Browsing Historical Stories

This is a teaser scene from a book that I'm beginning to write as part of my Archivist series. Currently titled "Redshift" this fourth installment explores an alternative history view of a Soviet style regime over North America. This scene is, currently, only for this contest, though I might include it into the final version of "Redshift" because I do like it's feel. It's presented as a stand-alone piece and it's final inclusion in "Redshift" will not include all of the world building details.

As frozen bodies begin floating up on Tokiwa's northern coast, a straw-hat Ronshin must travel to the frozen island of Yakuri to avenge her master and find out what is causing the ice floes to run red with blood.

Before history claimed him -- he was hers.

From Caesarea to Jerusalem, from Rome to Ramallah—the bloodline never broke. It just went underground.

A tale of war, WW1, between Hungary and Serbia. Six young girls almost paid the highest price of war, their lives. This is their story.

In a universe where supernatural creatures are pursued with no quarter, Armand Cain, a staunch witch hunter, is sent to the foggy town of Blackthorn to probe a string of unexplained vanishings. Known for his unshakeable commitment, Armand expects an easy mission. What he finds is Celeste, a vampire who has lived for centuries, with a sorrowful beauty and an inexplicable connection to Blackthorn's mysterious history.

Since time immemorial, the yokai have always haunted the green lands of Tokiwa. And since time immemorial, the Ronshin, an elite group of yokai hunters, have been there to keep the balance. However, as times have changed, the Ronshin have all but disappeared. When a new yokai appears from lands afar to kill the emperor's son, the last Ronshin, Mitikori Kotoba, must find a way to stop this monster. Before it kills all the people and yokai of Tokiwa alike.

A man haunted by a shadow he cannot escape walks the foggy streets of Whitechapel one final time. Bound by a pact he never made, he enters a room where ritual and violence blur, and the legend of Jack the Ripper finds its cruel masterpiece.