A frontier settler investigates suspicious fence tampering and grisly discoveries near his homestead as unknown riders test his defenses.
Historical
296 stories · Pre-1950s settings — Victorian, medieval, ancient worlds..
A shy 1960s college freshman meets the love of his life at a mixer and pays his way through school playing poker.
A veteran Texas Ranger investigates a robbery and stumbles into a small-town crisis involving an imprisoned sheriff and deputy.
A young noblewoman's innocent life takes a dramatic turn when an aristocratic visitor arrives with private business to discuss, setting in motion a chain of romantic and sensual awakening.
A woman stranded with car trouble on a Montana highway encounters a handsome cowboy with a gorgeous Mustang.
A teenage girl at a Catholic school is picked up by her boyfriend Jimmy after a lecture about the Book of Revelation, as hints of a supernatural, gothic fate loom.
Texas Ranger Jim Horn confronts a gang of Mexican banditos at a saloon after they come asking about his love Angelina.
A woman on a train fantasizes intensely about a tall, tattooed goth punk stranger across from her, exchanging smirks before parting ways.
A stranded woman on a Montana highway catches the eye of a handsome cowboy driving a black Mustang, leading to a hot roadside encounter.
A descendant of Nazi sleeper agents endures brutal training at a secret British academy, where a royal girl secretly visits him at night, sparking a dark romance.
In 1636 England, a desperate widow seeks help from a gentleman who runs a school for ladies to protect her 12-year-old daughter from predatory suitors.
A reflective soldier in the final days of World War II drifts through memories of love, family, and youth as twilight approaches.
Two travelling entertainers in a medieval fantasy world charm chambermaids and noblewomen as they journey from castle to castle.
A Civil War soldier returns home to his beloved after years of fighting, finding his house just as he left it.
In 1453 France, a mother offers herself to the lord to spare her teenage daughter from the jus primae noctis on her wedding night.
A guilt-ridden cavalry officer who ordered a retreat returns home to face the widow of his fallen captain and must make her an offer of marriage.
A lonely, recently divorced 43-year-old software designer moves into an old gothic house and encounters a fleeting supernatural lover.
A young woman is betrothed to a man from a rival family as part of a feud-ending alliance, while carrying on a heated forbidden affair with her stepfather.
An exiled noblewoman finds freedom and purpose as a teacher in a working-class port town, where she shares a tender but uncomplicated lovers' arrangement with her companion Delray.
A woman visiting South Dakota boards an 1880s-themed train and becomes immediately captivated by a rugged cowboy performer she hopes to seduce.