Story Vault

Scoundrel

November 08, 2022

Scoundrel

“I’m a five-star man!” Jackson yelled, whooping and hollering with glee. He found a bottle of rum on the deck, picked it up, and took a swig. He’d ...

November 08, 2022

Banshee

You walk through the Irish countryside, strolling aimlessly. My, what a fresh, brisk October afternoon it is! You wouldn’t call the day “sunny,” bu...

November 08, 2022

Azrael

He sighs, looking up at the house. It’s been a long night of work, and he’s pretty worn out. Generally speaking, people don’t like it when he shows...

November 08, 2022

Swashbuckler

Compass Rose sighed, dumping out her pipe for fresh tobacco for what felt like the third time in three minutes. After weeks of searching, she’d fin...

November 08, 2022

Distillate

Distillation is the sixth major operation in the alchemy of transformation. In a chemical sense, it is the boiling and condensation of a fermented...

November 08, 2022

Crucible

In the weeks after Carly’s initial visit to Laura’s shop, Carly began coming in more and more often. At first she was alone, but then she started b...

November 08, 2022

Arcaneum

Before she became a full-fledged alchemist, little Laura had to learn the tricks and tools of alchemy. This is much easier said than done, as it is...

November 08, 2022

Aqua Vitae

Laura looked up from behind the counter, where she had been re-reading one of Paracelsus’ works on alchemy, parsing through to see what she could w...

November 08, 2022

Alchemist

She had always been a bit of a loner. She’d always been different from everyone else in her village. No, she didn’t have green skin or snakes for h...

November 08, 2022

Spectre

Kyle and Miranda were the proud owners of the small farm and farmhouse out on Old Mill Road, fittingly named Old Mill Farms. They’d been working th...

November 08, 2022

Kraken

Deep in the ocean, many leagues below the surface, your submarine silently glides under full power. The waters are dank and pitch-black. There are ...

November 08, 2022

Homunculus

Theresa sighed, swiping left for approximately the fiftieth time in a row. “I will never, ever find a man,” she announced to her roommate, Becca, w...

November 08, 2022

Hobgoblin

“Now Timmy, you have to start cleaning up your room! If you don’t, the Hobgoblin will come into your room and steal your toys!” Timmy rolls his ey...