Airships Stories

Beyond the First Light Sarah thought happily ever after would mean peace. After finding her place in Celestria and standing beside King Caspian as Queen, she finally has the life she once never imagined possible. But Sarah has never been content to remain within familiar walls. Her curiosity still reaches beyond the castle, beyond the village, and beyond the horizon. When she discovers forgotten books from Earth in the royal archives, Sarah becomes fascinated by the idea of flight without magic. What begins as a simple hot-air balloon soon grows into something far greater: airships, exploration, lost cities beneath the sands, ancient mysteries, and a path that may lead her farther than destiny ever intended. With Caspian at her side, Sarah begins a new journey, not as a girl waiting for fate to find her, but as a Queen choosing the unknown for herself. The first light showed her who she was. Now she must discover what lies beyond it.

في عام 2080، لم تعد البشرية تحكم العالم. بعد تطور الذكاء الاصطناعي بشكل مرعب، أصبحت الروبوتات هي السلطة العليا، بينما تحوّل البشر إلى كائنات مطيعة ممنوع عليها التفكير أو طرح الأسئلة. أي شخص يشكك في النظام يُعتبر "مجرمًا فكريًا". بعد إعدام أخطر متمرد عرفه العالم، "الزيف"، يعتقد الجميع أن التمرد انتهى... لكن ابنه الصغير، الذي يحمل وصمة "ابن المجرم"، يبدأ باكتشاف أسرار مخفية عن الماضي وعن الحقيقة التي حاولت الآلات دفنها. في عالم تُراقب فيه الأفكار، قد يصبح مجرد السؤال بداية حرب جديدة بين الإنسان والذكاء الاصطناعي.

In the dust and heat of The Ditch, Enzo Duster has only known thirst but not just for water or for the well-being of his mother but a thirst for a place outside of the dry confined hell he has known as home for the last 15 years. Soon that all will change and he might just wish he was protected by the rocky walls of his home. Thrust into the world of adventure, danger, and mystery that makes up the Land of Eon, Enzo now must journey across the land to save the ones he loves and discover the secret of his heritage. However, with the power of God literally in the palm of his hand and dark forces seeking it, Enzo is in for something, not his dreams or his nightmares could ever make up.

A tyrannous King is using his airship navy to strike fear into his citizens. The king does this to remind his citizens that they belong to the state and are cogs in HIS machine. A group of Pirates, Smugglers, Mercenaries, and Rebels decide to show him they want the freedom to be themselves. Be an Individual. They are fighting a fleeting fight. Until a small cunning band of pirates appear. Maybe they are The Edge that this Rebellion is looking for.

Witness the story of Brendan Maximus Ratsinger, an Aristocrat who had forsaken wealth for the life of a traveling poet and Moon Mariegold, a curly haired hunts-woman, constantly running away from the curse of the Grim; a peculiar duo entangled by the bonds of fate and adventure. A fleeting tale of Misfortune and Grandeur set in Victorian Steam punk themed continent of Korvo.

Celia de Visher worked her whole life for her high position in the biggest criminal cartel in the Raised Cities Confederation. But she knows that if she wants to survive in the slowly degrading world where industrialisation led to the flood that wiped most of the known land cities, she needs to aim higher. To the skies. She steals one of the few remaining skyships and heads toward the Thundering Massive - a mountain range that walls off the known territory from uncharted lands of the New World. Unfortunately, the enraged cartel boss will not let her slip away so easily. The only chance for success and achieving her explorer dreams might be siding with the current government. But why would they aid a notorious pirate? Amazing cover made by @-DeeIsDead-

Henry Emerson didn't plan on disobeying orders, stealing an airship, and facing down a savage army of religious fanatics led by a man who believes he's the Prophet reborn. But he's about to. The famous General Gordon is trapped in a city under siege by the Prophet's soldiers. Henry and his friend James, two young officers in Her Majesty's Royal Air Navy, along with the hulking Sikh, Raheem, decide to rescue him. Their methods aren't exactly "cricket." Their superiors call it insubordination. They prefer to think of it as following orders...creatively. The adventure will either bring them glory and fame, or doom them to a painful death at the hands of savage tribesmen... If their own commanders don't get to them first! To Rescue General Gordon is an 8,000 word (35 pages) steampunk short story and the first tale in the Clockwork Imperium series.

Unforgiving, unstoppable, and unrelenting, Abram's military leader Amelia bears her fangs before the city of Melchiezedek. She and her spellfencers are the most terrifying and destructive force on the planet, their appearance spells the likely prospect of the city's destruction. Not only that, but the mysterious outlanders are becoming more vicious and grotesque. Melcheizedek is on the cusp of becoming a slaughterhouse. Only Eleanor, Francoise and Ada can hope to stand in the way, but Amelia may well be a soldier too fearsome for even Eleanor to match.

| Featured Story | This fast-paced novella follows the adventure of a fledgling sky pirate as she becomes entangled in a revolution. For a year, the scrappy picklock Clikk has flown aboard The Wastrel disguised as a man. When her captain kidnaps a girl named Molly, Clikk is furious to learn that he plans to sell her as a bride to a despotic emperor. Molly has a secret that could be the catalyst of a revolutionary war, but the captain can't wait to be rid of her. Girls are bad luck on airships, and this one suffers a curse that makes her unable to stop crying. Clikk schemes to help Molly escape, but to do so, she must inspire a mutiny, stop an imperial wedding at sky and sneak the girl onto a hijacked ship, all while enduring the child's intolerable crying curse. *************** "If you have ever loved a fairy tale, odyssey, or penny dreadful, you'll feel right at home." -- Sarah Toledo "A coming of age story introducing Merriet's well designed steam world." -- Alan Reid

A Steampunk novella excerpt. The Department of Supernatural Investigation steps in when things go wrong in weird ways. When monsters start prowling the streets of New Pittsburgh, a shady monster hunter charges a fat fee to exterminate the creatures and Agents Mitch Storm, Della Kennedy and Jacob Drangosavich step in to check things out. Are the new monsters connected to the sudden disappearances of psychics and mediums? And is the notorious Dollmaker behind the mayhem? It's an action-packed adventure full of airships, mad scientists, dark magic, clockwork creatures, carriage chases and plenty of explosions! (5 of 6 sections are posted here. The full novella is available in ebook on Kindle/Kobo/Nook). Cover photo © Jeff Thrower / Shutterstock

Everything was going well until in the middle of a wild chase from Scotland Yard, the notorious air pirate Captain Standage burst into Berdi's life and changed it forever. Now she has to navigate from being the new engineer of the infamous Trapped Sparrow and the dicey politics of air pirates and the law enforcement that chase them through time and space. Take a breath and jump into this Steampunk adventure that will make you fall in love with the characters and root for the bad guys.

"Wow, the graphics of this game are unbelievably realistic! In the real world, all you experience is the hardship of work, but in this 'game,' you get to feel the power of a superhero. Alright, enough talking. The great administrator has called me to work. That person said, as long as we put in our effort, next month he'll be able to get a brand-new set of power armor and weapons. Then he'll take us to explore new maps and scavenge more junk in the vast wasteland! The protagonist, who crossed into the wasteland world, discovers that he has unlocked the shelter system, allowing him to summon human creatures from a parallel world called 'players' to work for him. From that day on, the entire wasteland became utterly ridiculous."

A Wax Weatherford Adventure in the New Age of Steam

A tell of a song of ice and fire, a story that has been written by a thousand different minds. In a world so different yet all to Similar to its counterpart. Join me in a world we're the gods, play a game we're the Steaks are higher then they have ever been, were the long night, is not the greatest threat to all life in Westeros. Jon x Daenerys Jon x rhaenys Jon x visenya Jon x Mel from arcane Jon x blackfyre oc Jon x Lannister oc Jon x arianna Jon x sorceress Jon x nights queen

Caleb groaned as he picked the man he immediately knew to be his passenger out of the ever-busy crowd surrounding the dock. He whistled to get the attention of Dan Vencill, his first mate, and pointed the man out to him. The first mate nodded his understanding and sent the cabin boy Reynaldo to help the man and guide him to the ship. Dan then climbed to the steering deck above and chuckled at the look of annoyance on his captain's face. "Our guest looks like a real gentleman, doesn't he Caleb?" Caleb sighed and said "He sure does, I'll have to let Shala know that she'll probably be getting complaints about the food once we set sail."

When humanity reached the golden age of industrialization, we prospered greatly. Towering monuments were built to commemorate our many everlasting achievements brought upon by the new era of metal and steam. Sprawling cities covered the Earth like blankets of iron and steel, but it was not to last. The darkness of war consumed humanity in a raging fury. Ash spewed into the air, smoke filling the skies. Cities burned with the flames of loss and destruction, refugees fleeing to the safety of the mountains as thousands of aircraft swarmed the heavens, the bombs falling upon the towering monuments. When the last guns fell silent, soldiers leaving the final battlefield, an even darker shadow had enveloped humanity. The burning fire of innovation, nothing more than glowing embers of a once glorious past. To the south, a king leads a dying race of engineers. To the west, the Ombak Warriors live leaderless, praying for a Commander that would never return home. To the east, the Atlas navigators of the eastern steppes protect the last of nature's dwindling life. And to the north, a forgotten nobility rules a lost kingdom, never to be remembered again. Then, in the darkest shadow, humanity's spark of inspiration flickered to life. Bringing with it, a new dawn. The Dawn of the Skies. But it doesn't matter, because even after all our achievements, nothing will be remembered by history, and the Age of the Skies shall be forgotten, forever. Unless you read this book, and pass on the legend.

Gideon has the chance to ride the skies with his grandfather for the last time on the semi-sentient airship, Betty-Lou. All three discover more than they bargained for as they retrace their history starting with the floating island where it all began. A terrible storm of intrigue, betrayal, and greed awaits them on their journey and challenges the seasoned sailor and his grandson to their limits of resourcefulness and endurance. Gideon and his grandfather brave the elements and battle fierce enemies to discover the truth about who Gideon really is.