Greetings Kindred, it’s Day 7 of Month of Darkness and today we’re bringing you an offering of a book from the Storyteller’s Vault that is suitable for the spookiest of months! We’re planning on highlighting a few entries from Storyteller’s Vault that we hope will wet your appetite for the plethora of fantastic content that various writers out there have created over the years. And feel free to let us know if there’s any stories that you think deserve their moment in the spotlight.

“The Haunted House of Hermes” by Eric Steele 

A spooky haunting one-shot for your Mage game, perfect for Halloween! Something stirs in the dark…. And it remembers your True Name.

Once, this house was a beacon of enlightenment — a sanctum for Hermetic mages built atop a powerful Node, humming with pure Quintessence and full of secret experiments to unlock the power of the Umbra. But after the mysterious disappearance of its masters and the sealing of the entire Node under a terrible curse, the house fell silent.

Until now.

Shadows lengthen, walls run with blood, screams fill the air, and the House flickers to life once more — the Council demands answers. Dare you cross its threshold?

The Haunted House of Hermes is a chilling one-shot scenario for Mage: The Ascension, crafted for a ghostly game lasting 3 to 5 hours — perfect for any time you want to inject some horror into your chronicle! Within, Storytellers will find: 

• A cursed Hermetic sanctum steeped in tragedy and spiritual decay.

• Brand-new Qlippothic rotes that twist familiar magic into a shadowy reflection. 

• A unique antagonist — a creature born of broken paradigms and hubristic despair.

• A self-contained mystery blending investigation, horror, and metaphysical dread.

Can your cabal uncover the truth behind the House’s fall — or will they become part of its legacy of madness?

Unsure of what the Storyteller's Vault actually is? Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Storytellers Vault is where you publish your own World of Darkness content and get paid for it. If you have a story to tell, this is where it goes live. You can read more about it here, and perhaps even submit your own content!