Gaslamp Stories

13-year-old Ermin is a gifted mechanic and the worst student at St. Anselm's Training School for Orphans. She's just failed her exams for the third time, something nobod...

Nothing says romance like a man-eating plant. Westman and Sophie are back. This time, a carnivorous plant from Africa is on display at the Royal Botanic Gardens. But are...

--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...

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

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...

Planet Earth is being deteriorated by the outgrown number of citizens pursuing a knowledge of an unreal yet existing, otherworldly powerful sensation known as "sorc...

After four centuries of absence, magic has returned. But people have forgotten about it. They have moved on, a new religion has destroyed old grimoires, and humankind no...

In which a princess who's capable of wielding magic tries to stop magic-related problems with the help of a socially inept assassin and a few other friends 🪄

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...

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...

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...

When the Kingdom is engulfed in flames, Fire Glass doesn't burn. The night of Princess Rhiannon's official anointing is also the night of the Grand Peace Talks between a...

A train conductor with the same old routine relies on his trusty pocket watch that he received from the railroad to get him through his days. When his watch breaks one o...

The celebrated detective, Mr. Roderic Llewellyn, has been inundated for far too long with interesting problems, sticky situations, and suspicious characters. It's...well...

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...

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...

Emery, Captain of the Shadow Guard, has dedicated his life to one purpose... ...to preserve the three realms of the Cosmos from the dominion of Chaos. But when one of hi...

On the eve of the blood moon, Eden will fall. When the King and Queen don't believe the plea for help from a young boy, Princess Sabina is forced to take action on her o...

"For you." They say as a letter is placed into your palms. "No sender address given."