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Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
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  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry
  • Notes on Dreaming
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Tag: historical

Bedtime Stories: Rosemary
  • Historical
  • Humor

Bedtime Stories: Rosemary

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 8 January 202229 September 2024

Rosemary was a pretty young lady born into a wealthy and powerful family. A bed-time story for frisky girls.

Polly Mayos
  • Historical

Polly Mayos

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 13 December 202113 June 2026

Truly hopeless situations exist.

Peer Relevance
  • Historical
  • Political

Peer Relevance

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 12 August 202112 June 2026

Are you networked? Are you relevant? Your adversaries are.

Victorian Women were Smashing
  • Blog
  • Historical
  • LGBTQ

Victorian Women were Smashing

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 20 July 202111 June 2026

A shadow society, ignored or denied. Mutual support networks among the disempowered. Role models and fans. Petting and kisses. Half of women.

Ophelie wolf of cape ann
  • Salt Island Diaries

The Wolf of Cape Ann

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 16 July 20211 June 2026

The first two diary entries, which describe the arrival of a feral girl at the cliff-house.

The Old New Sexy
  • Blog
  • Historical

The Old New Sexy

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 9 July 202112 June 2026

There’s a new look trending, but it’s looking a lot like the old one. Where fashion and finance blurr

Rules of the Game
  • Salt Island Diaries

Rules of the Game

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 24 June 202113 June 2025

We are to make an entry each day, even if the entry is that nothing of interest happened. Secondly, we may not consult each other’s diaries. Finally, Clara is prone to exaggeration.

Tacitus on Agricola
  • Blog
  • Historical

Tacitus on Agricola

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 21 June 202130 June 2023

Roman historian Tacitus explains the policy of his father-in-law, Agricola, in bringing the comforts of Roman civilization to the barbarous British.

Model T
  • Blog

Model T

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 15 June 202130 June 2023

Are we doing better than a factory worker of 1914? Let’s compare wages in the currency of Model Ts.

Principle of Flocks
  • Books
  • Principle of Flocks

Principle of Flocks

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 13 June 202119 February 2026

Principle of Flocks is a NA novel about love, alternate time-lines, and the most precious commodity in the metaverse: lucidity.

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