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• On Sea or On Land

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  Suddenly Frida felt the submarine slowing, and she nearly lost her footing as it rounded a corner. The captain signaled a ful…

• Becoming an Operative

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  “No more lies!” shouted Margie. “Tell me what’s going on at once!”

  The impostor Churchill leaped to his feet and placed a ha…

• The River Cold and Vile

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  Frida tried to maintain her composure. The ship was now passing through the strait between Pagensand and Schwarztonnensand wi…

• Some Foreign Field

  by Russell Ruffino 4 months ago

  “This is the first time I’ve ever been abroad Roger.” Frida said, trying to take her mind of the circumstances in which she w…

• The Secrets of U-110

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  As Margie followed the Prime Minister through the confines of the U-boat, she observed the crew at work. Fifty men, clad in t…

• The Turncoat Suitor

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  Roger was standing in the doorway with only the glint of his eyes and the barrel of a Mauser P27 visible in the shadows. Marg…

• Margie's Flashback

  by uselessness 4 months ago

  She remembered it all. The terror of the blitz, the destruction of her home in Islington. Her rush to join the war effort and…

• Anne of Cleeves, The Flanders Mare

  by Ana Cristina 6 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…

• Petronella

  by Insert Pen Name Here 8 months ago

  Petronella was confused. Then again, she was almost always confused. Mostly people was what confused her…their actions, the…

• Zwei pfund Schweizer

  by Algai 'd' Aman 8 months ago

  Joseph had volunteered to relocate when his company needed a temporary presence in Frankfurt. He had grown up nearby, and tho…