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91 Namatjira by KiwiGuy

Albert Namatjira (1902–1959) was an Aboriginal painter from Central Australia. Widely considered one of the most notable Australian artists, he pioneered contemporary indigenous art. He was the first Aboriginal artist to become widely popular, and the first of his people to be given Australian citizenship rights, a mixed blessing. (See Wikipedia.) Time gets bent a little in this retelling.
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Biography
Tags: Historical, True
Downloads: 120 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 13KB | 2,553 words | Posted:

92 Egyptian Justice: a Vizier's Day by Thoughts Noir

A historical fiction narrative from the point of view of Ramesses head Vizier. Returning from the historical signing of the Hittite/Egyptian peace treaty, the Vizier acknowledges the great respect for justice his people have come to practice. The next day he takes an active role in judgement.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: Historical
Tags: Crime, Drama, Politics, Religion, Historical
Downloads: 605 | Votes: 40 | Score: 6.28
Size: 10KB | 1,911 words | Posted:

93 I Guess So, Let Me Look by Lapi

OK, so I'm a car nut. Had both the Porsche and the MB. Hate the new(2023) Electrics. IMHO, get an AMG model, couple of bucks more but worth it. Wanted to weep every time I saw the 1955 gull wing sitting in the rain and snow in-front of a neighbor's house. My ex Luftwaffe buddy did not want to discuss that travesty.(True)
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Coming of Age, Romance, Politics, Historical, Travel
Downloads: 300 | Votes: 17 | Score: 6.28
Size: 15KB | 3,010 words | Posted:

94 Origins by Short

Everything begins somewhere... A very short story about how things got started.
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Tags: Humor, Drama, Science, Historical, Travel, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Time Travel, Aliens, Space, Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 2392 | Votes: 124 | Score: 6.24
Size: 2KB | 369 words | Posted:

95 Men Like Gods by H. G. Wells

Mr. Barnstaple, is a journalist working for the newspaper "The Liberal." he, as well as a few other Englishmen, are accidentally transported to the world of Utopia. Utopia is like an advanced Earth, it has a utopian socialist, world government. The newly arrived Earthlings pose a grave threat to Utopians, who begin to fall ill. They have to be quarantined until a solution is found. The Earthlings resent this isolation and some of them start plotting to maybe taking over Utopia?
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Age Rating: Older than 7 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Historical, Science Fiction, Pandemic, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 1156 | Votes: 15 | Score: 6.20
Size: 449KB | 80,381 words | Posted:

96 The Great Wall of America by Harris Proctor

A 22nd Century middle school visits the crumbling ruins of the wall between Mexico and the United States.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Comedy
Tags: Humor, Politics, Historical, Futuristic
Downloads: 1169 | Votes: 119 | Score: 6.04
Size: 7KB | 1,435 words | Posted:

97 Tacoma by Graybyrd

Join me in a visit to our son-in-law's run-down Tacoma neighborhood where drug-dealing neighbors and frustrated cops engage in high-speed, late-night games.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: True
Tags: Crime, Historical
Downloads: 2344 | Votes: 163 | Score: 6.00
Size: 11KB | 1,908 words | Posted:

98 Forward to the Past by Oleg Roschin

Strange-looking aliens from a former human space colony team up with a sentient dog to travel to the past and save Jesus Christ from crucifixion.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: Science, Spiritual, Religion, Historical, Science Fiction, Time Travel, Aliens, Futuristic, Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline, Furry
Downloads: 841 | Votes: 19 | Score: 5.69
Size: 20KB | 3,700 words | Posted:

99 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 historical novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is somehow transported in time and space to England during the reign of King Arthur.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Fiction
Tags: Historical, Science Fiction, Fantasy
Downloads: 203 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 604KB | 116,525 words | Posted: in progress

100 A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel that explores the themes of justice, sacrifice, resurrection, and the brutality of revolution.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 622 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 735KB | 137,098 words | Posted: Concluded:
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