Periodfiction Stories

It had been a year since Phillipa Thamesman had taken up the housemaid's post advertised in the Daily Herald. The summer of 1890 was one to remember, from euphoric daydreams materialising to untimely reunions, the events of July and August solidified into the start of a new era, the golden years. * * * * this is a hetty feather fan fic inspired by the calendar hall era of the show. i do not own any rights to the original series.

🏆 WINNER of the 2021 Ambys! Historical Fiction genre & Contest! Something is amiss within the halls of Elsinore Manor. Something that cannot be defined. With her husband away on business, Gertrude Bard awaits his return in their manor in Cornwall, England. She spends her days in the company of her three children - Ophelia (12), Rosen (8), and Gilbert (6) - and her husband's younger brother, Claude, who has come to stay with them during the patriarch's absence. Not long after Claude's arrival, strange and unexplainable things begin to occur. Objects go missing, the piano plays on its own, and Gilbert has a sudden imaginary friend who may or may not be a ghost. Claude claims ignorance, and Gertrude begins to doubt her sanity. Is the new darkness enveloping Elsinore Manor the product of calculated deceit? Or is the truth something far more sinister and otherworldly? ~ ~ ~ HIGHEST RANKINGS ~ #1 Period Fiction #1 Hamlet #1 Jane Eyre #2 Haunted Mansion #3 The Ambys 2021 #4 Ghost Story #4 Red Room

Ellen Cross has the sad duty to accompany her friend and companion to the funeral of her parents. Clara's parents died when their home burned to the ground. It was located on the Galant Plantation, a major transfer point for the illegal liqueur smuggled by Ellen's employer and lover, Luke Mason. Ellen discovers Clara's parents were murdered by a racist group. To Ellen, Clara and her family were family. Part of her organization. And to murder family is mortal offense. The 1920's gangsters versus 1920's racists in a war of attrition. This is the second story including the transgender character Ellen Cross. It contains racist and 1920s style gangster violence.

On September 16th, 1920, the world changed. It was not just the beginning of a new decade. It was the explosion on Wall Street. A TNT bomb planted by terrorists in front of the JP Morgan building. Caught up in that explosion was Ellen Cross, Luke Mason, Ellen's sister Carol, and Phillip who was the only one injured. It was now February of 1921, Luke Mason is now a successful leader of a criminal organization that exploits the new prohibition laws that makes it illegal to serve alcohol. Ellen Cross has become Luke's 'kept woman'. Ellen is no idle fixture in Luke's organization. She acts as secretary, she is also responsible for circumventing prohibition laws by creating a fleet of 'party boats' that operate outside national waters and outside prohibition laws. Carol and Phillip have not been so fortunate since that day. Phillip is now addicted to hop (opiates) and has taken to beating Carol and stealing her money. Bad drugs have shown up since the new drug kingpin of New York has taken over the trade. People are dying. Luke and Ellen decide to do something about this hop crisis before it destroys all the know and work so hard to build.

Teodora, a reclusive and comfortable loner, learns the beauty and importance of human connection after an unlikely encounter.

My first Nia Green story appeared in a pagan anthology. I would republish my original story and those that follow in The New Pulp Writer in 1998. A small desktop publication. You will note that the stories start to turn from witchcraft for a short time to develop a more steampunk theme. I do not abandon the theme of magic in the stories completely, but with her new nemesis of Natasha Nachua, Nia Green encounters more than magic in her future stories. These tend to be short stories and I may eventually combine these stories into one collection. For now I am more interested in simply putting these stories out for public consumption.

Saza-e-Ishq ~ A tale of love and ruin Based in Pre-Independence India, Saza-e-Ishq revolves around~ Tara Mishra - The daughter of the owner of the biggest newspaper company in the city, London return, she is soft at heart, and fierce at soul. Zayan - The son of a courtesan, he works in a factory, making swords ; his hands calloused, soul rougher. What will happen when these two cross paths? Will they fall in love? Or will they become each other's ruin? It's forbidden~

This story centers more around Rae North of my Ellen Cross stories. Rae is a outspoken woman running a stage theater in the 1920s. Rae is considered immoral by critics because she supports LGBT and racial rights. After a fire set at her theater in an attempt to kill her friend Ellen Cross. Rae is attempting to get her theater up and running again. The problem is that a group of vigilantes are killing her actors.

This is a short Nia Green story I wrote that originally appeared in the Cauldron's Brew, a small press publication, in February 1997. I lost the original final draft and had to rewrite it again. Nia and her friends notice unusual lights and a loud explosion that cracked the windows of Hilltop House and the nearby town of Lake Haven. Nia searches for Old Gwen to see if the witch knows something about the lights. Nia learns that she needs to use her natural magical abilities to help a displaced group of people to escape what would be a massacre. To do that she needs to open a gateway for them so they can travel to another world and escape Federal troops who have arrived to stop them.

Pearl Moore has arrived in Small Heath in search of the stolen machine guns from the BSA factory, on orders from a London gangster. All she has to do is fool Inspector Campbell, Throw the IRA off the trail and get close to Tommy Shelby. All while hiding her true past from everyone around her. How hard could it possibly be?

mirage. मृगतृष्णा an unrealistic hope or wish that cannot be achieved. Princess Chandraa of Mahidhar only wished for one thing from her partner, respect and time. But Crown Prince Suren was hiding something. Will he accept her or will his secret shatter Chandraa's life? started: june 2021

A thoughtful young woman of high society finds herself without a dance partner during a ballroom event. Perhaps what she seeks is closer to her than it appears...

You're so golden I'm out of my head and I know that you're scared Because hearts get broken "Your Majesty, I want to be a knight of Navaeh."

A collection of poems inspired by queer relationships that emphasize the intimacy and authenticity of mlm love throughout history.

On June 15, 1896, Nia Green is swept out to sea by a tsunami. Nia manages to survive, but her mind is shattered. Nia returns to the United States. Nia's Aunt committed suicide a decade ago, her Aunt's estate has been sitting empty since that time. Nia decides that it was time to come to terms with her Aunt's suicide, perhaps by doing so, understanding why she survived while so many people died in the tsunami. This story deals with abortion, some people may find this disturbing.

Waka Tifi was occupied by the British for one hundred and fifty years as a protectorate. During WWII the British turned the island over to the United States. Teuila Arihi is the island Chieftess who runs the independent government of the United States protectorate. Natural barriers have protected Waka from thermonuclear testing fallout. Now people on Waka are getting sick. Is it radiation sickness? Could it be cyanide or some other poison? Or is it some virus from outside the island? The newly formed CIA fears a different sickness is running it's course on Waka. Communism. Teuila has imposed high taxes, refuses applications of Christian missionaries to establish themselves on the island while supporting a local island cult. Teuila has invested those high taxes into socialized healthcare, and government distribution of food, clothing, and housing. Waka Radio and Waka Press are both run by Americans and allowed free speech. Small businesses such as the Victory Cafe, independent fishing and farming, are all encouraged. Large corporations outside the island are used for services, but aren't welcome on the island. The CIA sends an 'observer' to the island. Who is actually there to destabilize the economy and displace Teuila. Teuila proves to be smarter than the CIA expected. With help from a outsider of the island from the United States and a Americans already on the island the 'observer' is disposed of as well as the criminal organization he used to try and destroy the island's government and it's natives.