is the sequel to that cartwheel, his… Read More

Tags: humor, romance, environment, ireland, world, erotica, adventure, travel, alone, spirituality, sites, memoir, russia, east, writer

Book / Travel

September 01, 2012

In the summer of 1980, a maverick young doctor gave it all up, to hitchhike around the world. The first arc he carved with his thumb stopped a little red pickup that took him over the horizon. Like his mythical hunter companion, Orion, he was on a vision quest, propelled… Read More

Tags: humor, romance, environment, world, erotica, adventure, travel, alone, sites, memoir, writer, animals, danger, writers, guide

Book / Historical Fiction

June 28, 2012

Reads: 326

Comments: 1

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The start of a story of a man who does not remember, yet regret ever wanting to. Read More

Tags: death, man, historical, battle, historic, forgotness

Short Story / Other

June 04, 2012

Reads: 514

Comments: 1

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Man buys a house in the old mining town of Bisbee and finds treasure of mineral specimens under house. Read More

Tags: treasure, historic, mines, bisbee

Young woman geologist working in the Superstition Mountains meets old miner who leaves her with a map to a gold mine. Read More

Tags: treasure, gold, historic

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