Gaslamp Stories

When Liam Bromswell sneaks aboard a pirate airship to prove a point, he thinks he's in for an adventure of a lifetime. But life sailing through an open sky turns out to...

--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...

Theodore Barclay, a hunter who carries the "Hollow's Mark", was born with hair grey as ash, deep crimson eyes that see beyond the mortal world, and the inabili...

"A god will die young or they will die mad." Eight hundred years ago, stars fell from the sky and granted divine power to those who caught them. The small, poo...

Life during The Raj can be full of perils for an English girl, even one raised in India with a parasol in one hand and a rifle in the other. Bunny Spencer's father sends...

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...

"I am made of this." In a mechanical and eldritch Victorian London, a black arts surgeon is ripping out the bones and organs of the healthy poor to transplant...

This is basically another version of 'The Sun Never Shines' except its in story form and will have a plot. Currently open.

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...

Short stories that are romantic or love-focused and are in Fantasy, Gaslamp, or Sci-fi Settings

The Magicians' Republic of Benkrav is a divided country of silent conflicts, slow-roasting resentments and well-nursed wounds. In Kontrek, the capital, skilled thief Jac...

A frightened leader with a haunting past; a determined rogue set to overthrow the entire political system; a strong, rebellious sidekick attempting to prove her worth; a...

Survival is a grim game in Nordturm, and for street kids like Fedor, it's hell... As a shoeshine boy, Fedor scrapes by on the harsh streets. His world turns upside down...

A sequel story to The Flame Owl, a novelette I published last summer. After Dr Barton's death, Lowe Road workhouse warden Andrew Russell has to employ a new deputy. He i...

The veil between the human world and The Otherworld has been sealed for hundreds of years, but that all comes to an end in one night. Suddenly, all sorts of creatures ar...

Rich, ennobled men are dying across Mayfair. It begins with a Duke's heir and soon the murder has trickled into Miss Christine Downing's life. She has only been married...

The year is 1896, and Michael MacBranain is in desperate need of a job. Fortunately for him (or perhaps not-so-fortunately), the Grim Reaper is also in desperate need of...

Corvus Morgenstern, a teenage genius cast out of the mechanist clan. Mira Chelavye, the prodigy and beautiful heir to the alchemist clan. When she brings color into his...

All magic is bad. Would you use it for good? Her carefree life, gone. The support of the aunt who raised her, gone. One brutal murder takes Hannah Taylor from the sunny...