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Read Short History / Historical Stories

Read the best short stories online by short story writers of all ages from around the world,
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.
A MODERN INQUISITION! By Peter Mills

An investigation into Satanic abuse and superstitious officialdom

THE SACRED SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN By Peter Mills

A Hard-Hitting Socio-Religious History

The Ring By Stuart Raperport

A story from the Italian Court of Gonzaga in the 16th Century

THE VIEW OF THE SERPENT By Peter Mills

Uncovering an Ancient Wisdom: An interesting account of the spiritual importanceof the snake in world-wide human religious beliefs.

Letters from the First World War By Charles E.J. Moulton

My grandfather Herbert Lewis Moulton (1891 - 1956) spent WWI as a soldier on his way to the French trenches. The letters from 1918 include the Moulton family tree.

The Most Unsilent of Nights By Faith Wilson

An emotional account of Joseph's first encounter with Jesus

WWII Friendship Trains By Elaine Faber

Friendship trains between the USA and France following WWII

The Success of Civil Rights Movements of 1954 By Brittany Bullock

Has the civil rights movement achieved their goals?

High Mark on a Dart Board By New Secret

A man in a 19th century bar is approached by a slick fellow who has a paranormal item

Flames Over Anacostia Flats By Lee Conrad

World War 1 veterans survive the war but face chaos and uncertainty in 1932 Washington, DC as members of the Bonus Army

The Downfall of Anne Boleyn (poem) By Kayleigh Banks

The final thoughts of Anne Boleyn

1935, USA or India By Akshath Anoop

A young boy finds his great grandpa's diary who was a spy from USA in the british army during the indian freedom struggle.

The Unexplained By Arlene Hartzell

TRUE local mystery story based on the history of the Florence Public Library...

The Invisible Glint By Raja Anjana Kothapalli

It is a short thriller fiction on love, that falls under historical & paranormal genres. It narrates the story of the secret behind an unsolved serial killings case.

War Games By Ed Derousse

As a ten year old, it was John Wayne, cowboys and Indians, and playing with the neighbor kids. Yet the adults felt nervous. They tried to hide it from us.

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