Orders Are Orders by BetweenSunAndMoon Virginia Hill, girlfriend of notorious mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, doubts things would have turned out differently even if she hadn't betrayed him.

12Avenger » by Upsy Daisy The Caribbean Ocean of the 1700s is a place where the lawless make the laws, and freedom - or death - are waiting for those brave enough to write their own fortunes.

The Byzantine Path » by Byzantinefox The Byzantine Empire was once magnificent. Now it is nothing but an ember of a great power as the emperor is looking to the future he perceives the end. He instead chooses the other path, The Byzantine Path.

Dreams of the High Frontier: To Slip the Surly Bonds » by tlong0038 The story of the Space Age from the birth of Robert Goddard to the launch of Sputnik.

102The Merchant's Daughter » by Jackaroe Jeanie is the plain & proper daughter of an English merchant; but all plainness & propriety are abandoned when her stepsister's fiancé, a boy she secretly loves herself, is pressed into the navy and Jeanie herself resolves, alone, to bring him back.

The Imperial Graveyard by WhatElseCouldIDo When the CIA partners with Pakistan intelligence to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan, the confidence in Washington and at Langley skyrockets. But serious intrigue is already afoot...

The Daisies Whisper His Name by in-a-celluloid-scene Through a span of six years, this is the story of Miki, Mikołaj, Private Frankowicz, and Prisoner No. 128560 - one boy in different stages of his life during the Second World War. Told in a series of vignettes.

8 The Rag Quilt » by G12G4 - Alex Bischoff Christian Fiction. In 1763, eighteen year old Lydia Fischer had never considered the world outside her Amish community until she meets Sam, a Native American who is unlike anything she ever expected. Through his kindness and openness she begins to open her eyes to a world beyond what she had known, and the sins of her own people committed in their desire to isolate themselves.

1 Historical Fiction: All-Hallows Eve by notmuchmoretosay Twelve-year-old twins, Minor and Dolly Walker, accidentally solve a murder mystery in west London, 1879. Inspired by Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley (graded by her too).

4The Least Likely Marchioness » by fiveby10eighty3 Rose Farnsworth arrives home from the war determined to bury her heart in work the way her sweetheart had been buried 'Somehere in France'. She never knew that meeting a marquess would change her plans.

1The Lady's Man » by EliJay2312 A captive warrior learns to navigate a new world, but he is not alone. With help from unexpected places, he grows into the man he was meant to be.

1There Are Places I Remember » by addledwalrus Dolores wanted little else than to be loved by the boy of her dreams. Tony had trouble deciding what to do with his life. Together, they came of age and faced an uncertain future against the backdrop of the Vietnam War.

The Twins Imagining the Holocaust Contest Entry by MoonlitAconites Jacksonville State University hosts an annual writing competition that attempts to teach Holocaust history and its importance to students in the middle to high school level of education. This was my entry to the 2020 contest, which recently won first place in the short story middle school division.