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Crowns of Destiny
What if everything you thought you knew was a lie?
A destiny fraught with political intrigue, love, honor, and betrayal.
Not all battles are fought on the field.
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The Scribe’s Daughter
The King’s Daughter
The King’s Furies
FEAR IS AS OLD AS TIME ITSELF
Chilling tales that will take you through a labyrinth of historical horror. You will encounter a tormented Roman general. A Norse woman who must confront her terrifying destiny. Meet a troubled Saxon brother, searching for his twin’s murderer. A young nurse tries to solve the mysteries of an asylum for the insane.
Down the passages of time to the Tudor age, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn wander through a haunted garden and elsewhere, a lost slave girl is the soul survivor of a mass slaughter.
These are just a few of the eerie tales which ensure that Hauntings is not for the faint-hearted. Join us as 10 talented authors relate their historical horrors in this ghostly collection
With a foreword by the eminent author of histories of medieval women Sharon Bennett Connolly.
After catching a glimpse of freedom, a young slave girl finds out that sometimes the dead don’t sleep.
Mêlie lives in the slave village beyond Croilton Castle, home of the powerful Lord Cilgaron. She and her family work at the castle where her days are long, her work arduous. But Mêlie’s days have one bright spot: Anscher, a freeman and castle laborer. Mêlie dreams of a future with him, but when the king and queen of Agrius declare the abolition of slavery in the realm, everything changes. Mêlie is delighted by the change to her fortunes, but not everyone shares her contentment.
Shades of Awakening is set during the events written about in The King’s Daughter, but the short story can be fully enjoyed as a stand-alone read.
Originally published in Hauntings, this short work of fiction is available now as a separate story.
Strolling through an art gallery gives art appreciators a glimpse at the heart of creativity artists from across time and distance have poured onto canvas, into clay, through wood, metal, and stone. Art inspires us and helps us connect with emotions and ideas. But have you ever wondered what inspired the artists themselves? Perhaps it was a loved one, a moment of suffering or despair, a celebration, or a victory. Have you ever wondered what stories these works tell?
We asked the authors of the Historical Writers Forum these questions, to imagine what stories might be revealed in the history of famous works of art. Through their short stories, you will be transported back in time to the magnificence of works of art from ancient Mesopotamia to nineteenth century America, exploring the people, events, and emotions that may have inspired incredible works of art.
This anthology from Historical Writers Forum includes the following short stories:
A Našû for Ilu, Stephanie Churchill; Proof of the Old Faith, Virginia Crow; La Belle Dame sans Merci, Kathleen Guler; Blood on White Mountain, Eleanor Swift-Hook; The Lacemaker’s Son, Melissa Speed; The Portrait, Lars D.H. Hedbor; The Ambassadress, Ronan Beckman; A Good and Proper Lunacy, Tempest Wright; Portrait of a Lady, Joanne Major; The Watcher on the Wall, Gareth Williams; Legacy, Samantha Wilcoxson