The Crystalwing Bat of Midnight Abbey
At Midnight Abbey, even the ghosts have manners — until a pack of loud relic hunters barges in looking for treasure and threatens the crystal-winged bat who ...
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Fifteen illustrated stories appear on each archive page, newest first.
The story archive
Gothic
27 published tales
The Ivory Wolf of Bloodleaf Pass
A sacred ivory wolf guards Bloodleaf Pass, but when Castle Varrican tries to bind him with old bloodleaf magic, the mountain answers with teeth, shattered gl...
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The Silverwyrm Who Curled Around a Secret Kingdom
A silver dragon has curled around the hidden kingdom of Moonveil for two centuries, keeping its ruins, ghosts, nobles, and secrets from being devoured by the...
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The Moonmoth Oracle of Glassmere
A spoiled prince comes to Glassmere seeking proof that he was born for greatness, only to receive a catastrophic vision from a moonmoth oracle with ancient p...
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The Well That Knew Too Damn Much
A sharp-tongued widow inherits a crooked cottage, a crimson tree, and an old stone well with absolutely no filter. When the well starts spilling village secr...
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The Stormkeeper’s Cottage Beneath the Bloodleaf Tree
Beneath the crimson canopy of the Bloodleaf Tree, Mara Vell keeps borrowed storms sealed away beneath her cottage—until one arrives wearing the shape of old ...
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The Twisted Road to Ravenwick House
A storm-dark road, a suspicious raven, and a manor with far too many secrets lead Silas Vetch into the orbit of the Widow of Ravenwick — a woman whose stolen...
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The Midnight Greenhouse Under the Crimson Elder
Beneath the ancient Crimson Elder, Maribel Thistlewick inherits a glowing midnight greenhouse, a warning-covered brass bell, and a family legacy of botanical...
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Moon Orchard Hollow
In Moon Orchard Hollow, one foolish baker steals from the Bad Decision Orchard under a full moon and accidentally triggers a village-wide audit of pride, gos...
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The Violin Goblin Who Hit the Forbidden Note
A mischievous goblin violinist accepts a midnight funeral invitation and follows the forbidden notes beneath Saint Bartholomew’s Cemetery, where a long-burie...
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The Crimson-and-Ivory Library Tower
A storm-born tower, an unfinished staircase, and a book restorer with no patience left for buried lies collide in The Crimson-and-Ivory Library Tower. When M...
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The Scarlet Violin House
When Juniper Wrenwick seeks shelter inside the strange and sassy Scarlet Violin House, she discovers a valley haunted by unfinished songs, old regrets, and a...
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The Copper Train Station at Hollow Bend
At Hollow Bend Station, the midnight train does not merely collect passengers — it collects regrets, lost souls, unfinished business, and the occasional man ...
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A Mourning Dove Perched Between Seasons
Perched between winter’s last breath and spring’s fragile promise, a mourning dove carries a quiet bargain older than the fence it rests upon. This Captured ...
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Laughter in the Dark
The Lantern-Bearer Appears Everyone in the village of Mirewood knew the rules about the forest. The elders taught them in school, the barkeep scrawled them o...
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