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91 Beyond the Mountain by Ron Lewis

Deputy US Marshal Wounded Hawk is ready to head back to Golden City, after taking a prisoner to Estes Park, Colorado. But when a group of bandits decides to pick that particular bank to rob, Hawk and the local Marshal's posse set out in pursuit. The half breed Marshal will need all his Indian tracking skills to catch up to this band of outlaws. But the posse is ill-prepared for the gang leader's relentless pursuit of freedom.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Western
Tags: Historical, Western, Bounty Hunters
Downloads: 217 | Votes: 18 | Score: 6.78
Size: 33KB | 6,428 words | Posted:

92 War Dogs by E. A. Taylor

Non-fiction: A review of how dogs have been used in warfare. Note to parents: This story should be pasted to a word possessor and you can remove the last bit if you'd like to avoid the image of hungry dogs being exploded.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical
Downloads: 535 | Votes: 49 | Score: 6.70
Size: 5KB | 852 words | Posted:

93 Maggie: a Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

The story takes place in the slums of New York City and follows Maggie Johnson, a young girl growing up in poverty, neglect, and violence.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Young Adult
Tags: Cults, Historical, Novel-Classic
Downloads: 6 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 126KB | 23,383 words | Posted:

94 The FBI in Peace and War by Jerome Norris

In the 1960s, FBI agents sometimes were called upon to help enforce the nation's civil rights laws. This was often thankless and unglamorous work, and wasn't generally as popular with the agents as -- say -- investigating bank robberies.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Historical, Vignettes
Downloads: 782 | Votes: 77 | Score: 6.49
Size: 6KB | 1,174 words | Posted:

95 Stalker: Winter 1966 by Jerome Norris

You're cold and alone driving through rural Alabama. There's a howling wind that feels more like Minnesota. And that guy in the big Dodge pickup is watching every move you make.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Historical
Tags: Drama, Historical
Downloads: 1012 | Votes: 92 | Score: 6.36
Size: 8KB | 1,471 words | Posted:

96 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: 126 | Votes: * | Score: *
Size: 13KB | 2,553 words | Posted:

97 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:

98 Origins by Short

Everything begins somewhere... A very short story about how things got started.
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Age Rating: Anybody
Tags: Humor, Drama, Science, Historical, Travel, Science Fiction, Apocalyptic, Post Apocalyptic, Time Travel, Aliens, Space, Alternate Universe, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 2394 | Votes: 124 | Score: 6.24
Size: 2KB | 369 words | Posted:

99 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:

100 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: 1189 | Votes: 119 | Score: 6.04
Size: 7KB | 1,435 words | Posted:
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