Decopunk Stories

❛ suit up! | 𝜗ৎ ❪ 𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 ❫ There's nothing more powerful than a woman in a suit. Especially one with blood splattered all over it. Twenty-year-old Antoine Masson couldn't have chosen a better time to become an assassin. The Roaring Twenties were in full swing: women dressed as men, men dressed as women and it seemed like there were no limits to the extravagance, the debauchery, the danger. Despite having recently graduated top of her class from the best assassin school in France, Antoine was still waiting on the day HÉRA, her organization, would send her on a real mission instead of the daily little spying assignments they'd tasked her with. Soon enough though, the time came for Antoine to carry out her first hit on her own. Well, not quite alone when she finds herself face-to-face with a notoriously anonymous assassin- L'Ange Guardien- from her rival organization, ORPHÉ. Nobody who's ever faced L'Ange lived to tell the tale, but Antoine soon realizes that she might have to face something bigger than the both of them could have ever imagined... And their curious attraction to each other won't make it easier. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ [Open Novella Contest 2026] Prompt #32 - Two assassins from rival organizations are sent on the same secret mission, only to realize the assignment hides a much bigger truth. Prompt #44 - "May I have this dance?" "Seriously? Right now, in this situation?" [Loosely inspired by the myth of Cupid & Psyche] ❪ 2026 © careycore ❫

Willington is the most advanced city in the world. A symbol of modern society, technology, order, and functionality. A strict dictatorship divides its people into so-called "levels" based on their value. Freedom is a luxury; movement is a privilege. Yet there are people known as levelbreakers who are able to move between the city's strictly divided districts without being detected by the all-seeing AI that controls the entire city. Amber is one of them-a woman who has been an exceptional hacker since childhood. Living on the fringes of society, she struggles with loneliness in this cruel world. She tries to survive even though she has no reason to, and as one of the levelbreakers she stands against the entire city. On the opposite side of the system is Cassian-a corporate slave who spends most of his time locked in a cubicle, doing dirty work and operating on the edge of the law in order to protect a worldwide corporation that holds half the city in its grip. His career is his only hope. But when their paths cross, the foundations of the city of Willington begin to shake, and they become enemies of the dictatorial council. Both of them will have to fight their way through a web of dangerous technology and the roar of jazz to reach the freedom that may be waiting beyond the city's borders.

The Crew at @Ooorah takes on the little-known subgenre of DecoPunk! And what a doozy it turned out to be. Check out the final product of OOORAH's newest contributors here!

A host of writers and thinkers here at @Ooorah have taken on TeslaPunk SciFi! Tune in for this month's electrifying, all-original issue of Wattpad's SciFi e-zine: Tevun-Krus!

Tevun-Krus celebrates its tenth issue by giving you the BEST YET: Sixteen original short stories from the subgenres of Tevun-Krus past.

Savage appetites and opulent vices are a way of life in Crescent City, a metropolis split among werewolves and humans. As one of its most beautiful socialites, Cora Marshall thrives on scandals and the attention they bring. Yet even she is stunned by her father's murder... and by becoming the prime suspect for it. Determined to prove her innocence, Cora hires Detective Sam Hayes, an irresistibly handsome werewolf with as many secrets to his name as she has to hers. To uncover the truth, they must trust each other with everything--especially now that the real killer hunts them throughout the city. *A WINNER OF THE 2023 ALPHA AWARDS*

In the 20th Century, diesel power in Germany, Russia and beyond is life, competing against the superior micro-steam of America. Beside the grit and grime, fabulous architecture, panic in the streets, espionage, the worst war in history blooms and changes all. These pieces of flash fiction present random bits of the Legacy Universe's punk fiction/superhuman diaspora. These may not appear in chronological order, and may over time re-feature the protagonist from the first piece. Take a taste. See how you like it. Welcome to alternate history. NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE SAME UNIVERSE AS DOWN JERSEY DRIVE-SHAFT. IT IS THE SAME AS FOUND IN MY OTHER SHORT STORIES HERE ON WATTPAD KNOWN AS THE LEGACY UNIVERSE.

The War has ravaged Earth for two generations. Young Walter Marlow and his family struggle to survive, in a world of desperation and death. When Walter and his loved ones are captured by the enemy, everything turns upside down. Loyalty, friendship, and faith are tried to the utmost, and he will come to discover what is truly valuable, amid the turmoil of revolution, and the birth of a new society. Diesel robots, water raids, sadistic Pruessian officers, fanatical boxing, and mysterious cats abound.This short story is a prelude and introduction to the retrofuture universe upcoming in my decopunk novel, "Ruby Descent". Note: This story contains violence and dark situations, in an apocalyptic setting.

"Perfect World Somewhere" is now a Featured Sci Fi novel! Thank you to the Wattpad team and all of you fantastic readers and friends who have made my millennium ;) I hope this story inspires and uplifts others as much as it has me. *** Lily Fairpoole is a girl of many talents. Gifted with a brilliant mind and a beautiful singing voice, she excels at an early age, working as her father's apprentice in their robotic maintenance shop. Her loving family and complacent life in the rural town of Plumgrove are sheltered from the outside world, though the War with the Pruessian Empire has raged across Earth for two generations. Even the most peaceful havens fall on Black Sky Day, as the robotic armies of the Kaezer devastate the homeworld. Faced with overwhelming destruction, Lily and her loved ones begin a journey driven by sacrifice, and the will to remain free. Lily's struggle takes her to the strongholds of the resistance, the dreaded ration camps of the enemy, the glittering and powerful off-world colonies, and finally to the Ruby lift--the swanky and yet often chaotic space elevator operated by the Royal Crown Orbital Plaza and Resort. Chromed and streamlined rocketships, heroic robots, brave revolutionaries, flappers, and plenty of jazz! A blend of early twentieth century eras and possible futures, as well as a coming-of-age story, this is the first complete novel in my retrofuturistic "Family of Earth" series. This novel is in revision status, so please feel free to comment and leave any feedback. Note: This story contains violence and dark situations, in an apocalyptic setting.

An Alien called Angus who emits some serious gas, a psychotic blonde with a fire arms fetish and a drain emitting Shakesperian prose, apparently they've had odder days at the Department of Editors and Auditors, but John's just there for an interview for a new job. Day 1 of his new career seems to be taking a severe turn for the odd... and then there's Bob...

"We don't hand out vices. We hand out an escape from pain." -Silas MaCallister, drug kingpin In Hellhole, the sordid city situated into the volcanic basin of the Moloch Caldera, drug bootlegging reigns supreme. A red demon, Asher Glassberg, witnesses the murder of his parents in a gruesome in-home shooting, He finds himself caught up in Hellhole's seedy drug underbelly seeking retribution for his parent's murder. More drug related murders soon follow in Hellhole and black demon Milton Romero, a freshly hired drug mule, stumbles across a deadly strain. The witty Tengu detective, Renshu Karasu, looks into the murders with his keen eye for detail and hunger for solving puzzles. Will this new drug strain bring Hellhole to its knees? Find out in this gritty art deco Prohibition era noir of the demonic kind. The full novel available now on Amazon!

Two hundred years ago, the Monotopias overthrew the empire that had controlled them for centuries. Many more Monotopias have risen and fallen since, but the cities still stand, riddled with strife and rotten at the core.

1920. The Sky War is over and Germany is victorious. But success has its price. Berlin is now a metropolis of merriment, vice...and danger. Enter Hauer, Freikorps officer, hunter, law enforcer. Hauer is tasked with hunting down illicit, lethal black market items in the city he knows and loves. But though the war is over and the night lights gleam bright, the shadows have grown ever longer. This is a tale of decopunk in the Legacy Universe, of a Berlin that never was, and always has been...

Futuristic Russia is a Decopunk-inspired utopia. Micah Sloski is a law student enrolled in K.A.I College, assumed cheater and fraud by everyone. When he is set up and forced to leave, Akira Chernov, world famous graduate and National Honor's List holder, defends him and his case. The two have more in common them they think...and will things stay professional?

In a technologically advanced 1930s Harlem, a young inventor must navigate the criminal underworld, but losing his way could mean death..or worse.

Dieselpunk Epulp Showcase Includes stories by John Picha, Grant Gardiner, Bard Constantine, Jack Philpott. This action-packed ePulp Anthology unleashes four new noir tales inspired by the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s. Blazing brawls and gritty adventure awaits dieselpunks, nostalgians, die hard or pulp-curious fans. Hope you can take a punch, because these two-fisted tales hit hard! For young hoods, the Aether Age streets of mob-plagued Chicago present a world of opportunity. And Mack and Mickey are headed straight for the top in "That Sort of World: a Tale of the Aether Age." It's class-warfare in Citadel City as Pandora Driver and her Car of Tomorrow deliver rough justice to the elites and a douche named the Gooch in "Who are the People in your Neighborhood?" "The Wise Man Says" introduces Mick Trubble: a hard drinking, chain smoking charmer who bites off more than he can chew... then chews like hell. The Troubleshooter takes the grit and slang of a hardboiled detective and drops it in a dystopian setting that mixes Fedoras, trench coats, flying cars and android policemen. The dirty streets of Roanoketown were his home and his only family. Until he met HER. Now he'll follow HER into hell, tamahaak held high, and fight as a proud Indian against the Anglo Oppressors. He'll wager his life to be a true "A Friend of Spirits." Download if you dare!

Well we know he's been writing pretty much nothing but horror of late, and if you haven't checked out his 'ZEDS,' series then you probably should, but apparently he writes sci-fi, too! In this, the second TK special to feature a rather prolific - though not the most prolific, by any stretch of the imagination! - contributor of short stories to the ezine, we focus on our co-founder, @AngusEcrivain

What is DecoPunk? We're still not sure! But it's got Christmas-related shit this time around!

For the last ten years, creatures known as Shadows haunt the town of Newdale, hunting the townsfolk and causing mischief and mayhem wherever they can. Some in the city rise up boldly to try to fight against these foes, but not Darian. Sixteen-year-old Darian Danforth VanEaton has never had any grand ambitions or outstanding life goals. He is content in his life as the son of a gardener, and he has never minded the family's tradition to send one person to the Pontsworth Academy of Magical Defense. He is perfectly willing to sit back and let life happen however it desires. Big plans and goals are for other people, not for him. He will do his best at whatever swordwork or mathematics homework is set before him, but he has no grand illusions that anything he could do will change the world. Darian is soon to learn that such a disconnected outlook on life is not healthy when surrounded by a pack of deadly monsters with nothing but a small suitcase to protect himself and the Shadowmancer himself closing in on him. Perhaps in order to truly live his life, it is time to make some decisions. Anticipated length: 70 chapters Updates every Monday

Well, we here at Tevun-Krus have been doin' this sort of thing since 2014. What is "this sort of thing"? Best-Of issues, of course! And 2K17 is no different-- That's a lie! Best of 2K17 is different, in that this time we wanted* to bring you 38 brand-new stories, one from every major sci-fi sub-genre we've tackled! It's the biggest TK Best-Of yet, and it's one for the ages, 'troopers! Ooorah! *may or may not contain 38 stories