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 GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters
Rise and fall of a family business.
Wuicker than they thought possible, people settled into the routine of everyday life. Children went to school, businesses started producing, tradesmen started arriving with their goods, markets were set up and people started buying, sampling, visiting neibors, attending church, having picnics. Dance parties were formed. New buildings were built, streets were made. The community came alive. The town was named, and became Gablonz nas Niess - The apple town on the river Niess. A new technology was invented,By the 1800's liquefaction of coal had been invented and used to fuel the kilns of the glasshuttes, along with trains pulling freight cars, so expensive logging operations could be discontinued and factories did not have to re-locate to new forested areas to continue their insatiable lust for wood to fuel their kilns. The Riedel family was the dominant glass producing family at this time who took advantage of the new technology being offered, and saw the end of the forest glassworks era and the beginning of the industrial era. The rest is history. Gablonz became a town, and grew large. Many glass huts were built either in town or in surrounding towns, until Gablonz became the glass center of the region, supplying the world. Names synonous with beautiful glass rose up, Zenker, Riedel, Swarovski, Wanderer. New creations were invented, like buttons, seed beads, lampwork, crystal, chandeliers, rhinestones, cabochons, were some of the new things, and a whole new industry was developed. Costume jewelry. The family was riding the wave. World war 1 came, and business came crashing down around them, and the whole valley took a beating. But no one gave up. They sacrificed, worked hard and longer, spent less, went without luxuries, depended on each other to survive, and for the most part they did. When the war ended, in 1918, the Austrian Empire was broken up, and the province of Bohemia became province of Bohemia of the new country Czechoslovakia. Gablonz stayed Gablonz. Nothing much changed for the family. Prague became the capital of the country and it was only two hours away, not 8 hours like Vienna. Business picked up. Glass beads and buttons were known around the world. The family, along with all the other ethnic German families in the area built large brick houses and factory warehouses. They became rich. They hired native Czech Slovaks as workers, or servants. They were riding high.
By Guy lynn3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 Podcast3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 OBrien3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 GoldenSpeech3 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 GoldenSpeech3 months ago in Chapters