Gaslamp Stories

After gaming all night, he died suddenly-only to transmigrate into the game as its infamous villain.​​ He confessed to the noble duke's daughter, only to enrage her father into plotting his death. Victor thought he had just one enemy, but when he came to his senses- Everyone around him craved his demise. The icy Valkyrie boss vowed to claim his head; The all-powerful heiress would gladly bury him alive; Even stray dogs on the street snarled at his shadow! Trapped in this doomed ending, with players poised to farm his EXP- He chose a different path: ​​"If every last one of you wants me dead..."​​ ​​"Then I'll just pledge myself to the Evil God."​

Cursed with clairvoyance, Millicent Sinclair has been seeing ghosts for years. More annoyingly, she can hear them, speak with them, and worst of all, feel their clammy, cold touch. She takes no nonsense from the dead (or the living, for that matter), but an overnight stay at the haunted 'Black Swan Inn' leads to more than she bargained for. A short story for Christmas. ~Selected by Crimson Peak (sponsored Reading List 'Historical Horror')

In the bowels of a city called Reidier, Mella makes a mistake. She loses her temper. To avoid the oncoming shit storm that results from that, she finds shelter- with the secret Incognita revolution. But their leader is missing, and tensions are high. Anything can happen. Meanwhile, far away on the east coast, the Archheir Astall attends another boring high society function. That turns out to be a bad idea. Before the night is over his parents are dead, and a coup d'état brews on the horizon. There is only one thing that might help him win back his innocence and his city- the sacred Mandate, a magical document which names the rightful heir- and that, conveniently, is locked inside a box no one has seen since his father became the Archduke of Yvette. No matter how much the six cities of Derwent wish themselves separate, they are tied together. Consequences stretch past city borders and walls. These two events were set into motion a long time ago- when a simple serving girl made a decision. Now, ancient forces are awakened, and change is coming. A Game of Thrones meets the Infernal Devices. (kind of)

I thought I was used to bad things happening. Until I ended up dead. Red makes a humble living in the fog and muck of Bedlam as a cat burglar. But when a job goes wrong, she attracts the attention of a malevolent assassin. Death comes calling, and her life is turned upside down. Red is pulled into a raging war in the Above, her father is missing, and worse yet the children of Bedlam are disappearing. Hunted at every step, it's up to Red to discover their fate and confront her own mysterious past. But some secrets should remain buried. And the dark should be left alone. A thrilling Gaslamp fantasy with a strong female lead, sky pirates, and elementals set in the realm of imagination itself.

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.

In an alternate Steampunk world, a young man invents a new source of energy.

"I know it may come off as a shock to you." The Dark Spectacled Admiral demurs. "But I'm afraid that it is the single, unquestionable truth. Your room at the Blind Helmsman has already been prepared. I bid you a good evening." (Oneshot for now.)

On May Day of 1901, Dublin falls. Dublin dies in the wake of a mysterious illness, leaving its victims rabid, mindless, and very hungry. Panic rises, driving people away from Ireland in fear of plague. But Stanley knows better. He can hear these 'sick', after all. And this is no plague; this is a curse. As a borne Chime Child, seventeen-year-old Stanley Brigham simply wants peace in his life. His Sight connects him to the magical and supernatural, and has long given him grief. He has only come to Ireland to introduce himself to his recently betrothed and return home. But his life is warped when the Outbreak finds its way into his world. The dead return, their voices still heard by Stanley, even when no one else hears them. Soon his ability catch the eye of Maggie MacNamura, a colorful Irish spiritualist who is keen on saving her home. Not but days after escaping back to England, Stanley finds himself drawn into Ireland's mess when Maggie approaches him and his closest companion, Vincent Cammish. She proposes that something (or someone) more magical is behind the mass attack, and she wants them found. Armed with little save for a folklore book and Vincent's company, Stanley ventures back to Dublin in search of the curse's mastermind. His adventures drive him deep in Ireland's magical realm, from the seedy underground of Monto to the Druidic order that guards this world. A world full of old magic, older politics, and dark creatures the British Isles have long forgotten. And perhaps with good reason.

When a young boy is cheated out of his prize from a dice game, he must steal an artifact for the people who cheated him in the first place to earn it back. No AI was used in writing this story. AI cannot make choices, it can only find averages.

When Angela Baker's doll breaks, she discovers that when she experiments with magic, magic will experiments with her... Image Credits - 'German Doll' by Gail Frederick; 'Stardust' by Duncan Johnston. eBook version available on Amazon along with Fireflies At Lughnasadh and The Interview.

(Note: This is the current iteration of the "Dragon Prince"-inspired saga, and the one that should be read. It's also not being worked on because I discontinued it some time ago.)

From the shadows of London's gaslit alleys comes the start of a new Penny Dreadful revival... History forgets its monsters. But they never forget. From the haunted hills of the Black Country to the gaslit streets of London, a familiar terror stalks the shadows. He leaps rooftops. He breathes fire. His claws are sharper than butcher's blades. But Spring-Heeled Jack is more than a legend-he's a performer. And fear is his stage. The Flaming Spectre follows the infamous mentor from Blood Sipper-but this time, the spotlight is all his. Told through his own eyes, this standalone gothic horror explores what it means to become a story... and what it costs to stay one. Featuring eerie fae, twisted woodland glamour, and scenes steeped in Victorian grime and urban myth, The Flaming Spectre reimagines the legend of Spring-Heeled Jack in a haunting tale of legacy, identity, and beautifully orchestrated dread. In a world that no longer fears devils, he will feed their nightmares. Perfect for readers of Anne Rice, H.P. Lovecraft, Deborah Harkness, and Edgar Allan Poe-this is gothic horror with teeth, swagger, and smoke.

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?

Thirteen-year-old Pietrek Zamoyski had no idea how enormous the consequences would be when he began trying to uncover whatever juicy secret his parents were clearly keeping. Yet he persisted in uncovering it. Through stern fathers, overly-lax teachers, colloquial maids, locked filing cabinets in rooms he had no business being in, a backstabbing friend or two, and increasing lurches in his stomach. His pigheaded insistence on outing the truth may have resulted in him causing his own downfall. Or he may have accidentally galvanized himself to later change his country for the better. Or it may have simply been a neutral, if highly unusual, string of occurrences. Cynically narrated by nineteen-year-old Pietr, this is the short yet extended story of how he got from where he was to the completely different place no one would have guessed he'd end up.

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?

In a city where the steam network remembers your secrets, the revolution begins with a wrench. Thomas Li-Harrison is a mixed-heritage engineer fixing the pipes that keep Shanghai warm. When impossible readings start appearing in the network - and his body starts doing things he never learned - he discovers the infrastructure he's maintained for years is hiding something vast, watchful, and alive. Now every pipe whispers a question he can't ignore: who built this system, and what is it really for? ⚙️ THE INTERACTIVE EXPERIMENT: This is an iterative serial. Your comments and votes shape the plot and the romance in real-time. ⚡ JOIN THE RESISTANCE: Sign up for the Substack (link in bio) to get the secret Marco prequel story and vote on future chapters!

Take two of the original rp.

Romance, action, adventure, Shades, and clockwork. When unexpected events proceed the Viscount's Ball, Annabelle Esperbane —daughter of a lord— finds herself thrown into the world her affluent childhood sheltered her from.

Orennox is a wizard who has been around since the world was made. As technology progresses, magic tends to wane and Orennox adapts to the trends. Now called Oren Knox, he is mostly known as a gunfighter, a notoriously cheap gunfighter who will use magic to make one bullet do the work of many so he doesn't have to keep buying ammunition. His quest is to locate the last Earth Nodes, the last strongholds of magic, and harness their power with the goal of bringing back his trapped wife. In order to find these Earth Nodes, he must use the services of the female Diabolists (night witches) who can sense the magic from long distances. Only, Diabolists are extremely rare and there is a psychopathic killer out there who wants them all dead. After losing one Diabolist to fate, Oren must protect his new asset from those who would hunt her down and kill her so he can find enough magic to complete his quest. However, he is not the only wizard left looking for Diabolists, Diabolists have minds of their own, and, according to him, everyone Oren comes in contact with is a sidewinding, low down, scoundrel.

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