Roaringtwenties Stories

"I'll beat you up worse than the first Jesus, don't you fret." When the Shelby's little sister finds out that Isaiah Jesus isn't so bad after all.

The Garret brothers are bootleggers who own a rough and tumble out of the way store where locals come for a card game and a drink. They have known nothing but cruelty an...

A Lockdown Production Sassy, audacious and independent, Portia DeLysle's impulse to help in any situation stirs up a troubling mix of guns, gangsters, gals, booze and mo...

With the shadow of the Titanic tragedy hanging over their heads, the survivors strive together to rebuild their lives amidst the hardships of the 1920s. This is the sequ...

He moved to Edenton looking to get away from the distractions of city life. He found just the opposite in Sullivan House. Sitting high atop a nearby mountainside, the...

She placed the little parcel on the bar bench and unwrapped it, the thin paper whispering in the bright silence of the boudoir. Inside, was a comb made of bone. Her step...

A prose inspired by The iconic film the Great Gatsby.

Ryacell's world collapses when he encounters an unknown beast in church. The insomniac, orphaned newsboy, Ryacell, lives off of his saved francs at the wake of the new d...

Short poem inspired by The Great Gatsby .

New York City is a wild and terrific city to all but Kay who has trouble fitting into the spontaneous lifestyle. With his sickly father thousands of miles away, his only...

On a warm, Italian, summer's night in 1924, the local Casanova Jullio Gugilimi has a run in with Sam Warner, an American antiques dealer, that changes his life. With th...

Ever wonder what occurred between the death of Myrtle and Tom discovering that she died? Well, this story is the missing piece in the story telling you what happened bet...

Lucia and Charley are the products of Old New York's ruling elite. Prestige. Wealth. Tradition. Scandal. No one is immune. Not Charley, reckless, blithe courtier of trou...

"Life's journey can take a sharp turn and send you down a path that was not on your planned course. In the beginning you might be scared and afraid but in the end y...

Paris, 1923. Ariane Jaloux is the best friend of Eloise Desidera, an immensely popular socialite amongst Parisians. Days before their debutante ball, Ariane writes down...

Elene Mitchell is a struggling teenage girl with depression and constant obsession with how overweight she feels. After a final calamity occurs, Elene feels unable to co...