Historical
— Sparta’s ruthless education may have been controversial, but it made them into one of the most battle-hardened city-states to ever walk the earth. The Spartans’ notoriously tough education allowed them...
— Fire engulfs everything. Everything becomes fire. Chaos rains down from the sky. Horses neigh and whinny as they break free from their stables and frantically clop down the Basque streets,...
— I have always been a big fan of Kate Milford’s books, and so when I heard she had a new book coming out I very quickly knew I would want...
— And the whole house seemed to not quite fit in, always a bit out-of-place. The floors were old and scuffed but regal nevertheless, so whenever I saw them I was...
— An update from our twenty-third Book Club meeting! At our first Book Club meeting of 2021, on January 30, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed The Night Diary, by...
— A large gust of wind seeped through the growing cracks of the old shack. A feeling of fear ran through Lilliana’s body and brought chills down her spine. She smoothed...
— Pick a historical figure and write a fictional story around a moment in their life. It can be a decisive moment of history, or it can be something mundane.
— Pick a postcard from this digitized historical collection at the New York Public Library. Write a historical fiction short story that involves a character sending this postcard to someone. What...
— Write a story set in medieval times.
— October 3rd Objects in Writing: The Pearl Earrings by Lena A. The house was empty, beds stripped of their linens, closet shelves bare. But in the midst of this desolate...