Story Vault

Babylonia

April 13, 2023

Babylonia

In the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the queen was waiting impatiently. She strode the floor, pacing back and forth, feeling her anxiety rising with ...

April 07, 2023

Cold Heart (Chapter Six)

It had been an incredibly cold January so far, even for a climate that regularly had cold, harsh winters. It seemed like the sun was never out, and...

February 03, 2023

Tranquility

It wasn’t popular to visit her local botanical gardens in the winter, and that’s precisely why Lindsey went. True, most of the plants and trees wer...

February 03, 2023

Spark

“I think I’m giving up on dating,” Mary said with an overdramatic sigh, throwing another dress on her bed. Both of her roommates rolled their eyes ...

February 03, 2023

Arcadia

The land of milk and honey. The pastoral ideal. Utopia. These were the things he was searching for. He wasn’t asking for too much, was he? Probably...

January 06, 2023

The Audacity

The Marchioness of Sparkinghamshire was aware that her way of living was no longer in fashion, but she was too old and set in her ways to change he...

January 06, 2023

Firelight

Your body wasn’t meant for the cold. When you were little, you’d lived in a tropical climate with warm weather year-round, and snow was only a myst...

December 09, 2022

Golden Hour

Now, she was a proper star. Her life was dissected in columns big and small multiple times a week, and her filming schedule was grueling. She was t...

December 02, 2022

Night Witch

It was Halloween, Nina’s favorite holiday. She stepped out of the shower carefully, and wrapped her hair in an old cotton t-shirt. Her grandma had ...

November 22, 2022

It's All Science If You Write Down What Happened

“We have to hurry up! It’s almost dinner time, and she’ll ground me if I’m late again!” Tommy was frantically running across the lawn to his neighb...

November 11, 2022

Goblin Queen

Erabella sighed as her husband paced his bedchamber, searching everywhere and mumbling, “I just can’t find it!” She walked over and gently put her ...

November 10, 2022

I'm Too Old For This Shit

Your alarm didn’t go off, again. Or maybe you slept through it. The point is, you’re now thirty minutes behind schedule, and your boss is going to ...

November 10, 2022

Go Big or Go Home

Jane sighed with satisfaction, surveying the site. It was hard work being the only woman general contractor in the tri-state area. It was even hard...