Steampunk 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]]

Y/n L/n, a street kid born of a dead father and an absent mother, left to fend for himself, being a street kid is not easy, especially with no fortune, he made friends of great value. And he had found himself family with Vander, Vi, Powder and the others. But with time passing, the tensions rising in the undercity, the balance of power is at the risk of changing for the worst. (Just know before we start, the main story will change drastically concerning Jinx/Powder. Most events of the story will not change, but many will be altered. You. Are. Warned.)

The story continues with humanity as they face more challenges in the dangerous world of Magic and Gods. Unlike the native races, humanity cannot channel mana naturally and were viewed as inferiors because of it. But through sheer ingenuity, mankind have adapted it for technological use by crafting magi-tech devices that allow them to harness mana without ever casting a spell. This limitation paradoxically grants them a unique advantage to create weapons and technologies that rival and sometimes even surpass the might of demigods. However, there is still a very long road before true mastery can be claimed as mankind is far from reaching the pinnacle of magical understanding for higher levels of magic exist that render even their most advanced creations insignificant. In this world, there are beings whose power spans from continental devastation to planetary annihilation, capable of wiping out nations with a single strike. Beyond raw power, there are even Spiritual Lifeforms who can regenerate endlessly as long as their souls remain intact. Even more terrifying are the countless "hax" abilities that defy logic and science altogether spread throughout the higher civilizations of the New World. These include powers such as Soul Manipulation, Fate Manipulation, Reality Warping, Immortality, Time Manipulation, Intangibility, Death Manipulation, and even Existence Erasure itself. In comparison to these supernatural phenomena, humanity's magi-tech, though immensely superior to Modern Earth's technology, is still only scratching the surface of the vast and often incomprehensible potential of mana. From Demon Lords to Sea Monarchs, from True Dragons to the Old Gods, and even from Alien Invaders to Lovecraftian Horrors beyond the stars, humanity is tested endlessly both physically and mentally in this strange and unforgiving world. Can mankind as a whole overcome these dangers and guide a world filled with countless horrors toward peace?

To kill or to love, those are the options available at the ruthless academy for young Warlocks. And to love is often to die. She hates him, he doesn't know what he wants. These two ex-friends from rival gangs must join together after their cruel headmaster threatens them to. Either they bring peace or they will live to regret it.

Robin Prakash, a magic doctor from the land of Kingsbury, is invited by his older brother to visit him in the land of the Great Plains. Landing him on the steps of an old farmhouse on the outskirts of a small rural town, known only by the overly cheerful locals as "Sunshine Acres". Quickly running low on funds from his search, Robin agrees to become a cook and cleaner for the recluse sorceress, her sassy apprentice, and their shapeshifting pet, who call "Sunshine Acres" their home. However, when his brother finally arrives in town, he comes with a hidden motive: to steal the sorceress's broken heart stone, a large piece of which she has already gifted to Robin. After being betrayed by his brother for power, Robin must team up with new friends to free the sorceress he has fallen in love with and fight for the new life he has found true joy in. ------------------------------- "I'm looking for a sorceress." "HA!" The old woman laughed, eyes gleaming with amusement. "Might as well admit you're lookin' for trouble, boy." . Cover Character Illustrations by @minoruru on Insta/Tumblr ❤️

Editorial in the "Backlund Messenger" Special Edition - An unpublished manuscript. "Welcome to Backlund, where the air tastes of coal and secrets taste of blood. Here, we do not fear dragons or Dementors. We fear Printer's Ink. If Hogwarts is an ivory tower, then Backlund is a machine designed to grind down humanity. The Press-the Fourth Estate-has ascended the throne. Typewriters clatter to the rhythm of war. Front-page headlines carry more lethality than a Killing Curse. 'The Lucky One' Tristan enters this labyrinth not as a wizard, but as a target. Beneath the suffocating smog of this industrial city, gentlemen in tailored suits are shaking hands with devils. Truth is distorted, honor is auctioned off, and justice is nothing more than a luxury commodity. Tristan must learn to fight not with spells, but with information. To use lies as a shield against lies. To sow seeds of terror through whispers and rumors. The enemy remains faceless. He lurks behind the morning papers, watching with a cold smile as society collapses according to his script. In the mists of Backlund, he who holds the pen, holds Destiny. And be warned: by tomorrow morning, the name appearing in the Obituaries... might just be your own."

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!

THIS IS A FAN-FICTION OF LoM OR 'LORD OF MYSTERIES' Follows a man who got transmigrated into the world of 'Lord of Mysteries' however, he has full knowledge of the entire story as he had read the novel before. With this knowledge that could potentially kill him and / or benefit him in some ways more than one.

After a bombing conspiracy shatters their reputations, two disgraced heroes are reassigned to the last place anyone wants to end up, a forgotten corner of Porta Nexus. Forced to share command of a mismatched squad of rookies, misfits, and one very irritable tech genius, the two former heroes must navigate a city still reeling from the aftershocks of war, and a political climate that would rather bury the truth than face it. As tensions rise and hidden players move in the shadows, the two must choose: prove they still have what it takes to protect Porta Nexus... or tear each other apart trying.

An Iredescent private detective and her family work together to stop a fairy and an energy manipulator from opening a portal to another world within the Iredescent multiverse. ________________ Killian Decuir is banished from planet Iredescent. His daughter, Mara Decuir, becomes a private detective in hopes of uncovering the true reason why her father killed her mother. After encountering the Glittered Inktraitor, Mara and her brother Drave are sent back to their home planet Dusaro. A tea dispute forces the ship to crash land on planet Monshalow. While searching for help, Mara is captured by a fairy named Ireyna Roseshimmer and taken to Killian, who is overjoyed to reunite with his daughter. Mara learns of her father's knowledge of alternate worlds at the same time Drave learns of the fairy's involvement with an energy manipulator. The Decuir siblings and Killian work together to stop Ireyna from a precarious endeavor. A bittersweet consequence results from a simple wish gone awry, though a father's love always remains, even in another universe.

This is one heck of a Victorian-style fantasy novel. Add a spoonful of steam engines to make that darned technology tree come alive! Add a spoonful of love and hatred, so everyone has good reasons to brawl! Add a spoonful of madness to lighten up this gloomy world, and finally, add a spoonful of natural disasters to play the main boss... and so on! Phew, that's a lot! ... Year 931 in the Engerwick Calendar. The city I reside in has been hailed as the most advanced in the West. The main reasons? The world-shaking steam technology, emerging technologies, and the wellspring of chaos. Can't deny it, but the fact remains that people keep flocking here to live. This city always gives you a glimmer of hope, whether it's lies or illusions, but it's so close, within arm's reach, making you risk life and limb. A city of hallucinations. I am one of those dream-chasers.

Intergalactic vampires, sparkly hedgehogs, sneaky shadows, and pearl pranksters come together for the final war of Iredescent history. The Csa Pravni arrive on planet Iredescent to warn the irangels about the Csa Zyrani, who are planning to invade planet Iredescent. With help from the Phoenixes, the irangels prepare for the Csa Zyrani's inevitable arrival. With the combination of her legendary powers and the Csa leader's ancient blood, the Black Rose becomes the Iredescent Rose, the only one capable of defeating the Csa Zyrani. The ribbon war has begun. ________________ Story by Éira Blask Artwork and Book Cover by Aravis Brightspell ________________

In a plague-ravaged, steam-driven empire, Evie is a young woman who has spent years locked away in an asylum because of a curse she can tell no one about. When a fire consumes the institution, she escapes-but not alone. In the flames, she forges a desperate pact with Dagath, a demon who offers her deliverance at a terrible cost. Reborn in ash and rain, Evie is captured by the ruthless Inquisitor Henric Caldwell and given an impossible choice: serve the empire by hunting the witches responsible for the spreading corruption, or be executed as a monster herself. Bound to Dagath and haunted by her own curse, Evie becomes both weapon and liability. As the plague twists land and flesh alike, and the line between hunter , demon, and victim begins to blur, Evie must decide what she truly is-hunter, pawn, or something far more dangerous. Because the deeper she hunts, the clearer it becomes: the true horror may not be what she's chasing... but what she's becoming. Disclaimer: The following story does contain but do not glorify self-harm. Furthermore, the use of AI is restricted to images only.

Aurélis brille au-dessus des nuages toxiques. Nocteryn suffoque dans son ombre. Seris et Lya ont grandi ensemble dans la Basse-Cité, unies contre la misère et les fumées empoisonnées. Mais lorsque Seris est choisie pour intégrer l'élite magique d'Aurélis, elle voit une chance de changer le système de l'intérieur. Lya, elle, y voit une trahison. Quand une explosion sanglante embrase Nocteryn, la guerre éclate entre les deux cités. Seris devient enquêtrice pour le pouvoir. Lya rejoint la résistance. Chacune est persuadée de se battre pour la justice. Mais entre manipulations politiques, secrets d'État et amours interdits, leurs convictions vacillent et leur lien se fissure. Peut-on encore être sœurs quand on choisit des camps opposés ? Et jusqu'où est-on prêt à aller pour sauver celle qu'on aime... même d'elle-même ?

SHADOW-CODED In a world powered by a dying sun, his touch is the ultimate blackout. For fifty years, the twelve floating Sun-Cities of Aethelgard have thrived on the Solar Pulse-a divine energy that grants the Elite power over heat and light. To the citizens of the smog-choked Iron Belt below, the Pulse is a god. To Kaelen Vance, it's a parasite. Kaelen was the Solaris Academy's greatest prodigy until he discovered the truth: the Pulse is failing, and the world is about to go dark. Exiled to the rotting sub-levels of the Grand Archive, Kaelen spends his days scavenging ancient tech-until he touches a forbidden data-shard and triggers the Thirteenth Signature. Now, Kaelen is branded with the mark of the Null, a legendary energy that doesn't create light, but consumes it. With the relentless Commander Jaxon and his mechanical Hounds at his heels, Kaelen must flee into the Hollows-a wasteland of eternal shadow where the Pulse has never reached. Guided by a mysterious Archivist with secrets of her own, he must find the Silent Crater to unlock the final code of the Thirteenth Founder. But the Null-Energy isn't just a weapon; it's a hunger. And as Kaelen drains the world around him to stay alive, he realizes that to save the planet, he might have to become the very monster the Sun-Cities fear most. The lights are going out. The void is calling. And Kaelen Vance is the only one who can see in the dark.

Diary - Day unknown - October 1847 - Silence. I see the world plunging into the Age Of Calamity... These are the words written by a young soldier, in a diary hidden behind a wardrobe of a hotel in the city of Bolasaeg. ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ Once upon a time, in a world of steam engines... In the Capital City of a Realm in war crisis, a girl named Selenya, 16 years of age, a talented Alchemist's Apprentice and Inventor, is thrown into a race to escape a dangerous coup meant to bring down the Royal Family. Along with her 7 friends - the prince and his 6 illegitimate brothers - will embark on a journey that will put their courage and unity to the test, while uncovering a broken world, afflicted by war and a virulent plague ravaging all life... ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ Cover made by me: @angiemeros ⊰᯽⊱┈─╌♚ ♕ ♚╌─┈⊰᯽⊱ 🥇 1st PLACE WINNER - BTS Universe Awards 🏆 CHAMPION - BTS Champion Awards Season 2 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - The Trivia Awards 2020 - 2021 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - Army Bomb Awards 2021 🥈 2nd PLACE WINNER - Orenda Awards 2021

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.

"Many have made vows, they are not always kept." In Bellegarde, the city of industry and magic, two young women find their fates entangled. At its heart stands Queen Fenna, determined to prove herself worthy of a restless crown. In its darker corners walks Lotte, an orphaned spirit hunter whose magic binds the dead to her will. When assassins close in and a revival of the old uprising stirs, the arrival of a fantastical circus and the unearthing of a long-buried secret threatens to upend their lives. Fenna and Lotte must decide not only who they truly are, but how far they are willing to go to forge the path of their choosing.

ORIGINAL STORY! OcxOc

After a terminal illness, Wendy Thomas transmigrates into the Victorian-gothic world of Lord of the Mysteries. Armed with a "Minor World" locket and a unique "Chakra" pathway, she possesses a power free from the world's inherent madness. To avert the coming apocalypse, this determined fangirl must guide the protagonist, Klein Moretti, and rewrite the tragic script of destiny.