All I Want    by Shayne Parkinson
Price: Free! 4920 words. Language: English. Published on August 19, 2010. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(4.89 from 19 reviews)
A short story. In the wake of the Great War, a soldier and his bride turn a wasteland into a home. A tale of hope and sorrow; of loss and enduring love.

After the Dance    by Ashley MacGregor
Price: Free! 1630 words. Language: English. Published on December 22, 2011. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(5.00 from 3 reviews)
Eliza is a well behaved eighteen year old girl, living in the 1900’s. Her home is a fire station where her father is the fire chief. Eliza loves going to the dance every Saturday night, and she always arrives home by midnight to her waiting father. But tonight she is late and she thinks about the punishment. Eliza has worked herself up into a panic. What her father does next is unexpected.

INFERNO: A Short Story    by Ashleigh Neame
Price: Free! 1380 words. Language: English. Published on January 4, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
Based on the true burning of Nathan Homestead in the 1900's and seen through the eyes of a young girl. Margaret was enjoying a traditional New Zealand Christmas with her family, when suddenly screams of terror echoed through her neighbourhood. She and her family race out to see what's going on, only to be faced with a scene of horror. An inferno.

The Caroline    by Ashley MacGregor
Price: Free! 2230 words. Language: English. Published on December 21, 2011. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
Susan Unwin is an emigrant sailing from England to Australia in the Nineteenth century. Tragedy befalls the ship and they are close to sinking, but an American captain finds them adrift in the middle of the ocean and offers help. As the ship struggles towards its destination, Susan’s daydreams torment her with her own tragedy.

Hedging Bets    by Simon Lee
Price: Free! 2350 words. Language: English. Published on August 11, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Sports.
Ash's sister was one of those women who somehow always seem to connect with the wrong blokes. Harold was perhaps the cream of the crop as far as bludgers go, or more precisely, the bottom of the barrel. But when Harold comes up with a no-risk scheme to make some quick cash, Ash just can't say no.

Trailblazer    by Roderic Anderson
Price: $6.99 USD. . Language: English. Published on January 20, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
Trailblazer is a novel based on the lives and times of the author’s great grandparents and their family. From their farm in Scotland in 1851 they migrate to South Australia by sailing ship, Join the gold-rush to Ballarat, where they strike gold, pioneer the timber and flour-milling industries and participate in pre-federation politics.

Captain Rodrigo's Telescope    by Warne Wilson
Price: $1.00 USD. 3110 words. Language: English. Published on February 24, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Adventure.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
Aimee aged eight finds a very old, sand encrusted brass telesope buried in the ocean beach at the entrance to Port Phillip Bay near Melbourne, Australia. Her father takes it to the museum for evaluation and during restoration it is found to be Portugese. The story has a flashback to a visit by a Portugese ship and a brush with aboriginals in which a crew member loses his life.

Disentangling The Past    by Warne Wilson
Price: $1.00 USD. 5250 words. Language: English. Published on February 29, 2012. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
A couple emigrates from Ireland to an Australian sub tropical seaside suburb. They carry deep grief in the loss of their only son, Patrick aged 18, killed in a bomb blast in Omagh. The anniversary of his death becomes a ritual visit each year to the end of the long pier. As the years pass, the love and support of their new found friends helps them to enjoy life again. Short story appr. 5000 words

Lost    by Robert G George
Price: Free! 1520 words. Language: English (New Zealand dialect). Published on March 18, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Australia & New Zealand.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A New Zealand short story of 1500 words. Descriptive and punchy with a twist in it tail.

Wide Brown Land    by Barbara Gurney
Price: Free! 1780 words. Language: English. Published on November 28, 2012. Fiction » Women's fiction » General.
Julie pauses from the cares of farming as she reads Dorothea Mackellar's poem. Her thoughts of 'sweeping plains', 'droughts and flooding plains' and 'far horizons' cause her to consider her love of the 'wide brown land'.