Gaslamp Stories

--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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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

Cursed with clairvoyance, Millicent Sinclair has been seeing ghosts for years. More annoyingly, she can hear them, speak with them, and worst of all, feel their clammy...

ACCUSED OF A MURDER HE DIDN'T COMMIT The bloody body of a jeweler is found in his bedroom with no way for the murderer to get in or out. Jake Fox, a watchmaker turned vi...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

On May Day of 1901, Dublin falls. Dublin dies in the wake of a mysterious illness, leaving its victims rabid, mindless, and very hungry. Panic rises, driving people away...

"I know it may come off as a shock to you." The Dark Spectacled Admiral demurs. "But I'm afraid that it is the single, unquestionable truth. Your room at...

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...