Historical
The Arabian booth at the Cleveland Bazaar
Cleveland, Ohio, 1865 It was the dead of winter, but the air inside Atheneum Hall was warm and humid. The air smelled like cigar smoke and desire. Bridget watched as gentlemen callers entered her booth—the Turkish booth. She wore an Arabian Princess costume, which exposed her breasts and belly. Having grown up in the cold, boggy West of Ireland, she never imagined princesses wore so little clothing.
By Ashley Herzog4 years ago in Fiction
That one Wild Ghost Town in the West, Out Yonder
Intro: I have recently been reading a Tale Of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens. As a writer, I am CONSTANTLY asked what I am writing. People try to take sneak peaks at my journals. people tell other people about my novel ideas before I have the 4th chapter written. people blast the news before I can get published and earn anything off my writings. Sometimes, this causes copyright issues and me having to redo everything from scratch.
By Kristyn Loritsch4 years ago in Fiction
The Banks of the Rubicon
Julius Caesar is probably the most famous leader in history. He is famous for such innovations as the Appian Way, the Modern Calendar, and Seigeworx. His most notable act, the conquering of Gaul and England, yielded the most noted battle in history. It ended when Caesar was compelled to chase down his comrade, Pompeii, to Egypt; and Cassius to the Mediterranean Gulf; and kill or force them to commit suicide. The Battle of Alesia is highly regarded for the technical superiority used when Caesar captured the Gallic Chieftain Vercingetorix (pronounced: Ver-sin-GET-or-ix). Julius Caesar marched his armies from Rome on the central west coast of what we now call Italy, across the Roman Alps (the frozen barrier of mountains separating the Italian Peninsula from Germany) into Europe to hunt for the barbarians who were raiding the Tuscan farming villages that supplied Rome with grain and meat. The first obstacle that Caesar and his army met was the Rhine River. There Caesar had his men construct a wooden bridge from the surrounding trees. They crossed and disassembled the pontoon flotilla bridge with the last men across each section as to take it with them.
By Jake Davis4 years ago in Fiction
Doppelganger
Paris 1750 She must never know there was a second child," said Joseph St. Evremonde to the young physician's assistant, Alexandre Manette. Joseph's wife, Annette, had just given birth to twin boys and, due to complications, slipped into a coma.
By Angela Denise Fortner Roberts4 years ago in Fiction
Strange Mini Dreams
I had a bizarre mini dream last week; I saw my aunt Willa dressed in a green two-piece suit with fur around the collar and a hat with fur trim. My aunt was always a smart and stylish dressing woman. She looked like she was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and married well. The truth is quite the opposite she was born poor her mom worked as a maid sometimes her father worked on the railroad some and did some construction work. Now about marrying she did do well (for a poor woman) her husband was retired from the military. He was a high-ranking sergeant, so his check was above average. The way she spoke you would have thought she was very highly educated. She was like many poor black women of her day. She dropped out of school about the six grade and went to work to help her family. She passed in 1996 at the age of 82.
By Hadayai Majeed aka Dora Spencer4 years ago in Fiction
The Legend of Matt Hammer
The sun blazed down on the desert, baking the ground and everything on it. Even the lizards had tried to find some elusive shade. The man slowly plodded through the heat, his bare skin feeling like it was on fire. The war had ended, and he was now a free man. Freed by the soldiers from the north he had headed west in search of a better way of life. He had no family; his relatives had perished either on the boat on the way over or under the stress of the working conditions on the plantation. He had stolen a horse from a southern gentleman, and he had ridden as fast and as far as he could go.
By T.D. Zummack4 years ago in Fiction
Sunflower Sisters: 4 Stars
If you are a fan of "Lilac Girls" by New York Times best-selling author, Martha Hall Kelly, you'll want to add "Sunflower Sisters" to your list. This novel follows three stories. The first is the account of Caroline Ferriday's (One of the main characters in "Lilac Girls") ancestor, Miss Georgeanna Woolsey or "Georgy." The second follows Jemma, an enslaved young woman living on the Peeler plantation in Maryland. The third is the account of Anne-May, the cruel Mistress of Peeler Plantation.
By Leah Lawrence 4 years ago in Fiction
