1910s Stories

Winter, 1917. Dorothy never really thought that war would take her older brother, but like so many others before him, Ian enlisted and departed Canada in khaki, leaving Dorothy to care for the youngest Gaston, Charlie. The return of her employer's son eats away at Dorothy: why should he, the rich man's son, the spoiled brat, be back home sleeping in his bed while her brother sleeps in the muck somewhere in France or Belgium? Robbie Monroe isn't the brat who ran off for a great adventure. Nearly deaf in one ear and deeply lonely, he is a man struggling to put his life back together after his time "over there," and Dorothy seems to be the only one he can talk to. She doesn't want to trust him but she can't help it, and Dorothy soon finds herself with something she didn't realize she desperately needed: a friend. Before the war's end, fate has one final reminder for Dorothy that happy endings don't always happen in real life, no matter how much she tells herself they can. Set in in the weeks before the 1917 Halifax Explosion, Shadows May Fall is a non-traditional World War I romance.

In 1912, the Lutece twins-bored with merely observing constants and variables-decide to conduct their most audacious experiment yet: they tear Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon from the moment after the White Frost is defeated on her world and drop her, disoriented and grieving, into the skies above floating city of Columbia. Their mission is simple yet impossible: "Free the Lamb from her tower... and see what happens when two bloodlines that should never meet finally touch." Ciri, stripped of her allies and her world, must navigate the flying city's zealotry, racism, and plasmatic horrors using only her blade, her Elder Blood flashes, and a growing, terrifying affection for the imprisoned girl she has been sent to save: Elizabeth Comstock.

In the spring of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II would abdicate in favor of his son, then his brother. But what if he decided to do something unheard of. The Pauline Rules were void. His eldest daughter Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna was now Empress. So many things went through her mind. All she knew was this wasn't supposed to happen.

It's 1917 in the tiny town of Cobbingham, England. Rowena Griffinson turns 18 tonight. And all 17 years of her disappointing life have been spent in the Griffinson Manor, up until now. No friends. No outside. No love. At least not from her father, Mr. Merle Griffinson, current owner of the manor, and not to mention emotionless and distant. Rowena and Mr. Griffinson rarely speak, until a fight on the night of her 18th birthday where things take a turn for the worse. After their big blowout, Rowena runs into (literally) a boy her age who also seems to be in trouble... Each with their own issues, they decide to team up. But Rowena has another problem not even she is aware of. As each night creeps closer, so does her worst nightmare. Or...blessing? What secrets lie beyond the manor for Rowena? And what secrets lie beneath Shimmer Lake? *This is a work of fiction, all people, places and events are purely fictional. That being said, please enjoy SHIMMER LAKE! 😽*

❝ If you look in your dictionary you will find: Titans - A race of people vainly striving to overcome the forces of nature. Could anything be more unfortunate than such a name, anything more significant? ❞ - Arthur Rostron, Captain of the rescue ship Carpathia. ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐂, the most famous maritime vessel to ever grace the Atlantic Ocean. She was allegedly proclaimed to be "almost unsinkable", and touted as the greatest innovation of the Edwardian Age. To this day, her story - passed down for generations - serves as a cautionary tale in various fashions. When one considers the matter of maritime disasters, the sinking of the RMS Titanic is the first to escape their lips. But will we ever really know what precisely occurred on that tragic night? The answer to such a question is, unfortunately, no - but that does not mean that speculation cannot occur. Published here for the first time at long last is a series of vignettes offering glimpses into the Titanic's birth, life, and death. Told through the perspectives of some of the most famous individuals aboard this notorious ship, these vignettes were penned with the intention of conceptualizing a plausible definition of the specifics which will forever remain unknown. It is my hope that these vignettes will bring their subjects back to life through the written word, and render them human to us once more. ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── ⠀⠀ ── Please note that several pieces of writing within this book are compliant with or contain elements of the canonical storyline for James Cameron's 1997 Titanic.

1914 The Great War had just begun and two British newlyweds exchange letters as the conflict escalates on the Western front; one of them on land, the other in the trenches. They share tenderness, compassion and comfort. [an epistolary novel]

Book 3 of the "Alexander the Caracal" Series When Alexander comes face to face with the lynx that roams the estate that he calls home, the caracal finds himself wounded and experiencing things he never could have conceived possible.

Enceladus, an heavily abused sentient cat, known for being inside of a roblox game, was sent on a mission to rebuild time and prevent anymore disasters, he goes from saving the Titanic, to preventing viruses. To even fighting large amounts of abusers.

❝ 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. ❞ two people of two different worlds meet at the ship of dreams. [ jd x oc ] © marvelity 2018

Alexander Dockter thought he was safe after having escaped the trenches. He was wrong. On its way to England, his ship is torpedoed by a german U-boat and he has to find his way up to the deck. But the rising water is not the only threat that lurks in the dark, as the entities of his dead platoon members are also haunting him. But why are they after him? And can he escape this nightmare and leave the ship?

***Unedited*** A companion story to my novel Shadows May Fall. *Folks who have been reading along - you may have noticed that some of the parts have been unpublished (the ones set in 1904 and 1908.) The reason for this is that while I really enjoyed delving into the past with these characters and fleshing out Daniel and Lillian, they weren't really adding anything and coming up with a third one to fill the gap was just that -- filling the gap. I'll post them over at my website once this story is complete.

Shira Wesley didn't choose Redemption Ridge. She was sent. Exiled from her church and family, Shira arrives in the quiet mountain town under the care of her aunt Lettie-the midwife, and the only relative still speaking to her. With her older brother Jude keeping watch and reporting every step of her "restoration," Shira tries to keep her head down, follow the rules, and stay invisible. But Redemption Ridge has a way of working itself into the cracks. Despite the ever-watchful eye of home, Shira begins to assist her aunt in the quiet work of birth and healing-never expecting how it might begin to heal her too. As her guarded world slowly widens, two men begin to see her for more than her past: Kavi Abraham, a gentle and devout immigrant with wounds of his own, and Lucas, a steadfast townsman with a kind smile and steady faith. Each offers a glimpse of something she thought she'd forfeited-affection, dignity, and perhaps even a future. Torn between what she owes and what she longs for, Shira must decide if she will live under the weight of others' expectations-or finally begin to live the story Yahweh has written for her. Rich with longing, grace, and quiet hope, Redemption Ridge is a tender portrait of identity, second chances, and the unseen hand of a sovereign God at work in unlikely places.

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, 1916, everything appears polished on the surface-especially Flora Sinclair. After three years at the London Finishing School for Misbehaved Girls, she returns home poised, proper, and practically perfect. Just the way her parents always wanted. But the boy she left behind remembers the real her. And he's still waiting. Wesley knows the truth behind her new smile-the wild spirit, the muddy boots, the crooked laugh that once rang through the fields they used to run. But now, Flora's caught between who she's expected to be... and who she used to be. As war brews overseas and secrets stir at home, Flora must decide if she'll remain the picture-perfect daughter-or break free before the girl she truly is disappears forever.

Two lovers enter a bar, but one is too protective of his precious cinnamon roll, and this gets them in troubles

(coming soon) Set against the backdrop of late 19th and early 20th century Korea, amidst political upheavals and societal transformations, "The Royal Poet's Heart" follows the life of King Kim Tae-hyung of the Joseon Dynasty. Known for his love of literature and poetry, King Tae-hyung is drawn to the brilliant poet, Jeon Jungguk, whose verses captivate not only the king's mind but also his heart. "Your Majesty, I was thankful to be met by you.Our bond endured the tests of time, like the verses of a timeless poem, but the poem had to come at an end" said by Jeon Jungguk -1910- - Taehyung: (perusing a manuscript) "Who is the master behind these words? Such beauty, such depth... Bring me the poet responsible for this work." Courtier: "Your Majesty, that would be Jeon Jungguk, a rising star in literary circles." - "Yo-ur w-words, your presence has an au-ra nobody else does, you are a balm to my weary h-eart Mr. Jeon." Last words by "Tae-hyung" -1910-

Cora Heiler, the twenty-one year old daughter of a Pennsylvania millionaire moves to an Antebellum mansion in the southern city of Estelle. Once there, she meets Bettirose, a young rebellious woman, along with a group of other high-society people who all have something in common: they run an underground safehouse for the opposed of the city; women, LGBTQ+ people, POC's, and many more. As Cora becomes more involved in this society, while trying to keep her social façade from slipping, she comes face-to-face with the Society's enemies, while trying to keep the society safe at the same time. Set in one of history's most rebellious time periods fashion, rights, and thinking wise, "The Gallant South" series illustrates a brave group of young people willing to fight for changes. Content Warning: Book contains death/murder, lynchings, mention of sexual assault, domestic abuse, police brutality, and graphic descriptions.

Lucrezia Poole's family has lost everything following a disastrous financial risk gone awry and her father's subsequent death. After authorities label his passing as a suicide, their once well established Bostonite name becomes steeped in failure and scandal. After turning down a proposal of marriage from a much older but wealthy man, Lucrezia's stepmother turns her out on her own. Forced to find a way to fend for herself, Lucrezia applies to a post for a governess position in the Pocono mountains of Pennsylvania at the infamous Winters estate, Wintergrove The Winters family, one of the most prominent in the country and yet the most secretive, has profited from their coal mines for decades. The patriarch of the family, Daniel Winters, is a renowned philanthropist and industrial tycoon of the last century. Now in his nineties, he lives in the sprawling castle with his grandson Theodore and great grandson Danny. Rumors abound in the house of a curse on the women of the family. Daniel Winters' own wife ran mad before throwing herself into a mountain chasm by her home. Theo's wife, Danny's mother, was rumored to have gone insane as well before she died in childbirth. With tensions rising between union strikers at their mines and Daniel Winters trying to wrestle business decisions from his stoic grandson, Lucrezia is plagued by dreams and visions in the echoing home as her attraction to Theo grows. Could the curse on the Winters family already be taking root in her? Or is there something more sinister afoot?