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Sluicebox Series Volume 1 Issue 1    by M. L. Poncelet
Price: $0.99 USD. 2730 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » North America.

The Sluicebox Series is a collection of interesting facts and entertaining fiction about the Fraser River Gold Rush and the Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1800s in British Columbia. Read how Francis Jones Barnard’s express company grew from just a two-horse wagon to a fleet of stagecoaches. Issue one includes BX Holdup,a mystery about a stagecoach robbery during the summer of 1865.
Godfrey: Book Four    by Adrien Leduc
Price: $1.99 USD. 15290 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2013. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical.

It's 1926 and everything is pretty much the same in small town Wainwright. Except Godfrey's met a girl. And not just any girl - Antoinette - the pretty brunette from Saint Dominique, Quebec. Only trouble is, she's Henri's baby sister.
The Gold Watch    by Rik Hunik
Price: Free! 4530 words. Language: English. Published on March 15, 2013. Fiction » Horror » Ghost.

While prospecting a creek in the Cariboo Mountains near Barkerville in 1866, Pete comes across the corpse of a murdered man clutching a gold watch in his hand. Pete decides to return the watch to Sylvia, the name engraved on the back, but the owner of the watch, even though he is dead, has vengeance in mind, and a job for Pete. This story first appeared in Crimson Online Magazine #13, 2000.
The Crater Mountain Sasquatch Legend    by Robert A. Hunt
Price: $2.99 USD. 50400 words. Language: English. Published on February 23, 2013. Fiction » Adventure » Action.

High upon the peek of Crater Mountain lives a Legend. As the accounts by many eye witnesses have told, something lives in the wild. Something large and hairy, walking on two legs like a man, but definitely not a man but a savage creature… A Sasquatch. Re-trace the steps of one of history’s mightiest legends, the Sasquatch.
The Canadian Civil War Volume 2- The Huguenots Arrive    by William Wresch
Price: $2.99 USD. 104130 words. Language: English. Published on February 20, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

In this second volume of the series, the French history of the continent is expanded to tell the story of the Huguenots. As in volume 1, some of the early history is an accurate portrayal of the Huguenot exodus from France. But this is also a work of fiction -- in this case a description of the growing conflict between their values and the values of the Catholic North.
Buried Pasts    by George Stratford
Price: $2.99 USD. 128070 words. Language: English. Published by GMTA PUBLISHING  on February 19, 2013. Fiction » Historical » United Kingdom.

Personal demons can be a killer. Even after eighteen years, Canadian pilot Mike Stafford still carries a powerful sense of guilt over the death of his best friend during a huge RAF bombing raid to Berlin in 1944. He eventually returns to England for an inaugural squadron reunion full of apprehension over what the visit may produce.
The Canadian Civil War: Volume 1 - Birth of a Nation    by William Wresch
Price: $2.99 USD. 100000 words. Language: English. Published on February 16, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

In 1755 France controlled most of the North American continent. What if they still did? This novel explores the French period from two perspectives – an historically accurate description of Jolliet’s discovery of the Mississippi, coupled with a hypothetical contemporary view of “Canada.” Based in Green Bay, this Canada struggles between the Catholic north and Huguenot Louisiana.
Godfrey: Book Three    by Adrien Leduc
Price: $1.99 USD. 17300 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2013. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Historical.

1925. It's the height of the twenties and Godfrey Leduc's small farm is prospering. Trouble brews though in the form of Joe Campbell, the town drunk, and a blizzard that catches Godfrey by surprise. Ripe with the humdrum of small town life - gossip, church, Sunday dinners, and talk at the barbershop - Godfrey: Book Three is an entertaining read from start to finish.
Lily's Story    by Don Gutteridge
Price: $4.99 USD. 287950 words. Language: English. Published by Bev Editions  on February 5, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Lily’s Story tells the tale of a remarkable pioneer woman, born in the backwoods of Ontario in 1840. Lily’s struggle to survive and grow and discover her place in the scheme of things is complicated by the travail of frontier living, and the impact of historical events themselves. Lily’s Story is part history and part fable, with historical personages and a bizarre gallery of local characters.
The Copper Shield    by Stewart Nash
Price: $3.99 USD. 122980 words. Language: Canadian English. Published on January 24, 2013. Fiction » Historical » Canada.

A 1779 discovery journey takes Captain Tristan Cárdenes, twenty-one soldiers, a friar, and eight horses, to the coast of British Columbia. Their charge: travel inland for forty days and determine occupation of indigenous peoples, their numbers, strengths and wealth, and claim the land for Spain. A shipwreck leaves Cárdenes, three men, and three horses stranded. Now they must find a way back home.