Pioneer Stories

Finn Smith, secretly the ancient Kryptonian AR-NUL, crash-landed on Earth seventeen years ago after a distorted pioneer-mission pod veered off course. Raised by human parents who run a small tech shop in New Horizon City, he grows up awakening powers far earlier than a normal Kryptonian, becoming the city's mysterious young vigilante SOL. While juggling school, tutoring jobs, and hiding his identity, Finn battles rising crime fueled by alien tech smugglers. The Justice League becomes aware of him after he survives a gang ambush involving kryptonite-laced weapons. Concerned for his safety-and the danger he faces alone-they begin preparing to make contact. As New Horizon City becomes a hotspot for off-world activity, Finn must navigate being a high-end Kryptonian teenager trying to help people while the world (and the League) closes in around him.

She was nineteen when the world ended. She was eighty when she finally laid it down. Between those years lived a life no one could erase. In 1829, Sarah Wright was sentenced at Newgate Prison and transported to New South Wales aboard the Lord Sidmouth. Shackled, pregnant, and alone, she enters a world designed to break her. But Sarah does not break. She survives the voyage. She survives the men who would use her. She survives the loss of a child, the lash, the hunger, the grief. She survives love twice. And she builds a family that will carry her name long after she is gone. Beyond the Chains is the sweeping, intimate story of a real woman who refused to be defined by the punishment forced upon her. Through heartbreak, resilience, and fierce devotion to her children, Sarah Wright becomes more than a convict - she becomes a matriarch, a pioneer, and the quiet heart of a legacy. She was my ancestor. Her life was hard. Her life was extraordinary. And now, her story is finally told.

In this alternate ending of 1883, Elsa survives the journey when Sam stays with the wagon train, helping them avoid tragedy and guiding them safely to Montana. There, the group finds peace and begins new lives, while Elsa chooses a future with Sam building a life, a family, and a sense of belonging across two worlds.

Being a mail order bride is hard... dealing with the new in-laws is harder! Irene Bailey misses Missouri more than she could have imagined. The cousin she's living with treats her like a maid, and her life is unraveling fast. When she finds Dr. Theodore Harcourt's ad for a mail order bride,she thinks her problems are solved. But Dr. Harcourt isn't interested in marriage. He's interested in money. His business is failing, and his late father's estate will only go to him on one condition:He needs to be married. Desperate for a way to put his life back in order, he finds a bride the fastest and easiest way possible - through an ad. He never thought he'd get so lucky to find a woman like Irene. Smart as well as beautiful, she's everything he's dreamed of. But his aunt isn't happy. She wants the money for herself and will go to any lengths possible to get it. Money isn't everything, but will Dr. Harcourt realize that in time to save his marriage? Or will Irene and the doctor miss their one chance at true love?

It's the 1870s. Megan Collins is thirteen. She and her family left England when she was five. She vaguely remembers her life back then, before they moved to Mississippi along with a few other families to start a settlement. Her parents were often embarrassed by her since she was so weak and small compared to the other girls her age, and it was hard for her to do her share of the work. she could tell her parents didn't like her much. Another mouth to feed. They never said it, but she knew they thought it. then it happened, their settlement was overrun by Indians. They had to leave. Seeing their chance, Mr. and Mrs. Collins and their oldest son fled, leaving Meg and her brother behind to fend for themselves.

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