Category 1700s

           Memories are fleeting things.  As the air began to sparkle around her, Mackenzie remembered an argument she’d had with Sean in one of their late-night study sessions.  The conversation had taken hours, but the memory flashed through her mind… Continue Reading →

           The travelers’ footsteps echoed in the empty German church.  Saints stared down at them from stained glass windows.  Wooden pews stood in sentinel rows as they filed up the aisle to the altar, where the time machine waited.  The… Continue Reading →

           Strident voices shouted commands in German, answered by Herr Bonhoeffer’s calm tones.  Footsteps led down the hall into the parlor, followed by a muffled conversation that seemed to last forever.  The cold, silent bedroom where Mackenzie stood belied the… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. Dateline: November 1, 1960, Berlin, Germany           As the sparkling air resolved into a new scene, several rows of moss-covered tombstones came into view.  Beyond the stone wall, a… Continue Reading →

          The sun glittered brightly in the wake of the canoes.  With the natives’ backs turned, Mackenzie could finally snap a photo of them, with the Mission of the Blessed Sacrament in the distance.           The floodwater had receded a… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. Dateline:  March 8, 1852, Sacramento, CA           A fleet of canoes paddled toward their oak grove island, surrounded as it was by a flooded inland sea.  Mackenzie shivered as… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only.           The three travelers retraced their steps by the light of a silver Paris moon, and Nik took some time reprogramming the time machine computer.  Then the lights shimmered,… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. Dateline: 1811, Paris, France           A puff of dust kicked up as the time machine came to rest in a narrow lane.  Mackenzie rubbed her nose, but Nik sneezed… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. Dateline: June 1, 1774, Williamsburg, Virginia           This time when they landed, the birds weren’t silent.  They were twittering overhead in the oaks.  It seemed like Mackenzie’s scream was… Continue Reading →

Disclaimer for social media: This is historical fiction for entertainment only. If you missed previous chapters, click here.           “Fix history,” Mackenzie repeated.  “You mean, like, go back and make sure Ferdinand and Isabella never fund Columbus’ voyage?”           “I… Continue Reading →