14th Century
Order in Chaos
Early on the morning of Friday the thirteenth of October, 1307, King Philip le Bel of France descended upon every…
Tamed by a Laird
Jenny Easdale awaits her fate—marriage to a man who wishes to possess her lands and title. Not the future she…
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer (c1343-1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier and diplomat. Best known for The Canterbury Tales he…
The Magician’s Death
Editors' choice
The Magician’s Death is the 14th of Paul Doherty’s Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries. Playing on the rivalry between England’s Edward…
The King of Thieves
In 1325 the Earl of Chester was put in charge of a diplomatic mission to King Charles IV of France,…
The Owl Killers
Editors' choice
The year is 1321. Deep in the heart of the English countryside, an isolated village is controlled by a sinister…
The Red Velvet Turnshoe
Editors' choice
In February of the year 1383 a rain started to fall before Martinmas. It swept through France, Flanders, and Tuscany…
Staff Publications: The Traitor’s Wife
At age thirteen young Eleanor de Clare, favorite niece of King Edward II, becomes the wife of Hugh le Despenser.…
People of the Thunder
It’s about 1300 CE in what today is Mississippi and Alabama. The dominant Sky Hand people have quickly risen to…
A Haunt of Murder
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales have been reworked by contemporary author P.C. Doherty, whose pilgrims want their tales told at night to…
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