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Documents tagged with historical fiction

Noble Savagery- The Death of the Noble Savage

I'll be taking this down for editing and generally collecting my thoughts on whether i'm even writing this story anymore shortly. i've already sort of lost interest, unfortunately. i tend to do tha...
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  • gossamer_x published this 11/18/2009
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Imperator-Life of Caesar- Books I-VII

The enormity of the threat to Rome lay in all its menacing martial splendor on the plane bellow the camp. The invading Germans fielded over one hundred twenty thousand warriors in a phalanx offerin...
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  • Philip Katz published this 11/16/2009
  • 106 reads
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"Though Thy Lips Are Pale"

Published in the acclaimed anthology, Dark Delicacies III: Haunted, alongside work by Chuck Palahniuk, Clive Barker, David Morrell and Heather Graham.
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  • Maria_Alexander published this 11/15/2009
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Confessions of the Creature

Frankenstein’s creature is determined to gain revenge against Frankenstein for condemning him to a lonely, fearful life. His revengeful pursuit of Frankenstein, and Frankenstein’s death, leave the ...
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  • drollerie published this 11/11/2009
  • 43 reads
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Defiance

Laura Anne Gilman, Joely Sue Burkhart, and Angela Korra'ti take us back to the days of the Civil War with ministering angels, magical creatures, and death. Each of the women in these stories refuse...
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  • drollerie published this 11/11/2009
  • 138 reads
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Imperator-Life of Caesar- Book VII- Ch 3

“We’re under attack!” Marius said instantly. I jumped out of the carriage into a scene of complete chaos. Marius’ centurions were shouting orders to the legionaries and beating the laggards with ...
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  • Philip Katz published this 11/10/2009
  • 85 reads
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The Silent Governess

An excerpt from The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen, published by Bethany House Publishers. Olivia Keene is fleeing her own secret. She never intended to overhear his. But now that she has, wha...
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  • bethanyhouse published this 11/10/2009
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Dialogue in Ficiton

Using Dialogue in Historical Fiction
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  • C Patrick Schulze published this 11/10/2009
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The Ballad of Sarah de Bretagne

Sarah is a cold and bitter Princess who doesn't believe in love and would end her life if she could, and Guillaume is the Prince who loves her in spite of all that. This epic poem is the story of ...
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  • billyblueboy published this 11/06/2009
  • 74 reads
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Bran the Blessed

The story of a young man's cry to God for the chance to save his sister from imprisonment and death, no matter what the cost, and of God's miraculous answer to that cry. This story is based on the...
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  • billyblueboy published this 11/06/2009
  • 46 reads
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The Water Jug: Short Stories

A Short Story collection ranging in sci-fi, romance, end of the world, fantasy, and historical fiction. Downloads at scribd, smashwords, lulu, obooko, and print orders at lulu!
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  • amiblackwelder published this 11/03/2009
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Hilarious twice translated version of Vampire Life Part 6

I pulled this off a blog from Quebec titled "Vampire Pictures". It seems that something, okay many things were lost in the double translation.
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  • schliess published this 11/02/2009
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Vampire Life Part 7: What to do with the Ghoulish remains.

My Halloween Offering: Your vampire lover has been busy, gorging himself on local, well, prime rib. Now, it's up to you to clean up; after all, no vampire worth his canines would be caught alive wi...
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  • schliess published this 10/30/2009
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Gunboat Number 14

It's 1808 and Sweden is at war with Russia. The war is not going well. On land, the Swedish army is retreating continuously and all that stands between the Russians and the Swedish mainland are the...
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  • jenku published this 10/27/2009
  • 89 reads
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Physick_Book_of_Deliveran ce_Dane_Book_Review

Explore Beyond the Usual and read our book review for The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Catherine Howe. The book is historical fiction based on the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts in the...
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  • Dagnyt1 published this 10/26/2009
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The Ghost Dance: Redemption at Wounded Knee, Free Preview

Summary— Dwayne Jackson is an aspiring High School basketball player with dreams of playing major college ball. But when a gang leader murders his best friend, the prosecutor fingers him in the re...
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  • EDMonier published this 10/24/2009
  • 161 reads
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The Hidden Flame

An excerpt from The Hidden Flame (Acts of Faith #2) by Davis Bunn and Janette Oke, published by Bethany House Publishers In first-century Judea, the followers of the Way have burgeoned into a vibr...
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  • bethanyhouse published this 10/19/2009
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Imperator- Life of Caesar- Book VI- Chapter 2

I found myself in a dark alley that was not familiar to me. It was damp and smelled of mold. I was standing outside an ancient bronze door. As I touched the door a feeling of dread came over me. U...
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  • Philip Katz published this 10/18/2009
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The Day the Flowers Died: an historical fiction of 1930 http://amiblackwelder.blo gspot.com

Eli Levin and Rebecca Baum fall madly in love in the early 1930's set in Munich, Germany and while thier differences should have torn them apart, they forged a bond that would intertwine thier live...
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  • amiblackwelder published this 10/16/2009
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Lady Vernon and Her Daughter by Jane Rubino and Caitlen Rubino-Bradway - Excerpt

Jane Austen's novella Lady Susan was written during the same period as another novella called Elinor and Marianne–which was later revised and expanded to become Sense and Sensibility. Unfortunately...
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  • CrownPublishingGroup published this 10/09/2009
  • 241 reads
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