Gilded Stories

This is my take on a few cliches in the romance-fantasy world, but fear not! I've added quite a few sick twists and turns ;) - - - - - - - He's royalty. She's a thief. ...

We were two halves of the same soul. Until the world taught us how to drift apart. In the shimmering halls of New York's , Charlotte and Sophia Vanderbilt were never jus...

At the close of the Victorian Era, society still expected middle-class women to be "the angels of the house," even as a select few strived to become something...

London, 1879. Beautiful, rich, kind, beloved by all and happily married to one of the most powerful men in England, Lady Lily lives the charmed life of a Gilded Age soci...

Harrowdon is a town corrupted by greed and cursed by a witch for stealing the jewels that kept her alive. Because of this, the town cannot be touched by light. Until Zar...

What is in a good title?

France, circa 1850: Baron D's famous Midnight Ball is to commence. Amidst the glittering, aristocratic gaiety of the partygoers looms the treacherous entanglements of th...

After years of silence as a dutiful daughter, Frances' voice is offered to her once more when she meets Emyr, a penniless man far below her station. Only, the promises t...

In the coppery city of Memoriam, Zora must find her lost memories before they're gone for good.

sing me sweetly in the silver midnight moonlight © 2018 issien

A bittersweet poem of lost dreams and a hope for freedom.

This article compares Trump's "golden era" vision to the Gilded Age, highlighting five parallels: protectionist tariffs, strict immigration, corporate influenc...

As the sisters Lady Elizabeth, Evelyn, and Emma forge their way through the new world. The sisters have inherited everything from their dying parents had left them. Afte...

Volume 1 of the series (yes the title is taken from Pompeii by Bastille) |• ○||○ •| primary theme: hypocrisy, foolishness and gullibility. Free prose

"The Shadow Within" is a dark romance novel exploring the tumultuous relationship between Isabelle, a woman of light and innocence, and Damien, a man shrouded...

This is the epic tale of Artemisa's journey to the top of the mighty mountain of the gods to save all heroes to come. It is written as an epic poem, modeled after the Od...