Gaslamp Stories

𝐁𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬! A pact with the darkness left her twisted and deformed. Strange noises and flashes of light have been coming out of her basement at night, and her pet monster stalks children from the shadows. 𝐋𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬. Eliza Scaggs (not Scraggsies, thank you very much) is tired of all the rumors about her. Sure, she's looking a bit haggard as of late, but she's been working herself to the bone on a secret government project to prove that she, the only woman in the wizard's guild, belongs there. So, maybe she's got some gray in her hair, but she's not old, not old-old- and the only thing she's made a pact with is her purveyor of rot brew tea. Okay, the pet monster thing is true, but Throat Ripper hasn't caught anyone, not yet. She's even taken on a new apprentice. Mentoring a teen, that's not something a twisted hell spawn would do, right? Still, there is something off about the boy, Oliver. He's a good kid, but he's quiet, too quiet, and she's worried that when he asks if she can "fix" people, he means himself... Witches, Boys, and Other Monsters is about: A witch who's not really a witch, A boy who's not really a boy, All the "monsters" who are regular people, All the regular people who are monsters... That, and a bunch of fireballs.

Doncia sees what no one else can: colours bleeding through walls, creatures flying over the city at night. Her father's final gift--a pocket-watch that can blink the visions away--might be the only thing keeping her sane. When the beautiful boy begins to appear and vanish, belief itself becomes dangerous. The demon's purpose is stirring--and the world will break if she can't face it first.

Take two of the original rp.

William Latimer has an unusual experience on the staircase...

--Watty winner-- In Victorian London, monster hunting isn't just a job, it's a way of life. Freddie Westman, a reporter for a paranormal magazine, is one of the best in the business, but now it's personal. His childhood friend, Jim Penderry, has disappeared, and the signs point to sinister forces from beyond the grave. If Westman wants to save Jim, he'll have to face his worst fear. No, not fighting a demon with only a cake to hand. Something far more daunting. Sceptical Sophie Penderry doesn't solve mysteries or go on adventures. She's more at home in the library with her nose in The Botanist's Guide to Plants and Fungi. But she puts the science books away to help Westman find her missing brother, whether he likes it or not. Which he really doesn't. Westman is a loner, reluctant to lead anyone into danger. According to him, the supernatural is not just the stuff of folklore and children's nightmares, and a world of black magic awaits them. Now Westman must decide if he should push Sophie away for her own safety, or take a leap of faith and accept an offer of help and friendship. Either way, time is running out to find Jim, and worse still, they may not make it back in time for tea and biscuits. ~Featured story (Sep 2014 - Aug 2017) ~Selected by R.L. Stine's 'Slappy' (Goosebumps Movie's sponsored reading list) ~Winner of the Wattys 2014 HQ Love Award

"For you." They say as a letter is placed into your palms. "No sender address given."

After her mother died, Munin, a young sorceress, has to reunite with her last living relative: her cousin, leader of the Rebellion against the biggest empire that the Earth has ever seen. With no time to mourn whom she lost, Munin has to learn how to fight if she wants to stay alive. Meanwhile, a pair of misterious people, known only as The Guardian and The Messenger, are watching every step she takes, knowing that Munin is the key to make their wishes come true. What are their real intentions?

When the Kingdom is engulfed in flames, Fire Glass doesn't burn. The night of Princess Rhiannon's official anointing is also the night of the Grand Peace Talks between all the Elemental Fae Royal families. But the Dark Fae Lord has plans of his own. Coming out of hiding after eighteen years, he decides to make an appearance and attack the Fire Fae castle with his signature blue flames. If the Fire Fae can't fight against the mystic flames of the Dark Lord, who can? What is the fate of the Royal Elemental Fae families, and will anyone survive? Holly Black meets Victoria Aveyard in this new tale full of Royal Fae mischief, secrets, betrayal, and loads of intrigue.

On the eve of the blood moon, Eden will fall. When the King and Queen don't believe the plea for help from a young boy, Princess Sabina is forced to take action on her own. Venturing into the wastelands, she discovers a vast army unnaturally approaching the fortress. Lead by the Pale Rider, the wicked creatures of death advance upon the Kingdom of Eden. Seeing through the eyes of a dying seer, Edwin Frasier is forced to accept his bloodline. The son of the Alpha ranked member in the Royal Guard, he must find a way to work with his blood aversions. It is up to him to save Princess Sabina once Eden has fallen. Fans of Underworld and Van Helsing will devour the dark and gritty storyline of THE CRIMSON LEGACIES.

Who is Elle Black? Elle Black, an unconventional psychic detective in an unconventional Victorian marriage, leaves her lovely lesbian wife to answer a desperate plea. Guests are vanishing in a mechanical hotel known as the Sundark, and Elle must use her 'anomalous perturbationist' gift–the ability to move objects with her mind–to save herself and the remaining hotel residents from malevolent, sidereal powers. But with apparitions appearing, magnetic lines disrupted, and clairvoyant guests lurking, who is the true murderer . . . or murderess? Add to your collection of female detective mysteries: A gaslamp fantasy in a steampunk, paranormal London, follow the telekinetic Elle Black, a twenty-two year old, happily remarried widow, as she solves mysteries in the same alternate world as the Dark Victorian series by Elizabeth Watasin. Where Secret Commission agents Artifice and Jim Dastard haven't time to tread, Elle Black will take up the lead and follow. Learn more about this thrilling, lesbian historical fiction series: Deep in London's Chiselhurst lies the Sundark, a magnificent, mechanical manor built in earlier times by a master illusionist and his occultist wife. Its guests have been known to stay, only to never be seen again. Now converted into a hotel, is this rumor some publicity lure or a cover for fleeing, non-paying residents? Elle Black, a housewife and telekinetic among London detectives and Secret Commission agents, is summoned to solve this mystery as more victims vanish, faster than before.

An earl with a problem. Nicholas Masterson, Lord Sharpe, has a problem with potions. He won't drink them, he craves them, and they're getting weaker by the day. When his spymaster uncle requests that he travel from London to India to investigate, he reluctantly agrees and hops on an early morning train. A woman with a plan. Ida Quimby has set herself a goal: begin a new life as an elite perfumer, selling potion-based perfumes to the highest tier of London society. But when her good-for-nothing brother reneges on his promise to supply her with the magic serum for her potions, she takes matters into her own hands and sets out for India to confront him. The journey of a lifetime. A chance meeting on a train brings Nick and Ida together, starting them down a path of mystery and intrigue that could get them both killed. Or lead them to a love for all times.

A girl with a window. A boy that walks past it. A cook with a clear conscience. A secret that destroys it. A woman with a thousand regrets. A man that won't believe the truth. A killer with a plan. A ghost that wants revenge. What could go wrong?

Callum Muir is brought face to face with the woman who stripped him of his humanity and his former life. But can he resist the pull that still exists between himself and his maker?

After being exiled from London for an experiment gone disastrously wrong, Emiline is forced to accompany her brother to the burgeoning cultural center of Budapest. The year is 1876 with zeppelins taking the the skies only scant years before. Yet her first night in Budapest throws her and her brother, Simeon, into a murderously supernatural plot neither would have expected.

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.

Enjoy this Steampunk short story in which a plucky yet haphazard doctor must trek cliff regions to save an ailing tribal girl. Will he find the legendary healing magic or become a snack for Sirens?

A battle for the throne, a prophecy, an inventor, and a game of life and death. Enter Mafaria; a world that has outlived its time of castles and knights and has moved to an era of technology powered by steam. Though for all their ingenious inventions, the people are enslaved to the Abyss keepers-- terrible worshipers of the abyss that sits near the edge of their city. The Abyss is said to have been a punishment from the gods; each day swallowing a bit more of the city. Yet to please the Abyss, one human is lowered as sacrifice and joins those known as the Lost. But when a young inventor dares to defy the law, he finds that all is not what it seems and he dares...to enter the Abyss. Note; The cover for this book was made by me