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The Petticoat Rebellion of 1916
When women in a poorly administered Oregon town hacked an election in order to repair the town's problems.
Written by
Jennifer Colton
• 12 Oct 2015 •
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Up in the Air
Two families come up with an ambitious and dangerous plan to escape from authoritarian East Germany in the 1970s.
Written by
Marisa Brook
• 03 Aug 2015 •
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The Zero-Armed Bandit
The story of a treacherous contraption that appeared mysteriously in a Lake Tahoe casino.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 16 Jun 2015 •
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The Derelict
A series of accidents and errors amass into disaster at sea. But that's not the end of the story.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 13 Jan 2015 •
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Surface Tension
In 1953 a storm of extreme severity struck the North Sea coasts of Britain and the Netherlands, subjecting communities to a ferocious watery onslaught.
Written by
Matt Castle
• 04 Sep 2014 •
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Welcome to the Jungle
An 18th-century Peruvian woman encounters a staggering amount of bad luck as she attempts to reunite with the husband she hasn't seen in twenty years.
Written by
Marisa Brook
• 07 Jul 2014 •
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White Death
A lone Finnish sniper repels enough invading Russians in WW2 to earn the nickname "White Death".
Written by
Jason Bellows
• 04 May 2014 •
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Cry Havoc, and Let Slip the Spuds of War
How a pharmacist tricked the French people into adopting the potato to forestall famine.
Written by
J. A. Macfarlane
• 10 Apr 2014 •
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Absolute Zero is 0K
Victorian scientists struggle to reach and understand the vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly cold universe at Absolute Zero.
Written by
Alan Bellows
• 20 Mar 2014 •
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It Came from Beneath the Sea
A new island appears in the Mediterranean, and nearby countries quarrel over who should control it.
Written by
Marisa Brook
• 03 Mar 2014 •
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