Flapper 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 ❫

"When I looked at her she reminded me of who I wanted to be, and who I once was. I didn't want her to leave for I feared she'd take away all my favorite memories that I tried so hard to forget." - To Lillian a party never hurt nobody, so when it was time to say goodbye it hurt so much more than she thought. Now was the time for her to hit a new period in her timeline , for the sake of her parents and the sake of growing up. Now we follow our somewhat retired flapper, who just so happen to fall in love for the first time in her adult life. Of course the first couple of years her and her wealthy husband Scott Blakely had joyous times, but it wasn't till Lillian one day got a knock at her door. And then everything came running back to her.

Follow the story of a young teenager who moved to NYC. The past, present, and future mix in this 1920's short story.

New York, 1923. The booze was cheap and the women were easy. Where jazz was played every night. At night, we came out to play. We're gangsters you see, money is the game. Money is what keeps us alive, but that's all in the business of being a gangster...

In the age of jazz, and an ambitious young society-enter the world of Viola English. A young British socialite who set sail on RMS Olympic-to the United States for her eighteenth birthday. 🚩working on the cover, title and a better description. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are strictly from the authors imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is entirely fictional.

Star crossed lovers are destiny to fail, its just what the star have planned for them. However, can love be strong enough to to challenge the very stars? Sometimes people, even if they are destined to fail, don't quite get what they deserve so they are given a second chance, or three, or more. Ava and Vince were star crossed lovers, meeting for the first time during the height of prohibition as a sassy flapper and a heated bootlegger. Their love for each other had no equal but just as the stars foretold, they met an untimely end, but that wasn't the end. No, it was only the beginning.

Have you ever wondered what jellyfish fashion from the 1920s would look? Well, look no further! Enjoy this oceanic glamourous quick read about the siren flapper named Lorraine.

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Elinor Carter always thought life was intrinsically complicated, but she never anticipated that her strained relationship with her father would change everything. Because in one of his desperate attempts to reform her 'wild ways,' he exposes her to a much worse fate-doomed to be a monster and live forever. The real trouble begins when she meets a certain brown-eyed boy. Because after nearly a century of cleansing dark souls, no voice, and a trail of pain, Peter Parker might just be the one to give her the hope she needs to be whole again. Except, she has no idea if she wants to take that risk. If she's wrong, then her and Peter will have to endure the same pain she's felt all these years, but if she's right, everything will change. Can Peter be the one to restore her humanity? Or will it all end in tragedy?

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess who loved to read. She read everything she could, and she would do anything to get her hands on a good book. Even kill. Only once did someone stand in her way, a freelance worker, a passionate man. The Royal Portrait Painter. She used his blood to paint her white dress red, so she could match her newly painted blood-red fingernails. But who cares about fairy tales anymore? Albert leaned back, closing his steely blue eyes, and saying, "What this generation cares about... Is the art."

don't judge I've been watching ouran high school host club lately.😝

The short story of a girl's first love in 1920's Manhattan.

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Gwen's life is a quiet one, drifting from her job at the library to speakeasies with her best friend Richard. Despite her number one rule "do not become emotionally invested in love interests" she seems to find herself falling hard for the local mobster's daughter, daisy.

The setting is New York, 1920. Jean , Don, and Rosco scheme a plan to make money fast to loot illegal liquor. But what they don't know is what and whom they'll get their hands on.

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! 🗞️ The year is 1927, and amidst the glitz and glamor of the Roaring 20s, the Orient Express has become a symbol of luxury. Four passengers, all from the upper echelons of society, have just boarded...and, before their journey is over, all four will be completely and irrevocably changed. Disclaimer: This is 100% not serious and was written wholly because I'm tired and don't feel like working on one of my (many) legitimate projects. If you want chaotic energy and random LotR headcanons, you've come to the right place. If you want historical or book accuracy, this might not be for you.

When twins Aubrey and Avery discover a magical hourglass in their great grandmother's attic, they embark on an adventure through history and discover truth about their past-and their future.

D.C. in 1931 is lopsided. As the rich get richer, the poor barely manage to survive. Living on the streets with no family and barely enough change to buy her next meal, Alice Winters has taken to picking the pockets of the wealthy in order to restore some balance. When she picks the pocket of Charles Cartwright, the affluent son of a well known senator and his socialite wife, she believes she found the perfect target for a bigger score. Charlie is an artist, confined to work in the privacy of his bedroom. Art, as his parents have said, is no way to make a living. But after a chance encounter with a beautiful thief on a street corner, he’s even more drawn to his canvas. The artist claims the thief as his muse and the lines that separate the two smudge. Perhaps, there is something more valuable than wealth. Canvas - noun. A piece of cloth prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting; “The only color on the whole canvas was a small red circle.” - verb. To consider a subject in great detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; “She circled the block, canvassing the building to find the perfect opportunity to slip between the cracks of the crowd.”