King Edward stood watching from the rampart wall as the burghers of Calais approached escorted by his heralds and a detachment of men at arms. “Silly Burghers,” he said, more to himself than to his Queen. “Why are they silly?” she asked. “I think it is very noble of them to offer their lives for the lives of the townspeople.” “It would be, Phillippa – if...
Author's Note: There are no quick fixes here; this is my attempt at romance, rather than what a friend of mine refers to as a 'stroke story'. Alas, this chapter is longer than I'd originally intended, and I dare say(though I hope otherwise), the next shall be just as long. My earnest thanks to Kira; I truly value the time and effort you take with your edi...
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Time passed in a flurry of activity at the House in preparation for the arrival of the King. Emissary Zarn and Lord Ulrich were both losing patience with me over my refusal to return to the service of Lord Ulrich immediately. my reply was always that i would await the out come of the King's official inquiry into the matter. There was no way that i was willin...
Copyright Oggbashan January 2004 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. ************************************************* Editor’s Note...
THIS IS A CREATIVE WORK OF FICTION They call it the Most Nobel Royal Order of the Blue Garter. The story begins with the Countess of Salisbury, also known as the Fair Maid of Kent. (Historians argue over the identity of the woman.) The lady dropped her garter at a Court Ball in 1349 when dancing with King Edward III. Tradition says that to cover the la...
Once upon a time there was a couple that was extremely bored one autumn weekend. Rich and Kat had enjoyed summer, but with the turning of the leaves and both of them running out of vacation days their options for entertainment were limited. One day while they were watching Princess Bride on Netflix there was a knock on Rich and Kat's door. "Check it out...
Welcome to Fortasia, a realm of pure beauty, great heroes, and a thriving economy. Consisting of four different countries, each with their own kingdom, it is not only known for their legendary tales of warriors and relics, but the four kingdoms also possess their own royal families. In this case, each of the four royal families had their own individual sons,...
Author's Prelude: Some of my readers have requested that I use other names besides the lovely blonde Miriam and her cuckolded husband, Maurice. In this story, I have used Marilyn as the pretty blonde protagonist and Mike as her dutiful and loving husband. For my faithful readers, it is easy enough for you to think of Miriam and Maurice in the roles of thos...
1 Mark checked out some of the articles and videos that Cricket had been collecting. Since Cricket already had access to the Internet, she constantly had queries running on key words like Mark Phoenix, Atlantis, Atlantean Federation, Liyana, Henderson Ranch and aliens. He saw a clip of the Prime Minister of Canada saying he welcomed the Atlantean Federatio...