- Why Are You Weeping, Sister? Ongoing
- Reads 16
- Votes 0
- Parts 9
- Time 2h 3m
1907: Gwendolyn Graham is a happy teenager, living on her family's farm outside Baltimore. She has already decided the path her life will take: As soon as she is old enough, she will marry the young man whose farm adjoins theirs, and they will of course live happily ever after, raising horses and helping manage their tobacco farm. Everything is going according to her well-laid plans. Then her father is killed in a farming accident. Her mother forces her to move to the city, forbids any contact with her love, and plans for her to marry for money and social position. She hates her new life, but still manages to keep contact with her gentleman friend from back home. Her world falls apart yet again when one of the men with whom her mother forces her to keep company drugs her and deposits her in a brothel. A prequel to The House that Jack Built The book is avaiable on Amazon.com, in paperback and Kindle. - Sweet Mystery of Life Ongoing
- Reads 3
- Votes 0
- Parts 3
- Time 1h 24m
1922: Eugenics has taken hold. A woman of color gives birth to a biracial baby who is a light complexioned blond cherub. She is told the child was stillborn. She and her husband refuse to accept that. Meanwhile, evil is afoot in Baltimore City. Someone is kidnapping little girls. When they are found, they have been raped beaten and sometimes killed. The police feel as if they are running in circles. - The House that Jack Built Complete
- Reads 396
- Votes 4
- Parts 3
- Time 1h 25m
People in Baltimore in 1910 were still trying to rebuild following the great fire of six years before. In the midst of this rebuilding, the working class and the heads of business are thrown together. When victims begin piling up, is it the laborer or the owner at fault? - Under the Raj Ongoing
- Reads 27
- Votes 2
- Parts 1
- Time 20m
- The Gazing Ball Complete
- Reads 1,547
- Votes 8
- Parts 2
- Time 23m
A young girl finds the gnomes and faeries in her garden come to life, due to the actions of a miraculous Gazing Ball. She has adventures with them, and they have their own adventures. For ages 4 through 9. If you like these stories, and want to read more of Tara's adventures with her magickal friends, the book is available at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=The%20Gazing%20Ball%20by%20Anne%20Arrandale - Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier Ongoing
- Reads 5
- Votes 0
- Parts 4
- Time 2h 9m
April 4, 1917: The United States enters The Great War. Young men are being drafted, while young women volunteer to serve in auxilary positions, freeing "A Man to Fight." Rhys Shay has his draft notice, and is preparing to report any day now. Lucy Goodheart, the young woman his brother rescued from a sex trafficker five years before, has learned the art of telegraphy from her foster father. Now that she is out of school, she joins the U.S. Navy in the only capacity available, as a Yeoman (F). Not only does being a Yeomanette enable her to make use of her telegraphy skills, it lets her feel closer to young Mr. Shay. One of the first thing Lucy does is intercept communications from a German spy ring. - For Better or Worsted Ongoing
- Reads 64
- Votes 2
- Parts 2
- Time 5m
This is for anyone who does needlework, regardless of your skill level. Simple, easy to understand language takes you through a collection of patterns. I've included one here. The book can be found on Amazon, in both Kindle and print version. - Novus Ordo Seclorum Ongoing
- Reads 73
- Votes 1
- Parts 6
- Time 35m
Sinclair Lewis said, "When Fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in a flag, carrying a Bible." What could happen here, in 25 years? An ultra right wing government in power, walls and fences at our borders, extreme ethnic purity? When the Idiocracy is in full power? Novus Ordo Seclorum, the Order for a New World, is the story of two families, throiwn together to fight the horrors of their New World, trying to make things better for their own futures. The first six chapters are posted here. The entire book is available in Kindle format at Novus Ordo Seclorum https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06WP6W5XM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_AYDPyb9K4SW0M - The Left Hand of Dog Ongoing
- Reads 10
- Votes 0
- Parts 3
- Time 9m
A collection of stories, a continuation of Adventures of a Crazy Cat Lady, and Talk to the Paw: A Crazy Cat Lady Tells All. Available on Amazon, or at your local book seller. - Resident Djinn Ongoing
- Reads 20
- Votes 0
- Parts 1
- Time 10m
- Neutral Zone Complete
- Reads 139,235
- Votes 158
- Parts 4
- Time 33m
New Orleans. The French Quarter. People are turning up dead. The 'Vampire Killer' of the French Quarter is doing what the police haven't been able to do: protect victims from their abusers. Is he a hero, or a villian - Cookie Ongoing
- Reads 24
- Votes 1
- Parts 1
- Time 6m
- He Will Restore Ongoing
- Reads 1,344
- Votes 16
- Parts 6
- Time 24m
Based on an historic event. Two young men were hanged in 1878, in Cookeville TN, for a double murder. They continued to declare their innocence, right up until they met their end. The evidence against them was all circumstantial. Were they guilty? Or were they covering the crime of another? the book is now available at Amazon.com in paperback, and at Smashwords.com for ebook [all formats] - Adventures of a Crazy Cat Lady Complete
- Reads 341
- Votes 3
- Parts 3
- Time 13m
The care and feeding of a woman and the cats she loves. Some of these stories have appeared in I Love Cats Magazine, Horizon Magazine, and several online publications. The complete version of Adventures will be available in hard copy very soon from Amazon.com - Oh, Mr. Porter Ongoing
- Reads 6
- Votes 0
- Parts 5
- Time 1h 42m
The fledgling Bureau of Investigation (the precurser to the FBI) has been charged with investigating violations of the Mann Act. In 1912, 3 young girls are snatched from the streets, to be sold to a procurer in another state. The agent and his seconded Baltimore City Police Officers give chase. Will they reach the children before they meet with a fate worse than death?
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