Short Historical Fiction stories written for Historical Fiction Smack Down
1. Love the Witch - The love of Hannah's life is accused of being a witch.
2. Hypomone - Plague has come to Constantinople in 1347
3. Between Freedom and Fate - A fable abou...
A/N: The prompt was to write an Alternative History account of Columbus if he sailed around Africa and landed somewhere in the Pacific. I did something very different with this prompt. I imagined that the place he ended was sophisticated enough to have a newspaper at the time. This is that newspaper. Please don't take offense to the Horror Scopes, they are for fun. I'm July. :) Also if you use pepperoni or normal toppings the recipe really works. Round Bread = Flour Tortilla.
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October 12, 1492
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Man claims to have seen the edge of the World!
By: Adoni Akala
Recently, a fleet of three ships arrived on the shores of Terra. The ships all hail from the country of Spain. The Spanish vessels were heading west until they reached the land of India. India is well known for their spice and silk trade. India is also located to the east of Spain. The men in charge of the enterprise miscalculated the size of the planet and thought they could head west and eventually reach the country of Spices. Surely, they would have run out of provisions before reaching India, also there is that other little problem. Captain Vicente Yáñez Pinzón claims to have seen the edge of the world during his travel. First the three ships stopped in the Canary Islands for supplies. This is when their journey took an unexpected turn.
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Men Discover "New" Land
By: Allora Binda
Three ships recently landed on the shores of our fine Terra. According to Rodrigo de Triana, a lookout on the Pinta, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella promised to give the ship-mate who first spotted land a lifetime pension. "I couldn't believe it when I was the one who spotted land!" Triana gushed. However, his excitement was short lived for the admiral of the Santa Maria claimed that he saw a red light on the land two hours earlier. "That crook of an admiral cheated me out of my pension!" Triana could be overheard saying.
