Late October, 1437, Apuseni foothills I trudged wearily up the hillside, my latest captive slung over my shoulder. Though the young lass weighed no more than two full sacks of grain, it was a struggle to carry her limp body up the steep slope, especially...
Johanna Baartman inhaled her first breaths on the morning she was born in a labourer’s cottage, on the farm where her parents had lived and worked their entire lives. She was the second of five children. Her eldest brother, Karel, died on the farm during...
London, April 1901 The Earl of Culligan was enjoying the spring sunshine in St James’s Park in central London. Even though he had only arrived from Dublin a few days earlier, he had established a very pleasant afternoon routine encompassing a circuit of t...
In the spring, the Hegres river valley is an enchanting place to be. The waters turn sparkling blue, wildflowers bloom in bright hues. The woods are teeming with birds and furry creatures. A stroll through the trees is an invigorating way to commune with...
A loud banging on the door, as if the world was ending, woke him from his slumber, staring confused out in the darkroom. The only light sources were the full moon shining behind the thin curtains and the small trace of a yellow glow shining from under the...
Bombs dropped from the London atmosphere like overripe apples falling from the trees in the orchard back home. Since the Blitz began last September, the London sky wasn't filled with clouds or stars; it was filled with explosive devices and the smoke plum...
The midshipmen were skylarking in the topmasts again. Grace sighed. She was nineteen, about the same age as several of those young men. She could only dream of climbing to the tops and leaping from spar to spar. First, her demeanor must remain ladylike. S...
Patience came swirling in, her green gown billowing out as she spun from foot to foot. With her arms around an imaginary partner, Patience circled each table and chair as she danced across the room. Patience’s humming of the last piece rousted Annest from...
I could see she was scared. With a deep breath, she moved her hand to her sides exposing her breasts to my view. She was stunning, standing there shy, dappled in sunlight. The shadows moved across her body as the leaves above us swayed in the breeze. She...
I had to get out of town quickly. I mean, it wasn’t my fault the sheriff of Terrydale thought I “deflowered” his “precious angel.” It was a late night, and she happened to have a room in the tavern I was a patron at. We had been chatting at the bar for mo...
Come to me, you pretty thing. I know all about you. Three days married and honeymooning with your husband. A romantic interlude for the two of you in the old world. Come to see our crumbling buildings and drowning cities before you return and begin the hu...
I know I am going to be punished. Hopefully, it will just be a spanking but sadly I think it is going to be the cane. I am standing outside the library waiting for eight o’clock the time Mistress told me to attend. I joined the household staff of the Duke...
‘She was beautiful. I’d never seen anything so beautiful. Her hair was black, like a rook’s feathers and cascaded down her back almost to her waist. Her eyes were black too and seemed to flash. Her costume was exotic, the finest, shimmering silk of bl...
Even though my wife only danced part time at Lorraine’s Lounge, that dancing led to lots of other local experiences in the Lafayette, IN area during the early nineteen seventies. Lorraine’s was a dive bar, and literally down in the Wabash river valley, an...
“I remember that first night we spent together, a stolen opportunity. I remember it with such clarity. You said, ‘I had no idea intimacy could be so, so exciting or satisfying. I have never experienced that intensity nor the physical explosion which ma...
