Stories tagged “1800s”

  • In the Shadows of Men

    Hello. If you are reading this you happen to have stumbled across my journal.It contains my story. If you have found this, I am probably no longer of this Earth. I am recording this on 6th November 1823 so that the world may know my story and that of t...

  • In the Shadows Of Men (3)

    For 5 years I grew used to the pleasure of being cared for. As a young child, I’d been brought up in the ways of a farm, but had never yet worked. I remember clearly the rules and standards my Uncle imposed. Even as a child I’d always thoug...

  • Shanghaied

    My head felt as if it were to explode with every pulse of the blood in my veins. I opened my eyes and attempted to evaluate my surroundings. I was in a room, lit only with an oil lamp, casting oddly flitting shadows on the wooden walls. My first impuls...

  • Rope Ladder

    The sinister man summarily shoved me out the door to the room. My head was reeling—all the documents that had to be forged, all the money that had to have exchanged hands, all the relatives back home…I mentally initiated a curse upon the crimp who ...

  • Up the Sails

    A strong yank from above halted my fall and jolted me to attention. Hoisted up, I stared into the face of an old man from one of the tribes in the Oregon Country, the features of his countenance worn by the march of time. “That’s a nasty fa...

  • Pine Tree

    I opened my eyes, incredulous. The Englishman, who seemed loth to spare his charges any opportunity for humiliation or physical injury, merely stared for a moment before shaking his head and wandering off, finding some other poor soul to abuse. “...