The Battle of New Orleans is considered one of the most important American victories in the War of 1812, and one man helped to turn the fight against the British from a lost cause to a triumph that would seal the end of the Second War of Independence…
A slice-of-life short story about a tween boy who is becoming a young man and his changing relationship with his parents...
Pretty young Penelope and her husband have everything they could ever want and more, courtesy of his shrewd business sense that offers them a life of luxury. Unfortunately, he desires a simpler lifestyle, one free of all excess material trappings. But, she’s got a trick up her sleeve to keep things just the way they are, even if it means having to sacrifice their marriage…
A slice-of-life short story about a girl's ostensible struggle with screen time and her parents' attempts to understand her unusual behavior...
Around 1000 AD, a group of explorers sailed over 2,200 nautical miles from Grœnland to North America in search of exotic treasure. But, what they found instead caused the intrepid Norsemen to hastily abandon their only settlement and quickly retreat back to Scandinavia – nearly 500 years before Columbus ever set foot on the New World…
A slice-of-life short story about the struggles of a Gold Star Family who must deal with a heartbreaking situation…
A slice-of-life short story about a young, talented athlete who must overcome his biggest weakness at a pivotal point…
In the summer of 1916, the first world war raged in Europe and although the United States stayed officially neutral, a powerful blast equaling a 5.5 magnitude earthquake erupted in New York Harbor in the dead of night, shaking nearly every civilian in a 90-mile radius awake, some of whom were violently thrown from their beds, while the Brooklyn Bridge shuddered wildly from the enormous shockwave…
A slice-of-lilfe that tells the incredible and heartwarming story of a young man who takes the initiative to right a wrong…
A young boy experiences his very first deep-sea fishing adventure with his father on their brand-new center console boat. But his giddy excitement turns to sheer panic when dangerous elements intrude on their lively, memory-making excursion…
A slice-of-life short story about a working-class girl who wrestles with doing the right thing, even though it would mean losing a friend…
A slice-of-life short story about a gifted musician who hides a secret from those who most admire his mastery...
In the first year of the American Revolutionary War during the colonies’ campaign for independence, one former slave fights so valiantly that more than a dozen continental officers recommend he be officially recognized for his bravery and loyalty to their cause…
After a man rescues a frail lone mountain lion cub, he and his family nurse it back to health, and while raising the cougar, experience many exciting and dangerous adventures over the years…
A slice-of-life story about a young boy's experience in overcoming unfounded fears on a family vacation to a popular theme park...
A year after introducing its parcel service in 1913, the US Post Office struggled to define what could and could not be sent, as people tested the boundaries by mailing coffins, construction bricks, puppies, freshly-laid eggs, snakes and other reptiles, small farm animals, and even their own children, from one location to another…
A slice-of-life short story depicting the experience of a kind soul who helps to reunite a lost dog with its family…
In 1945, during World War II, British and Indian Allies pushed Imperial Axis Japanese troops back at a crucial battle in Burma, forcing them to die resisting or to retreat into a forested swamp, where the enemy would find themselves surrounded by a fierce, primordial foe who took hundreds of their lives in the most horrific ways…
A slice-of-life short story about the challenging realities of trying to change other people through one's own actions, and no matter how charitable, it's no always enough...
A little-remembered, early twentieth-century female pilot strives for the privilege of being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean but was ultimately edged out by a much more famous name that’s made its way into practically every classroom history book, despite her competition’s better aerial maneuvering skills and experience…
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