Steampunk Pistol Novels & Stories

But it was all Sophia had left to give. She grabbed her coat. Walked out into the cold night. The resort was quiet. Most guests had left after the scandal. Only a few remained. Morbidly curious or too wealthy to care. Sophia walked to the maintenance area. Saw a truck. Door unlocked. Typical resort laziness. She opened the glove box. Papers. Maps. Tools. Then her hand touched something cold. Metal. Heavy. A gun. Small black pistol. She pulled it out. Checked it like she'd seen in movies. Loaded. Six bullets.

In no time, she retrieved concealed gun parts from various places on her body, all miniature. Handing them over to Nathan, she swiftly assembled them with expert precision. Nathan watched in awe, his gaze shifting to her beautiful face, her focused expression captivating him. Like the most dazzling star in the universe, she seemed unattainable yet alluring. Upon completion, Mila placed the gun before Nathan. The gun resembled a thick, round pen, with a small button on top, adorned with a tassel. Nathan whispered, "I've never seen a gun like this before. Did you design it?"

I chuckle softly again, a low, rumbling sound that seems to vibrate through the phone. “Worried?” I repeat, pulling on the second boot, tying the laces with practiced ease. I pick up my leather gloves and gently put them on per hand. My gaze drifts to the dark wood table beside my bed, where my preferred pistol rests. I pick it up, the cool, familiar weight a comfort in my hand. With deliberate movements, I click open the magazine, inspecting the neatly stacked bullets, arranging them, one by one, ensuring each is perfectly aligned.

The glove, which Tristan saw was still in the same box, was the target of his conversation. Several hundred silver bullets were included in the bundle. Almost every one of them was still sealed in its thick deerskin packaging. From a gunsmith in Kathmandu, Nepal, only insane individuals have ever purchased a silver firearm. Even though Dominic Stein, a werewolf, should have feared it, he did not. Dominic Stein was seen as crazy by all. The most insane person they all knew, daring to own a lethal weapon while being ignorant that the same gun also contained the potential to murder its owner.

Nothing can pique a young man's interest like a dab of holy water behind the ears. Before reentering the reticule, he carefully laid the bottle aside. A sheathed knife, three leather garrotes of different lengths, a small stake little bigger than a quill pen, and a stylish pearl-handled flintlock pistol only big enough to contain one pistol ball were the rewards for his repeated journeys into its velvety core. Julian shook his head as he looked at the table's little armoury. You're ready for anything, aren't you, my love?”

From within the ornate sleeve of his doublet, he produced the gun. It was a vile piece of art. A small, elegant pistol, its grip inlaid with mother-of-pearl, its barrel etched with delicate Vorlagian frost-vines. A courtier's toy. But the bullet seated in the open breach glowed with a sickly, familiar green—the exact hue of the clover extract Pyre had used to save her people.

Gladys struggled to keep hold of him; she was very petite, and hadn’t lifted anything half as heavy her entire life. “Come back!” she called. “I can’t carry him on my own.” Ignoring her, I rushed over to the coach and opened the trunk to find an Enfield rifle-musket. I pulled it out and whirled around, half-expecting the creature to already be upon me. “Bring it to me, m’lady,” said Mr. Stephens. “It should already be loaded.” I looked down at the gun. Now that we’d come to it, this didn’t sound like such a fine plan. The man was crippled. How could he possibly aim?

Either way, he could not jinx his probable good luck. Richard rented a car as soon as they exited the major terminal. They climbed in with their bags of clothes. Richard had told Ire on the plane that they would rent harmed guns to use. “Just in case,” He had said. Ire waited in the car when they arrived at a place called Pistol Gallery. Minutes later, Richard came back with a silver briefcase. Ire gingerly unlocked the case and opened it. An unassembled sleek black hand gun winked at him. “LP4 Pistol. It's got a standard subsonic cartridge, high explosive clip on component and a rapid fire clip on component.”

They could only fire one round at a time, took a long time to reload, and had ignition mechanisms that were easily affected by the weather. Against werewolves who could quickly half-shift, the weapon's range and lethality were also unstable. In real close combat, it was even less effective than a werewolf's claws. Craig, however, laughed. "I'm afraid this isn't Germain's weapon. My guess? Alistair brought it." Lance turned to look at him. Craig pointed at the small, charred hole. "This is the improved gunpowder pistol that Irene has been working on." Interest finally flashed in Lance's eyes.

The regimen of Verónica and her family provoked the bankruptcy of many businesses, not to mention the extortions and blackmailing that the people had to face as the story progressed. "Do you mind if I take a closer look?" "Be my guest" With his permission, I held the huge pistol with my left hand. It was surprisingly light considering its size and length. Here I got around 25 centimeters of pure firepower. Not only that, but the bullets were of an intimidating size. All of that is imprisoned in a magazine with 8 rounds in the handle. This is way unexpected... To think I would be able to find the mysterious blacksmith right here...