Historical Fiction

The Rose That Drank the Moonlight
In the ruins of an old monastery, a single rose grew — black as ink, luminous as frost. The monks who tended it swore it drank moonlight instead of water.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Girl Who Collected Silences
In a forgotten village, a girl named Mira wandered through abandoned houses and gathered silences in glass jars. The silence of a burned-out church. The silence of a letter never sent. The silence of her own heartbeat when she was alone.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Library That Refused to Burn
When the great fire swept through the city of Aram, everything burned except one building: the Library of Echoes. Flames licked the walls but never entered. People said the books refused to die.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Man, The Mountain, and The Climb
". . .He keeps climbing because stopping would mean surrendering everything he has built, every promise he swore to keep. The air thins as he ascends, and though he’s given everything—strength, time, conviction—the mountain gives little back. Once, it felt sacred to climb.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast5 months ago in Chapters
The Princess Who Spoke to the Wind: The Hidden Truth About Pocahontas
After her death in England, witnesses reported strange occurrences near her grave: gusts of wind that carried whispers in Algonquian, trees bending toward the churchyard, and flowers that bloomed out of season.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Drowned Bells of Atlantica: Ariel’s Mother’s War
Long before Ariel, the kingdom beneath the waves was ruled by a sea-witch queen named Atla. She was said to possess the Bells of the Abyss — coral instruments that could summon tsunamis when struck.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Stone Garden: The Secret of Tiana’s Restaurant
In 1920s New Orleans, there was talk of a cook whose gumbo could make you forget your sins. Patrons called her Tia, and her restaurant was never in the same place twice.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
Kia Ford: The Hammer Girl's English Premiere Production
Wearing a laboratory jacket, stethoscope around the small neck, the Peacock ventured into the kitchen where Kia Ford remained comatose, “I am never getting out of relegation.”
By Marc OBrien5 months ago in Chapters
The Clockmaker’s Daughter: The Hidden Origin of Belle
In 1789 Paris, a reclusive inventor named Étienne Beaumont created a series of clockwork automatons said to move like living creatures. His daughter, Isabelle, kept their gears oiled and whispered stories to them at night.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
Sleeping with Ghosts: The Forgotten Sister of Tiana
In 1920s New Orleans, long before the jazz age reached its peak, there was a young chef named Eudora LaRue — rumored to have cooked gumbo that could wake the dead. She claimed her recipes came from “the river people,” spirits who whispered in her dreams.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
The Serpent’s Song: Jasmine and the City Beneath the Sands
Ancient scrolls unearthed near the ruins of Agrabah tell of a queen who ruled a city built upon the skeleton of a sleeping serpent god. Her name was Yasmira al-Nazim, known to later poets as Jasmine.
By GoldenSpeech5 months ago in Chapters
A World Apart.
Aziza stood in the garden of her mother’s ancestral home. Humid air thick with hibiscus and frangipani clung to her skin. Gravel crunched under servants’ careful steps, baskets of laundry and trays of fruit balanced expertly in their arms. Whitewashed walls glowed in the late sun; balconies draped with bougainvillea brushing against carved stone. Bees darted through the blooms; a bird’s sharp cry cut the courtyard murmur.
By Gladys Kay Sidorenko5 months ago in Chapters