January 18, 1778, Valley Forge encampment, Pennsylvania

Their log cabin unconstructed, soldiers Barnabas and Zebulon endure winter's frigid air and freezing mud in a canvas tent. But the two men find warmth in a sensual and fantastical charade involving Zebulon's infatuation for their charismatic leader, General George Washington.

On the Eighteenth of January, '78; or, A Night at Valley Forge is a male-male, gender-bending George Washington role-play historical erotic fiction short story of 5,163 words. The story was previously published in the anthology Naughty List: Thirteen Naughty Holiday Stories (2014) and as bonus content in Winter Interlude: An American Revolutionary Novelette (2018).