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• The Rise and Fall of Anne Boleyn

  by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

  I once had the world at my feet.

  I still remember the day I arrived from Paris, the glitter of it on me like the phosphores…

• Basil St. Norbert

  by SKermitgorf 28 days ago

  Basil St. Norbert.

  No. This was too much of a coincidence. I knew of no relative named Basil in my family tree.
  I called my…

• "O, Most Dearest and Understanding Diary..." (OTOC's Diary Challenge)

  by Stovohobo 2 months ago

  O Most Dearest and Understanding Diary,

  _Today, the mistress has left for her sabbatical to France. Being the lovely, roma…

• "It's Right Here." (Don't Get Defensive Challenge)

  by Stovohobo 3 months ago

  “How’s the antitoxin team working?”

  “Pretty well, overall, sir.”

  “And how far has it spread by now?”

  “It’s caught in betwe…

• Dialogues With Myself - Patriotism

  by Russell Ruffino 3 months ago

  “Do you think England is the best country in the world?”

  “Well, I wouldn’t say that.”

  “Is there a country you’d rather have…

• Elizabeth I - A Tudor Child

  by flute faerie 4 months ago

  My father never showed much interest in me, for I was a girl and couldn’t carry on the Tudor name. So I was forgotten in the …

• Anne of Cleeves, The Flanders Mare

  by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

  My brother assured me I would be happy in my new marriage, that this marriage will make all of Germany happy, too.

  He told m…

• Blood, Sweat and Regicide

  by Ana Cristina 4 months ago

  “It all started the night of the murder. I mean, of course, the attempted murder. We made our way into the theater. My men …

• A Sad Story of Two Roses

  by Three Gryphon[s] 5 months ago

  Sitting in an alley, shivering & cold, was a little Rose.
  The frost gave her a pale cover, the single red rose in her pale ha…

• Watch How It's Done

  by Laine P. Grey 11 months ago

  The men looked at each other, before excusing themselves one by one. Peter watched them walk away.
  “I don’t understand. Usua…