In a dystopian alternate Earth in which omegas face discrimination and oppression, omega Jonah Merrick is hiding in plain sight as a private investigator. He's also demisexual taking heat suppressants to hide from the ten Houses and their oppressive regime. Until a murder of one of his clients brings him into contact...
*ONC 2024 entry* **Round Two Ambassador's Pick** She's an angel of love; an ill-fitting name, as she's no angel. She strives for a world devoid of pain and sorrow. A world of love; of sex and debauchery without consequences. Unattached forever, she's spent millennia ensuring her world remains free of the chaos caused...
When Luna is cornered into finding a date for her sisters upcoming wedding, she feels a bit desperate. Some unexpected friends at her new job provide her with a somewhat out of the box solution. But when the plan goes awry, is it disaster, or destiny that awaits her? One thing is certain, she will never look at anythi...
Maddie may be a vampire, but the young bartender hasn't let go of her life or her legal identity. Since she's still alive on paper, she must do what all other citizens must do and serve jury duty. In order to find a way to do her civic duty, Maddie asks the owner of a magickal supply shop for help. Zanna, a sarcastic...
In the nearby future, a scientist discovers a nebula about to very slowly collapse. She faces critics and naysayers every day. This is the story of Celeste.
Biddy is a poor girl raised by her older sister in a dark world of magic and draconian rule. Always in her arms is a ragdoll she has conversations that she calls dolly. These are some of their stories...
Short stories that are romantic or love-focused and are in Fantasy, Gaslamp, or Sci-fi Settings
Felix, a one-armed Zombie, goes to the Bone Depot alleyway to purchase a new left arm. "Brain!"
In many ways, most of my stories could find their way into some brand of fantasy. These are stories written for fun and sometimes contests. The first story, The Dragon's Hoard, is a humorous tale of a demon, the narrator, helping her dragon friend Brim declutter his overfilled cave. When the mountain is stormed, they...
Living her life as a slave, Neira is no stranger to suffering. Then she is forced to flee her home and the only friend she has ever had. Determined to find a way to save her friend and find freedom at last, she begs for help at the altar of the three goddesses. Now, she has made a deal that will give her the means to...
Julian is leaving the company and Trent has been enlisted to give him a send off at the end of an all-hands meeting. Trent's presentation isn't particularly exciting, but the story behind it is. The story goes back and forth between Trent's presentation and the story behind each slide. It's a story of how little we...
Max and Ash are grocery shopping when One Night Love Affair comes on over the grocery store PA system. This launches Max into an infodump about his headcanon about Bryan Adams's Reckless album. Max and Ash's conversation is interspersed with the story of Chris, a physics student in 1990s Montreal. His love story foll...
A sci-fi action story about several people who join together to save the world, but the world is not as it seems...
When Lilian and Sarah meet, their hearts are filled with hope. The love they'd dreamt of is finally at their fingertips. Lilian, forced by her mother into an engagement with a rich suitor, wonders what life could be like with Sarah. Sarah boldly approaches her in public. As their relationship and love grows, passion s...
In the neon-lit, rain-soaked streets of Neo Valeria, "The Edge of Fury" unfolds a gripping cyberpunk noir tale. Ramirez, a politician's son, seeks to escape his father's looming shadow by becoming a detective in a city where technology and ambition have pushed society to the edge. His search for identity and truth bec...
Valerie Emersyn is one of the biggest names in the industry, the cold hearted monster; Medusa herself. But she wants more. She doesn't want to be one of the best. She wants to be THE best. In an industry that doesn't respect her and in a competition that will make or break her company, Valerie must make unlikely allia...
Abandoned by her mother and boyfriend of four years, Nicole gets a new job to start her independent life. Her life becomes even more difficult when her forgotten memories from childhood slowly return. Her memories all lead to the one man she plans to avoid. Aiden Stark can never fall asleep alone. Haunted by an event...
When JAWS meets The Exorcist! Father Rosa is a man on the hunt for a demon he unleashed upon the world after an exorcism gone terribly wrong. His path for redemption takes him across the globe, tracking down the entity, now in the body of the apex predator of the deep blue sea. Teaming up with an atheist sea captain i...
The Librarian of a small town harbours dark secrets as the custodian of a spirit infested library. After decades of solitude he might have finally found someone to love, but his demons are getting in the way and causing all types of problems. Then there is the haunted old Briggs place on the outskirts of town, and who...
All Susanna wanted was a friend to keep her safe. She didn't realize just how effective that friend would be.
Lluisa discovers a book of demonology that was donated to the school library. It includes a detailed description of how to summon one of the Forsaken.
Trinee explores her new friendship with Cerys while also dealing with some drama in the family. Oh, and she finds a book of necromancy at a used bookstore. 🙂
Hana causes a stir when she joins the wrestling team. Meanwhile, she and Emma strike up a relationship closer than the other girls...
Emma learns that her powers do not come without a cost.
Emma calls the Ghostlight Girls together and they reveal their powers to each other at last. Now they must use them to try to change Ms. Johnson's fate.
Can you kill god? In this high stakes sapphic romantasy, the forbidden love between Meira a Nephilim and a nun faces the judgement of The Second Coming. Trapped between a vengeful god and his prey, Meira must decide whether or not to become just another cog in the machinations of the universe or to take a stand with...
Argenta is a big buff elf warrior who likes to @&$ around and find out! But when an opportunity arises to take down the greatest evil of their age, she will have to team up with the last human she expected and find that good things also come in small sizes-aiming for a fun adult comedy and classic fantasy adventure an...