Recently I was examining my Steampunk Playlist on iTunes and came to a startling discovery. Half of the pieces were relatively appropriate; I had Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Strauss and Holst in there, I also had some appropriate soundtracks like “Little Women,”…
Winter 2011
The Grand Rally
by J. Woolston Carr • • Comments Off
Chapter One – Invitation to the Rally “By Jove! By Jove, I say!” exclaimed Ephraim Noble, Sr., a glass of brandy sloshing about in one hand and a paper crumpling in the other as he shook it to keep it…
Steamsteel, Chapter Three: The Bodyguard and the Judge
by Walter Shumate • • 2 Comments
It was early the next morning when Rupert knocked on Liza’s door. She’d fallen asleep in her chair a few hours earlier, still in her clothes from they day before. I’m making a habit out of sleeping sitting up, she…
Aeryn Daring and the Scientific Detective: A Serial Novel, Chapter Three
by Calliope Strange • • 2 Comments
“They say that two are better than one. “Two heads are better than one. “Two drinks are better than one. “Two ships are better than one. “With our dirigible, we’ve got two ships in one.” ~Admiral Jeremiah L. Farfleet I…
The World of Tomorrow is Sadly Outdated, Part Two of Six
by Leanna Renee Hieber • • 1 Comment
Three Manhattan 1889 Evan stared at the Receptor, an amazed laugh tickling his throat. Grace looked up from her sewing. “There will be a World’s Fair,” he gurgled. “In Queens County, of all places! Queens!” Putting down her embroidery…