Tales of Old

Tales of Old


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TOO Historical Fiction 87 The Grannywoman of Devils Backbone
May 18, 2013

By Teel James Glenn Read by Shawn Robertson - “Tain’t never cottoned to outsiders no less Yankees tellin’ me what to do, sonny,” the wizened woman called Granny Liz said. “And I sure as hell ain’t gonna let none traipse about up them hills.

TOO Historical Fiction 86 Meg Harper
May 05, 2013

By Gretchen Tessmer Read by Jane Osborn - Caleb and I played jacks on the sun-drenched planks of Deck A for more than three hours this morning. We’ve changed the rules and now require a length of string, three nails and a bit of white chalk to play.

TOO Historical Fiction 85 The Book Box
April 22, 2013

By Roberta Branca Read by Shawn Robertson Cover Art Copyright © 2010, Susan McIntyre - Get the story at Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, or Kobo Books - Darts of arctic air puncture my skin through layers of underclothes,

TOO Historical Fiction 84 The Cat that got the Major’s Goat
April 14, 2013

By J.R. Lindermuth Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: Post Korean War Setting: DMZ - The cat stopped in the middle of the road and turned, eyes flashing red in the light of the jeep’s headlamps. The dust kicked up when Kim slammed on the brakes ...

TOO Historical Fiction 83 Look Away
April 01, 2013

Setting: American Civil War By Steven Thomas Howell Read by Shawn Robertson - Neck deep in the grave, Sam Watkins paused at the clatter of an approaching supply wagon. Covered with sweat and caked with red Tennessee soil,

TOO Historical Fiction 82 Silence in Florence
March 16, 2013

by Ian Creasey Link to Starship Sofa read by Shawn Robertson - Period: Florence, early 1600s. - The chamberpots held only dust. Maria picked one up, and sniffed a faint tang of rose-water from the last time she had cleaned it -- three days ago,

TOO Historical Fiction 81 Anezka
March 02, 2013

By Bruce Durham Read by Shawn Robertson - Anezka stamped the floor and crossed her arms in displeasure. “This won’t do. This just won’t do.” Servants paused in their work, eyes focused on the elderly slave glaring from beneath thick, gray eyebrows

TOO Historical Fiction 80 The Emperor Defeats a Pidgeon
February 25, 2013

By Gary Girod Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: Ancient Rome - Atticus ‘Atti’ Tarsus had spent the entire morning trying to stack grains of rice on top of each other. Unlike the rocks he would stack as a child or the coins that the children of Roman..

TOO Historical Fiction 79 Memory is Translucent
February 18, 2013

By Adele Gardner GardnerCastle.com Read by Shawn Robertson - Period: 1800's England Genre: Horror -   - LETTER FROM MRS. HARKER TO VAN HELSING - "7 October, 1 p.m. - "My dear Dr. Van Helsing, -- - "How can I tell you of an event that we all so ...

TOO Historical Fiction 78 A Sudden Shade of Death
February 02, 2013

By Teel James Glenn Read by Shawn Robertson Setting: New York City Period: 1937 The entrance outside of the Combination Club was in an alley that looked like a movie set, complete with an always-wet street (courtesy of the leaking … Continue reading →