I often draw inspiration for my fiction from history, but the stories on this page are those set directly in it. Some are speculative; some are straight historical fiction.

 

• Ars Historica
  The past is prologue . . .

  Kit Marlowe. Guy Fawkes. Ada Lovelace. Kings and sailors and sainted nuns populate these seven stories of historical fantasy by award-winning author Marie Brennan. They span the ages from the second century B.C.E. to the nineteenth century C.E., from ancient Persia to the London of the Onyx Court. Discover the secret histories, hear the stories that have never been told — until now.

 

• “Mrs. Patterson’s Home for Landlocked Men”
  Some gentlemen require special accommodations.
• “The Damnation of St. Teresa of Ávila”
  This was merely the latest and least of her trials.
• “False Colours”
  The skies were clear and the winds fair for Plymouth.
• “The Deaths of Christopher Marlowe”
  In between the certainties lie a hundred tales.
• “Dying Old”
  Strychnine is bitter, but the most pleasant to work with.

 

• Stories related to the Onyx Court have their own page.