Stories tagged “historical fiction”
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The Static Broken
It was like a static hum, crisp air snapping beside the spots where he knew his ears were. He couldn’t describe it—it was so new, intangible—a feeling. The four senses, he could understand, but this one—this was a door that was ...
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The Murder of Manzanar
We drove past a barbed-wire fence, through a gate, and into an open space where trunks and sacks and packages had been dumped from the baggage trucks that drove out ahead of us. Inside the bus no one stirred. No one waved or spoke, they all just stared...
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The Murder of Manzanar
We drove past a barbed-wire fence, through a gate, and into an open space where trunks and sacks and packages had been dumped from the baggage trucks that drove out ahead of us. Inside the bus no one stirred. No one waved or spoke, they all just stared...
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Henry VIII
Henry lay on his vast bed, his chaplain beside him murmering prayers. He knew he wasn’t long for this world, he just prayed that his nine year old son Edward would make a good King. The appointed councillors who would serve in the regency council...
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Katherine of Aragon
A finely dressed figure was knelt before the altar of the chapel. Latin prayers poured out of her mouth as she clutched her hands together in front of her. Her eyes looked up adoringly at the Madonna before her, as tears poured out of her eyes. Katheri...
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Anne Boleyn
Her heart beat faster in her chest, as if it knew it only had minutes to live and was trying to fulfill a lifetime worth of beats. The dark haired woman took a couple of breaths to calm her mind. Anne Boleyn looked out of the window at the wooden scaff...
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A Model of Purity and Chastity
It didn’t take long for it to happen. And Alan didn’t notice. “And he never will,” he said to me, staring at me with those sharp blue eyes. I tangled my hands in his red hair and pulled him close. The kisses. The chaste and the ...
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Breath
The first time his breath came short was when he saw her. She was wearing a simple dress, made of calico, and her hair was done up in the latest fashion. She had the most beautiful hair, the color of honey, and her eyes were a beautiful blue. She was w...
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Run
Nathan never ran so much in his life, even when he was a young boy. Of course, back then he didn’t have to run for his life, as he had to do so often now. What made it worse was that he often had to escort a certain Boston girl from one place to ...
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Experiments
I knew my life would be changed when I saw my parents in the sitting room, talking to a well-dressed stranger. The three of them were in a deep conversation; it apparently wasn’t going too well, for there was look of worry on my mother’s fa...
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Mana
July the Twentieth The Year of Our Lord 1533 It is done. After months of tribulations and slow victories, we have finally drawn out the secret of the Incan emperor Atahualpa. Soon he will be executed, and the arduous journey we have taken for Spain and...