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25 Most Recent Historical Fiction Short Stories

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Soul Miner by Budd Nelson
repost from 5/11/2017..
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Soul Miner III by Budd Nelson
the third installment in the story of Father Spurius..
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Soul Miner II by Budd Nelson
the second segment of Father Spurius's tale 5\14\2017..
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Soul Miner IV by Budd Nelson
Father Spurius story continues June 21, 2017 ..
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Soul Miner V by Budd Nelson
the fifth installment of the Father Spurius tale. July 7, 2017..
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SOUL MINER VI by Budd Nelson
9/10/2017..
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Soul Miner VII by Budd Nelson
fin..
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Strength In Gratitude by Ian Ace
I pondered on the evolution of us all and where we came to land...
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View Photo of Sword Against the Robe, Chapter 1: A Dark Figure From the Past Read excerpt from Sword Against the Robe, Chapter 1: A Dark Figure From the Past Sword Against the Robe, Chapter 1: A Dark Figure From the Past by Ted Roberts
Set in the glorious days of the mousquetaires du roy (the king's elite Musketeers), Monsieur d'Avaloy finds himself in more trouble than he has bargained for! Face it, this is a tale of intrigue, mystery, and so much swashbuckling! Monsieur d'Avaloy is a French Guard Officer serving King..
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Sword Against the Robe, Chapter 2 by Ted Roberts
Someone's out to kill d'Avaloy; but, he has no idea who that may be. He's a skilled swordsman in duels, but this is different!..
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Tales Along the Way Home - Prologue by Virginia Tolles
Here is the first chapter of my debut novel, Tales Along the Way Home: A Story of Growing Faith...
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That Bittersweet Escape by Rycke Foreman
A paranoid Vietnam soldier searches for sweet escape... A creative fiction assignment from my college days, based on The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien..
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The Accident--5/30/75 by Michael Eads
Pre’s people clapped in rhythmic unison for six years and 25 straight races without a defeat...
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The accidental marriage of a religious scholar to Sheikha Whoosh by Muhammad Al Mahdi
In response to Regis Auffray's story about a similarly named person I have pointed out that there needs to be an Islamic, Shari'a-based version of "Whoosh". This is it. It needs to be pointed out as well that this is in no way autobiographical though the breakfast is truly a problem...
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The Accidental Spy by John Lindermuth
This is an excerpt from my novel, The Accidental Spy..
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The Altar Boy - Historical Flash Fiction by Donald Schneider
The story is loosely based on a true story. It is set against the background of the Irish War for Independence, circa 1919. Michael Collins, referred to in the story, was one of the towering figures of the struggle for independence. Some (quite incorrectly) refer to him as the father of terrorism..
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The Battle Of Big Lick by Wade Cox
A soldier from the US Civil War has been knocked out and left behind by his company. Now he has to catch up to them and rejoin them, but things are somehow...different...
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The Bear And The Bull by Harvey Mendez
Ramon Montiel saves a bull calf from drowning and loves him as a pet. Toro is a fighting bull but won't fight a grizzly to save the rancho...
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The Birth of the Israelite Kingdom and the End of Their Democracy by Emile Tubiana
People always need someone who decides their destiny. This is why we have the elections and the super delegates..
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THE BLESSING by Emile Tubiana
The story of the Blessing was related to me in Tunisian by my friend Said Abbas, son of Col. Abbas who served the last Bey of Tunisia. My friend’s father, Col. Abbas was the one who formed the first core of the Tunisian army. Said Abbas, also known as Hedi Ben Salem was a graduate of Saint Cyr, a ca..
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The Blind Beggar by Emile Tubiana
This story I heard from my father, takes place centuries ago, in what is Irak today...
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The Blitz by S Robinson
Black screen. An air raid siren is heard. White letters say “For 57 consecutive nights” Edward R. Murrow standS on a rooftop broadcasting from a blacked out city, flames all around the adjacent buildings, searchlights scanning the skies. He is speaking into a silver microphone. "This....
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The Boat: A Refugee's Story. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A Vietnamese family decides to go to America to escape the war that their country is embroiled in...
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The Boat: A Refugee's Story. (Part Two) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A family is desperate to escape the situation in their home country of Vietnam, and fearful for what may happen to them...
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The Boat: A Refugee's Story. (Part Five) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hinh and family have gone to the United States, where they are starting to adjust to their new lives. They were previously in Australia...
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The Boat: A Refugee's Story. (Part Four) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hinh and his family have arrived in Australia and now struggle to make a new life for themselves...
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The Boat: A Refugee's Story. (Part Three) (Story #5,300) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Hinh updates us on their journey to parts unknown to get away from the war that's currently raging back home in their native Vietnam. Image (c) 2010, by Karla Dorman...
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The Breakfast Nook by Randall Barfield
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The Bubble: an excerpt from my novel, The Devil's Ruse by Ruth Welburn
Set just outside New York City in the fall of 1918, Dr. Nicholas Wareing leaves his laboratory to bike home late one afternoon. He encounters a bizarre situation when a couple try to cope with the horror of the pandemic and the loss of their only son to the Great War. Gripping. ..
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The Chimney Sweeps: A Climbing Boy Extract by Mark Lichterman
Weighed down by the load he carried, his harsh breath coming in white plumes, panting, struggling to keep up with Johnson, Zachariah didn’t notice as a single coil of rope slipped off his shoulder, trailed behind, then tangled in his feet. Tripping, he fell at the place the dirt road ended and the c..
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The Climbing Boy by Mark Lichterman
On this day before Christmas... On this Christmas eve day.....
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The Climbing Boy 7: Lady by Mark Lichterman
The Climbing Boy can now be purchased as a Kindle eBook @ $3.00 ..
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The Climbing Boy: 26 by Mark Lichterman
Once optioned for a new Christmas classic movie, and still a strong possibility, The Climbing Boy can be purchaced at Amazon for $1.95 or, if a Prime member, can be read free...
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The Climbing Boy: 7 by Mark Lichterman
Once optioned for a new Christmas classic movie, and still a strong possibility, The Climbing Boy can be purchaced at Amazon for $1.95 or, if a Prime member, can be read free...
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The Climbing Boy: 9 by Mark Lichterman
Once optioned for a new Christmas classic movie, and still a strong possibility, The Climbing Boy can be purchaced at Amazon for $1.95 or, if a Prime member, can be read free...
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The Climbing Boy: Chapter one Part two by Mark Lichterman
The boy thought he had been with the Master since the age of four, but he was not really sure of that, or his age,because all he knew was what his master had told him, and due to a strong thirst for gin, the Master very often distorted what little he did tell the boy. ..
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The Climbing Boy: Preface and pt1 of Chapter 1 by Mark Lichterman
Years before and during the Industrial Revolution, in orderto learn a trade, orphans and children of impoverished families might be apprenticed or even sold to a tradesman—sometimes for less than the price of a dog...
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The ClimbingBoy 9:Mama’s Dead by Mark Lichterman
The Climbing Boy can now be purchased as a Kindle eBook @ $3.00 ..
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The Closet by D. Kenneth Ross
An ex-President must find a theme for his Presidential Library...
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The Donkey Farm by Randall Barfield
None of the donkeys had a watch, of course, so they couldn't be dead sure.....
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The End of an Age by Rycke Foreman
A prominent politician trades life for country--but, perhaps, for personal reasons, too.....
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The Far Side of Lonesome by Rita Hestand
A novella for adults. Jeb and Hoot get more than they bargained for when they trade horses at the Indian village. What are two christian black men supposed to do with a white captive woman and her Indian baby? ..
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The Fascist by Tolulope Williams
The state of Federalism was threatened, the fate of the man who pulled down the tyranny is yet to be known...
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THE FINAL DAYS OF MALATHI by Uriah Fields
This story is about the final days of Malathi Karuven Sandhu. She was born and reared in India and furthered educated in America where she lived and worked professionally for nearly forty years, until her death...
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The Final Journey by Mahesh Vallampati
The final journey of the Pandavas. A retelling...
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The Golden Words by Emile Tubiana
This story takes place in the region which is today part of Iraq...
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The Golden Words by Emile Tubiana
Excerpt from the book. "The King and the Widow" ..
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The Greek Maiden and the English Lord by Patty Apostolides
During the 1830s, sixteen year old Lily discovers from her gypsy grandmother that she is not a gypsy. Her real parents are an English Lord and Greek heiress. Her search for her parents leads her to England, where she falls in love with an English Lord. However bstacles greet her along the way. Love ..
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The Green Hills of North Leitrim by Jane Gilgun
Creative non-fiction to solve a family mystery about why my great grandparents Bridget and Thomas Gilgunn left Ireland when both were 54 years old and their ten children went with them. ..
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The Hardest Time of All by Gwen Madoc
Millie is a woman of pride and courage...
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