Steam-punk Stories

There is no night in the Everburning City. There can never be. ***** For four hundred years the Everburning City has withstood the advance of the life-strangling fog known as the Gloam. Its walls have held back five invasions, but on the eve of the sixth, the city's inhabitants know things have changed. Golems are coming out of the mist, and the bodies of the dead are rising at the Gloam's bidding. The city's last and most desperate line of defence comes in the form of the Crafters, individuals who can channel the power of fire, though they risk their sanity each time they do. The brightest of these valiant heroes are Tabitha a'Loria and her apprentice Gerald Reath. Risking their lives, they mount their airships, determined to save the last bastion of humanity - the Everburning City. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

More than five thousand years ago, in the magical world of Allterra, there was a book forged by the dwarves. A book that contained the powers of a God. Time had passed, and the book was never found again. In the present day, in the central city of Augmenttur, there was a humble librarian who was curious, bright, and resourceful. Arthur. In his youth, he was an advocate of magic preservation, and wished to document rare magic. But fate had a sense of humor, when he found himself set on an unexpected adventure. A wish that came true. When an accidental message he sent out to inquire about the missing pages of a book had spread across Allterra, he learned that the book in his possession was an ancient magic holder and divine in origin. It was the missing book, forge by the dwarves all along. And the dark forces had been long waiting for its return, as the book could grant whoever reads its text, rare power. Tasked by the Elven King and determined to amend his mistake, he must find the lost pages together with a band of misfits, before the dark side gets their hands on them, while also protecting what's left attached to the cover he was holding. But thanks to his error, they had learned that something was brewing beyond the shadows. In their pursuit of the lost magic pages, they had travelled the kingdoms and uncharted territories and met all kinds of people and beast. They uncovered the truth behind the world, a truth that changed the course of their lives forever. ************************* LEGENDS OF ALLTERRA #1 Get ready to unfold and experience the immersive lore in Allterra. Expect world-building and magical kingdoms. A high fantasy blended with steampunk and medieval touch. Meet various characters and their exciting backstories. Action and adventure awaits you! Go, deep dive to the world of magic, kingdoms, creatures, and warfare and enjoy the ride! Join the epic journey!

Krypton didn't just burn-it left Kara Zor-El floating through the cosmos with a dead world's weight on her shoulders, a battered communicator she refuses to answer, and a bottle to keep the grief at bay. When a blind jump strands her on Runeterra, she finds herself trapped beneath a volatile star whose red-dominant radiation strips away her godhood, leaving her bruised, bleeding, and entirely mortal. Wandering into the neon-soaked grease of the undercity, Kara stumbles into The Last Drop looking for a drink and a distraction. Instead, she finds Jinx: brilliant, wildly unstable, and spiraling in the wake of a city on the brink of total war. In a city that eats soft things alive, two deeply broken survivors from ruined worlds forge an unlikely, dangerous bond. As Piltover's enforcers close in and Zaun fractures from within, Kara must navigate her flickering powers, Vi's intense suspicion, and a volatile, slow-burn romance with a girl who understands that sometimes the world ends more than once. Some stars die out. Others just burn red.

Of the massive might of The Free Nations Army, the most powerful militarized force in the world, the greatest asset to keeping their lands safe and their freedom secured aren't the Storm riders, the only dragon riders in the world, or the mighty Free Nations Navy, with their fleets of ships that could only be called otherworldly, or their tens of thousands of Black Coats. It is the SSO. Sanctioned Squad Operators. Small elite groups working in absolute tandem and absolute secrecy, deployed worldwide and operating clandestinely at any given moment. The rarest of these was, well, R.A.R.E. Respond Assess Rescue Encounter. A hand-picked group of operators selected from other highly effective squads, a supergroup, if you will, that handle the most impossible.jobs. This squad for reasons we don't have time to get into here, became known as THE BOYFRIEND SQUAD. And now, a very sensitive, very impossible job has come up, and only a certain kind of operator can bring it to a satisfactory conclusion. And due to case-related circumstances, these operators all must be female. So it's time to cherry pick the dossier and fill the positions, build a supergroup of ops specialists...build..THE GIRLFRIEND SQUAD!

Bleeding out on the cold floor of Fontaine's office in Rapture, Elizabeth Comstock believed her story was over. But the Lutece twins have one final experiment left to conduct-a brand-new variable placed onto a world that has never known sky-cities, drowning towers, or Songbird. Pulled through a dying tear onto the ash-streaked scrublands of Sera, Elizabeth is rescued by Kait Diaz and a band of Outsider rebels fighting for survival against the rising Swarm. Weak, traumatized, and wielding dangerous spatial abilities she can barely control, Elizabeth must learn to navigate a brutal, unfamiliar reality where every day is a battle to survive. As the Swarm closes in and the dark history of Sera emerges from the deep, an unexpected bond forms between two women bound by loss, legacy, and heavy burdens. In a universe defined by infinite multiversal variables, Elizabeth and Kait are about to prove that love can become the ultimate constant.

This is a little collection of oneshots featuring my characters, upcoming characters, alternative universes (AUs), and backstories. 👀✨ Think of this book as a place where I can share random ideas, extra lore, character moments, and things that don't necessarily fit into my main series. And don't worry! I'm NOT abandoning my other book series! 😭💀 I'll still be writing them, but school has been keeping me very busy lately, so updates might take a while. 😓 Anyway, I hope you enjoy whatever chaotic ideas I decide to throw in here! 💀✨

Morgana is a masterclass in literary craftsmanship, subverting the conventions of the gothic thriller and analog science fiction to deliver a profound meditation on corporate guilt and the fatigue of materials. Written in clinical, precise prose devoid of sentimental embellishment, the story begins with the mysterious disappearance of textile tycoon Arthur Vance. To escape his creditors and the fallout of his industrial abuses, Vance has managed to isolate the vacuum and compress reality inside an oak box. Gothic detective Morgana Vance, accompanied by the rigid military officer Coldstream and the clairvoyant luthier Sol Raíz, ventures into a labyrinth where architecture behaves like a psychological symptom. The novel's greatest triumph lies in its physical and social premise: space does not warp by magic, but is instead woven and unwoven through the acoustic frequencies of the looms in the lower periphery, where the suffering of exploited workers acts as a knot of molecular containment. Moving through an oppressive atmosphere shaped by static, a constant drizzle on zinc sheets, and the animal complicity of Mrak and Tman, the narrative ticks like a dry metronome toward an irreversible geometric collapse. Ultimately, Morgana is an original and mature work-a tale where the mathematical precision of Jorge Luis Borges merges with the urban alienation of J. G. Ballard, proving that isolation is not armor, but an empty perimeter that only human loyalty can restore.

In the year 3120, within a steampunk universe powered by energy stones known as "Rueoc," a boy named Azul seeks to fulfill his brother's wish: to uncover the truth about their world. In doing so, he comes to realize that the Rueoc are far more than mere energy stones.

The city of Riddlewood runs on Vitaeon-a glowing, volatile energy source extracted from deep beneath the cobblestones. But ever since Detective Sheridan Cavendish exposed the dark origins of his city's power grid, the static has entered his blood. Sheridan is fading. Suffused with raw energy, his body has begun to phase, losing physical density and drifting out of alignment with reality. To keep Sheridan from dissolving into pure light, his partner, the brilliant engineer Finch, builds the Stability Anchor-a chest-mounted bio-frequency dampener fused directly over Sheridan's heart. But physical instability is the least of their worries. Across Riddlewood, ghost-like "Temporal Echoes" are erupting from streetlamps and factory floors, projecting violent, long-buried memories of the city's past onto the sky. Behind the madness is Professor Tesseract, a radical visionary who has hijacked the central Clockworks Tower. Tesseract isn't just trying to reveal the truth-he is tuning the city's grid to a lethal cardiac frequency designed to stop the heart of every citizen in Riddlewood. To save the city, Sheridan must make the ultimate sacrifice: unlatch his anchor, plunge his mind directly into the roaring energy stream, and rewrite the city's pulse from the inside out. Ether-noir atmosphere meets biopunk body horror in this thrilling sequel about inherited guilt, corporate corruption, and the terrifying cost of truth.

When student Rosyln Sparrow is killed in her dorm room at Mourningstar Academy in the lunar, steampunk utopian kingdom of the angels and Lycantypes, Belladonna, October Sanchez's second year at this school becomes far more interesting, yet his life shatters the night of his Autumn Equinox when his holy ritual goes horribly wrong and his best friend, Nevian Petrichor, is cursed. Enter Eden Nightingale, the harpy leader of the witch street gang, the Marionettes, along with Unkindness Locket and Jester Cage, who is accidentally shot by October in the dark forest the night of the ritual, and after making a dangerous deal, October temporarily sells his soul to Eden and the dark forest, known as the Null, the prison of the shadow goddess, Druveera. Now, October must hide this secret from his family (his twin brother Gale being the exception) as he tries and solve the murder of Rosyln, however it becomes complicated upon meeting new allies, including Solar Flare and Viper Kyradel, being stressed by his father and sister, Nevian's mind is going to the Null in his sleep and claiming to have encounters with Avery Whispers, a mysterious ghost with secrets tied to Eden, he suspects that the School Director is not who she seems, Gale is falling deeper and deeper into grief, October awakens new, terrifying abilities he doesn't understand, and worst of all, October is starting to fall in love with Eden..

Rostiges Is a City Known for the prosperity,entertainment,etc.in short it is a really Really advanced.the City is powered by a crystal called "Stellarium",the Power of Stellarium could Light 100 Billion Light Bulb. gescthact Pentahan or simply called Gescth is a Teenager who Loves to collect Gear and scraps from garbage to recycle it into a new things.gescth Comes from a Poor Family,His family just died due to Gas leak so now he lives with his Sister.gescth always got Bullied by kids His age because his Great Grandfather is recognized as "The Curse" Because He is an accused Serial killer and once try to Steal Stellarium. gescthact also have a sister called Blume Pentahan,she is 1 years younger.both gescthact and Blume live in the same house inside a flats. -(Inspired by Gachiakuta,Limbus Company)- -(New Chapter Every week)-

THE SKIES ARE CRAWLING WITH MONSTERS. AND THE STORM IS HUNTING. Kalex never asked to be a hero-he just wanted to outrun the phantom storms that stole his parents and shattered his world. But when an ancient, engineered apocalypse known as the Sky-Rippers begins tearing whole cities from their mountain perches, running is no longer an option. Flanked by his faithful, armor-clad fruit bat, Oplin, Kalex is thrust into a dangerous partnership with Kaelen-a sharp-witted survivalist bound to a lethal Void-Plumed Stalker. Together, they must navigate the high-tech, gear-grinding foundries of the lowlands, survive deadly subterranean beasts, and confront the dark truths hidden within the clouds. To stop the impending extinction of the realm, Kalex must return to his ancestral home, claim his birthright, and lead a legion of elite sky-riders against an engineered tempest. But in a war fought thousands of feet in the air, one bad thermal means a long, fatal fall. Sky-high action, deep bonds, and breathtaking aerial battles collide in an epic fantasy where the only thing deadlier than the storm is the secrets it carries.

When the weight of grief is too much to bear, who do you turn to? Milliscent, an orphan child, taught to pray learned to steal, found the journals of Lord Essel, a pioneer in Meteorolgy, but it wasn't just scopes and measure, it was grief and doubts that lead her closer to the truth. Learning the Wilde sort of relationship of the one that opened up the skies. She followed the trails of this journal and finally came across what she deeply wished for, will it be just as she expected it to?

"Sejarah mengingat para raja. Namun dunia bertahan karena mereka yang berdiri di belakang mereka." Selama tujuh ribu tahun, Benua Astra terus dilanda perang, perebutan kekuasaan, dan runtuhnya berbagai kerajaan. Sejarah selalu mencatat nama para raja dan para pahlawan, tetapi tidak pernah mengingat mereka yang diam-diam mengubah jalannya dunia dari balik meja strategi. Arven Ashcroft hanyalah seorang mekanik desa biasa. Ia bukan bangsawan, bukan pendekar, dan bukan penyihir. Hidupnya berubah ketika sebuah buku kuno peninggalan tactician legendaris, Arden, memilihnya sebagai pewaris. Sejak saat itu, Arven terseret ke dalam konflik yang melibatkan kerajaan-kerajaan terbesar di Astra, organisasi rahasia, teknologi kuno yang telah lama terkubur, dan rahasia sejarah yang selama ribuan tahun disembunyikan dari dunia. Tanpa kekuatan luar biasa dan tanpa takdir sebagai pahlawan, Arven harus membuktikan bahwa perang tidak selalu dimenangkan oleh pedang yang paling tajam, melainkan oleh keputusan yang paling tepat. Di dunia yang dipenuhi ambisi, pengkhianatan, persahabatan, dan pengorbanan, satu keputusan dapat mengubah sejarah selamanya. Selamat datang di dunia Astra. Sebuah legenda selalu dimulai dari satu langkah kecil.

Year 744 A.D. (After Discovery), Age of the Artisan. An era of steamcraft, alchemy, and the refined study of ancient workings guides the world into a flourishing age. Across the continent, gentle skybirds follow the railways, meadow blooms shimmer under lanternlight, and forgotten artifacts quietly find their way back to scholars' tables. Yet beneath this vibrant progress, subtle disturbances ripple through reality in ways few can explain. Many describe them as early anomalies-fine fractures suggesting tensions between Order and Chaos. Research on Uniqueness accelerates, revealing possibilities that inspire as much caution as curiosity. Academies race to interpret these signs, but each discovery only deepens the mystery. Still, the world moves forward, confident in its achievements, unaware of the quiet strain beneath its foundations. A patient shadow stretches across the era, unnamed yet undeniable. And within this shifting age, Lucien de Noctval steps toward a path that will draw him closer to its center than he ever expects.

My second collection of short stories, but longer than the works in my Read my Shorts collection. This volume consists of anything more than 1000 words and includes new works, re-writes of a few older pieces and anything else I found on my computer that I'd forgotten to post before. It will contain steampunk, historical fiction, urban fantasy, science fiction, fantasy, slipstream, sci-fantasy, horror, paranormal, general oddity and anything else that happens to fall out of my ears as ideas formulate into stories. Enjoy. Comments and constructive feedback always welcomed.

''Some vaults hold gold. This one holds a frequency that can shatter the world.'' Arsène Lupin III has never been able to resist a family challenge. Deep beneath the murky, rising tides of Venice lies the Harmonic Vault. Designed by a rogue student of Leonardo da Vinci, this unconquered Renaissance labyrinth guards a prize even Lupin's legendary grandfather failed to steal: The Leviathan's Breath. To the world's greatest thief, this mysterious artifact is the ultimate master key. But Lupin isn't the only one hunting it down. A ruthless and deeply connected adversary has her sights set on the prize, commanding an elite force and hiding a catastrophic agenda that could bring the globe to its knees. Framed, outgunned, and navigating a deadly high-society masquerade, Lupin must rally his iconic crew for the heist of a lifetime. With Jigen, Goemon, and the ever-unpredictable Fujiko by his side-and an unusually relentless Inspector Zenigata turning up the heat-the canals of Venice are about to host the wildest getaway route in history. Can Lupin outsmart a billionaire mastermind and conquer the vault that beat his grandfather, or is he finally in over his head?

The beginnings of a world war, a bandit invasion, an arena in the sky. Follow the tragedy of the carefree Enkerai in this coming of age tale that will change a continent forever. Part of The Ark Regenesis Saga (Arksong, Aster's Peace, Chronicles of The Novus Aevum, The Skylark Club).

To̅mi Andrei - better known as Plasmasonic - is invited to compete in the Skyspire Circuit, one of the most intense hoverboard racing events ever conceived, held on Skyripper Mountain. The invitation comes from her friend Lorelei Feathercloud, who suspects something deeply wrong with the racers selected for the competition. The racers aren't just ambitious - they're vicious, unstable, and driven by unexplained hostility, as if something is pushing them beyond ordinary rivalry, and it seems too normal. Behind the glittering spectacle stands the enigmatic tech magnate Elara Thistletwaite, the benefactor supplying the experimental hoverboard technology making the Circuit possible. Publicly, Elara presents the event as a celebration of innovation and athletic excellence. Privately, however, she has her own hidden agenda - one that involves turning the competitors into unknowing test subjects for reasons only known to her. To make matters worse, Elara has personally recruited one of Plasmasonic's most resentful rogues, Dynamo Damsel, whose relentless thirst for revenge proves to push the hoverboards to their limits. As the races escalate into increasingly heated confrontations across gravity-defying fantasy tracks, Plasmasonic and Lorelei uncover clues pointing to sabotage, psychological manipulation, and a sinister experiment hidden beneath the tournament's dazzling façade. Caught between fierce competitors, Elara's schemes, and a rival who is hoping to see her fail, Plasmasonic must keep her head on a swivel on Skyspire Circuit as catastrophe lies in wait around every bend. *Plasmasonic (To̅mi Andrei, cover image) is illustrated by Bilcassonato!

In the magitech capital of Tan'thalon, strength is spectacle-and survival is never guaranteed. When young noble Talia Surifarah sneaks beyond the safety of her station, she witnesses a living legend: the Diviner, a blind arena champion whose mastery of earth and combat defies all reason. But the city's wonders hide brutal truths. As deserts creep closer, swallowing towns without explanation, Talia learns that power alone cannot stop what is coming. Attacked in Tan'thalon's rain-soaked alleys and pushed to the brink, she is saved by the Diviner herself-an elementalist whose discipline and instinct eclipse everything Talia has been taught. Bound by duty, shadowed by a controlling guardian, and driven by a world on the edge of ruin, Talia must choose who she will become. A sheltered paladin of noble blood... or something more. The sands are moving. Legends walk unseen. And the first step toward destiny is learning how to stand.