Six Days in June: Courage of a Country
Early June 1967. Yaakov Stein is a man molded by the desert. His weather-beaten face bears the marks of a lifetime under the relentless sun. His hands, hardened...
Category: historical fiction short stories
Historical fiction short stories.
A Golden City Dream
Benjamin White, a young man in his early twenties, tall and slender with a mop of blond hair that falls over his clear blue eyes, gazes out at the endless blue ...
Nature and Wisdom: Lesson of the Bamboo Grove
In the heartland of ancient China lay the serene village of Liusha. And in this humble hamlet lived Master Zhong, a renowned scholar, and his son, Liwei, a spir...
Two Hearts Under the Harlem Moon
People often comment on my beauty. “Why aren’t you married?” they ask. “I have a perfect man for you,” some offer. Rumors swirl, and people wonder, and I feel g...
Proclaiming Freedom: President Lincoln Stands For Liberty
President Abraham Lincoln sits at his desk in a dimly lit room. He holds a quill pen over an aged parchment on which he drafts the Emancipation Proclamation. Si...
Fire of Freedom: A Southern Abolitionist’s Story
The sun sinks low on the horizon, casting long, velvety shadows across the veranda of Cornelius Whitmore’s opulent southern estate. It is a day of celebra...
The Golden Heart of Prosperity
In the rugged California mountains, where the sun cast golden beams of light and the rivers whispered songs of fortune, the town of Prosperity was born. Though ...
Voices Unbound
The sun casts a soft, amber glow through the parlor window, illuminating the dust motes that dance in the air. With his back to the light and standing in front ...
Lanterns of the Night
On a warm summer evening, as the sun dips below the horizon and paints the sky with hues of lavender and pink, Clara Barton finds herself amidst the clamor of a...
Destination: Freedom
In the darkness of night, the flickering gas lamps cast an eerie light over the otherwise deserted train station. The steam from the locomotive billows, dissipa...