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1891. The Austro-Hungarian Empire is ruled by the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I. Its capital is Vienna. Baron Julius T. Drashe is a wealthy brick factory and sand pit owner from the upper class with a villa in a hamlet at the gates of Vienna. He is of good… Read More

Tags: adventure, crime, victorian, vienna, gay-romance

This is a chapter taken from a book I am writing on. It precedes "Something Just Like This": Vienna, 1891. Rich brick factory owner baron Julius T. Drashe has been blackmailed for a year - not by an individual, but by what seems to be a criminal organisation. Other people… Read More

Tags: adventure, crime, victorian, vienna, 19th-century

Tags: vampire, horror, gothic, victorian, period

An inventor boards the Erdol night-train back to his home city. It's a rough journey, but he needs to get back quickly, to finish his greatest invention. However, little details begin to worry him. Something seems off - it's far too warm for winter... Read More

Tags: sci-fi, victorian, diary, steampunk, machine-horror

Short Story / Horror

December 01, 2023

Reads: 118

Comments: 1

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A medical drama set in Victorian London. Read More

Tags: victorian, audiobook, medical-drama

Robyn is joined by her childhood neighbor Zavier in trying to find her little sister who has mysteriously vanished, but after investigating a bit too closely, they are met with a surprise that could possibly alter their reality for the rest of their lives. PART ONE ONLY. Read More

Tags: magic, writing, thriller, victorian, sisters

Short Story / Humor

March 12, 2023

Reads: 292

Comments: 2

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A young man's attempt to impress his peers at a Victorian gentlemen's club goes awry. ----------------------------------- Read More

Tags: humour, fiction, christmas, victorian, historical

The town lantern-maker just wants to practice his craft in peace...but the townspeople constantly dump their problems on him. Read More

Tags: fantasy, flash-fiction, victorian, historical-fantasy, sudden-fiction

Book / Horror

September 23, 2022

Reads: 6509

Comments: 2

Shelves: 3

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Takes place in 1888 London, written in a form of diary entries. While Jack the Ripper terrorizes White Chapel , a series of strange events and omens interrupt the daily lives of several people. Read More

Tags: horror, supernatural, victorian, mystical, symbols

Book / Literary Fiction

August 25, 2022

Reads: 1228

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I was happy with my life being alone and living in the middle of nowhere. This was until a young wild savage boy appeared at my home, after escaping from a freakshow where he was locked in a cage because people thought he was wild and dangerous. All the boy… Read More

Tags: victorian, wild, captivity, feral, freakshow

a proper victorian society for improper ladies is about agnes walker who inherits a victorian mansion in london. when she moves there she gets transported back in time to the house in the 1830s. with the help of her relatives, she must find a way to return to the 21st… Read More

Tags: victorian, london, historical-fiction

Book / Horror

March 28, 2022

Benjamin, a brilliant mind stuck in a mindless school, gets offered the opportunity of his dreams. A chance to study abroad in the new world. However, when he arrives in the growing town of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, he soon learns of a dark secret lurking in the mountains. A secret he… Read More

Tags: monster, suspense, victorian, bigfoot, cryptozoology

Book / Horror

January 07, 2022

Reads: 519

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Short story (1217 words), mild Gothic drama. Read More

Tags: gothic, victorian

A young girl visits an old family home and discovers the secrets and tragedies that haunt it. Read More

Tags: paranormal, romance, supernatural, victorian, historical-fiction

A tale of a castaway crew in a world long forgotten by men of civilization and reason. Stranded in a dire situation they must claw their way back home against all odds. Dying of sickness, despair and horrors of a post-apocalyptic world was all the men could think of until… Read More

Tags: survival, pollution, victorian, steampunk, shipwreck

J. W. Benson was a Shakespearean actor in UK provincial theatres in the mid-1800s. Our Australian family knew very little about this man; through research many details have unfolded. Was his life, both on and off the stage, most unconventional for that era? Read More

Tags: victorian, theatre, actor, matilda, benson

Come, sit here a while, and allow me to introduce you to my great-great-grandmother, Clementine. She was born into a Quaker family in 1830, then led a somewhat unconventional life for a woman of that era. Her marriage to an actor didn’t last, and Clementine found herself needing to provide… Read More

Tags: victorian, quaker, clementine, authoress, montagu

Book / Romance

June 24, 2021

Reads: 1663

Comments: 6

Shelves: 4

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An unexpected inheritance allows Claire Burton to cast off her claustrophobic existence in her parents’ home and embrace a new life in the remote Welsh foothills in the home of the man she hoped to marry, now dead. Two men soon pay court and draw her into a web of… Read More

Tags: mystery, victorian, british, lost-love, second-chance-love

Another class assignment. Originally meant to be heavily Victorian inspired, I decided to add some modern elements from suggestions and ended up really liking the result. Read More

Tags: poetry, modern, dance, victorian, lark

Book / Romance

January 17, 2021

Reads: 5449

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Romance House

'This is the story of Queen Victoria. But she's no Queen of England.' Normal was not something Victoria Brummens had ever experienced in her life. Normal was not something she would ever have again after choosing to take in and care for an injured bat. However, this bat is more… Read More

Tags: vampire, romance, lesbian, victorian, lgbtq

Poem / Poetry

November 12, 2020

Reads: 467

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

It's 1840 and the air smells delightful The streets paved with dust From a gathering to the streets Of a war they say is a must Dear child, why you are hiding Why do you sit on the ground As though you are minding Something you don't want found A… Read More

Tags: life, home, history, victorian, 1840

A story of a young English woman who was humble and originally very poor but end up marrying a noble man. Her life was happy but not everlasting as the happiness was interrupted as times went on. Walking on the veins full of thorns and roses, she continued her life. Read More

Tags: romance, sad, drama, victorian

What would you do to win the heart of the one you love? Evangeline Langlois is a 31 year old vineyard manager, too beautiful to be a spinster, but too independent to be tamed. Set in the burgeoning California grape fields of 1893, this book was born from a photograph.… Read More

Tags: romance, western, victorian, vineyard, historical-romance

A quaint Victorian tale about family togetherness, and drunkardly behaviour. Special thanks must go out to my girlfriend, Annabelle Wells, who shared a post on Facebook, which provided the inspiration and source material for the Victorian slang terms in this piece. Thank you, sweetheart. I love you. Explanations of the… Read More

Tags: family, drunk, victorian

Two couples. One love potion. And a whole lot of mayhem. Henry Stoepel, Earl of Saalfeld has loved Lady May Cottrell since they were children. He’s proposed three times. She hasn’t said no, but she hasn’t said yes. He decides to give it one more try at his friend’s Christmas… Read More

Tags: holiday, victorian, time-travel, historical-romance

Can a tender man whose passion is to take pictures reach the heart of a woman who hides her face from him and all others? Bridget Hall takes a much-needed job at the Brody Hotel as a laundress after being rejected as a mail order bride. She loves the people… Read More

Tags: western, victorian, historical, workplace-romance

He's a duke in need of a wife. She was thrown back in time until the next full moon. Will his secret push her away? Cora Rey wanted a fresh start in life, but being thrown back in time to 1850 isn’t how she expected to do that. She discovers… Read More

Tags: sweet, victorian, time-travel, romantic-comedy

Book / Historical Fiction

June 03, 2019

Reads: 959

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Reader's Favorite Review: “...a captivating mixture of adventure, murder, lust, and romance.” “...a fascinating story, set against a background that is realistic...” “...historically accurate events are cleverly intermingled with fiction.” “...merits its five stars.” 1872. When virginal Jenny Crispin is dumped at the altar by a chauvinistic cad, she does… Read More

Tags: romance, adventure, victorian, action, civil-war

In Victorian London, hidden amidst the cloying fog of the city, two old friends share an evening together Read More

Tags: gothic, victorian, historical, short-story, historical-views-on-homosexuality

Book / Fantasy

August 04, 2018

Reads: 1727

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A young boy is offered a mysterious ancient book from a stranger, he takes it to his older brother who insists it's fake and hides it for it to not be found for years to come. Many years later as the older brother reaches adulthood;a complex and menacing situation… Read More

Tags: gay, fiction, romance, victorian, lgbt

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