"This story is a little different..."
Beep… Beep… Beep… Beep… I hear as my eyes slowly open. The room is blurry; I try to get some orientation as I am not sure where I am.What has happened to me? I think.Beep… Beep… Beep… Beep…I felt different;...
"Frida and Paula are sent away from their home when Paullus goes to war."
From the small window of my room above the stable, I watched as Paullus's figure receded in the distance. Paullus, whose legionnaires had massacred my clan and my father and made me a slave of Rome. Paullus, who had made...
"Our first repeat client"
Chapter Seven Lady Emma returns.Rather sooner than expected, Lady Emma Thomas, our inaugural client, has asked for further treatment. She has satisfied her husband for the last few weeks but has never herself, been satisfied in the way she was...
"Clare's backstory..."
It is 1987, the last Sunday in August, and my arm is around Brenda. She is my new bull lesbian girlfriend and my first openly gay relationship. But my life is complicated. I am standing there by the apartment block’s...
"In Ancient Rome, an emperor may not be who he seems."
The harvest had been bad that year, and there had been outbreaks of plague in the city. The streets of Rome were even less safe than usual as gangs of hungry bandits roamed around, looking for anyone with gold. Also...
"A Prisoner Finds Love During the Reign of Terror"
July 1794The Revolutionary Tribunal handed down its verdict: "Celine Reseau, we find you guilty. The sentence shall be death by guillotine." The twenty-one-year-old seamstress had pled innocent of the charges of treason. With no right to an attorney, she made...
"The journey of our heroines continues — this time through the eyes of Brianna's sister, Lanis."
Exactly how many gods are there? With so many faiths, surely the heavens must be overrun? Or are there only a few with countless different names? Maybe it simply depends on how many believe? Whichever gods exist, and whatever they...
"And so it begins..."
In the beginning was Chaos. And Chaos detested organisation and structure. He was roguish and full of mischief. Whenever order and logic looked likely to prevail, he would chuckle, wave his divine hand and delight in thwarting such impudence. Exasperated,...
"Can Vincent finally find peace in the world?"
December 1999…Can blood drain from the face of a vampire?It certainly felt like it. Standing inside the art gallery in New Orleans, I was shocked into immobility, unable to move a single muscle as electricity surged through me. Whiter than...
"Cass the historian gets a commission"
It has been decided that I shall go to Somerset. I feel myself being torn apart but we must be strong. I shall write whenever I can and, I pray you, write to the usual place and it will reach...