How about that awesome cover! With G. D. Falksen, Jillian Venters and Arkwright in the mix, you know you're in for some serious nail-biting adventure. Steampunk Tales: Issue 5 is here, all at a price that is less than the cost of a good cup of coffee, Steampunk Tales is an astounding value and a whole lot of fun! ($1.99USD on iPhone/iPod touch, $1.99USD as a MobiReader eBook and $1.99USD as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) DRM-free digital download.
Tales Included in Issue 5:
1. Cold Boiler Blues by Tonia Brown
2. Facets and Fantasy, Part One by Donald E. Tiers
3. Letters Between Young Ladies Of Fashionable Society, And The Alarming Events That Unfold Within -- Part The Third by Jillian Venters
4. The Mask of Tezcatlipoca, Part Three by G. D. Falksen
5. Sideways, Part II: The Vanishing Man, And The Iron Gholem Of The West by Andrew Singleton
6. The Steam Elephant by Steven R. Southard
7. Still Waters, Part One by Arkwright
8. The Weed on the Floss by Eli Effinger-Weintraub
Cover art by the amazing akumuink.com!!
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Steampunk Tales: Issue 5 Author Bios
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G. D. Falksen Author: The Mask of Tezcatlipoca, Part Three G. D. Falksen is a fiction author and student of history. He has appeared on MTV, and in print articles for publications such as The New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Marie Claire Italian, and Time Out New York, among others. His short story "The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday" can be found on Tor.com (link); other work has been featured in The Willows Magazine, Steampunk Magazine, The Chap, and Egophobia. He is a blogger for Tor.com (link). In addition, he has been a guest speaker at various conventions on the East Coast. Website: http://www.gdfalksen.com |
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Eli Effinger-Weintraub Author: The Weed on the Floss Eli Effinger-Weintraub dabbles in fiction, creative nonfiction, and playwriting. Her word has been anthologized by Alyson Books and Seal Press and performed by Theatre Unbound. She lives in Minneapolis with her wife, artist Leora Effinger-Weintraub, and two buffaloes disguised as cats. When not writing, Eli can be found on her bicycle or updating her website, http://backbooth.thesane.net. |
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The Steam Elephant by Steven R. Southard Steven R. Southard blames Jules Verne for how his life has turned out. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea forced him to major in Naval Architecture and serve in the submarine force, then later work as a naval engineer. The rest of the Verne canon compelled him to scribble his own tales in various genres: steampunk, science fiction, historical, horror, and fantasy. Go to http://sites.google.com/site/stevenrsouthard/ to learn more about what can happen after too much exposure to JV. Come to think about it, perhaps it's not so much blame as unbounded gratitude and admiration. |
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Jillian Venters Author: Letters Between Young Ladies Of Fashionable Society, And The Alarming Events That Unfold Within, Pt.3 Also penned Letters Between Young Ladies Of Fashionable Society, And The Alarming Events That Unfold Within, Pt. 1 which appeared in Steampunk Tales: Issue #2 Jillian Venters was a fairly spooky and morbid child. When she discovered the existence of the whole Gothic sub-culture, she clapped her hands with glee and fell upon it like a baby bat upon a box of Count Chocula cereal. Since then, the Lady of the Manners has spent a not inconsiderable amount of time trying to gently persuade others in her chosen subculture that being a polite Goth is much, much more subversive than just wearing T-shirts with "edgy" sayings on them. She lives in Seattle. http://www.gothic-charm-school.com/ |
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Sideways by Andrew Singleton Andrew Singleton is a graduate of Tennessee School for the Blind, lives in a country home in Tennessee and, at least according to him, won't stop writing till they pry the keyboard away in order to close his coffin. |
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V.I.C. 443701 Arkwright (M.V.S.S.) Author: The Gods of War Also penned Flight of the Swallow, which appeared in Steampunk Tales: Issue #2 Arkwright describes himself as a man born out of his proper time. Growing up in the 1970s and '80s, he developed a far greater bond with the past than the present; influenced by writers such as H.G. Wells and Nigel Kneale, he developed a distinctly dystopian view of the future. For a man living in the past, archaeology was a natural career choice and this lead him on adventures around the world before harsh economic realities determined that he return home and “get a real job.” During the last 15 years he has written and occasionally published numerous works on archaeology and social history. His specialty has always been the post-medieval period, including the Industrial Revolution and the era known as the Early Modern. Arkwright’s introduction to steampunk occurred at university; and for a long time, his interest in the genre expressed itself as an eclectic collection of science fiction films, books and illustrations. In 2008, Arkwright made the decision to fulfill a lifelong dream to become a writer and filmmaker, at the same time adopting his current pen name which immerses him in the overarching background to his writing. Since then, the dream has become more of a reality, and as well as writing short stories, he is working on a number of steampunk short films and is scripting a steampunk radio play. In 2009, Arkwright became a member of the highly exclusive Victorian Steampunk Society. |
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Tonia Brown Author: Cold Boiler Blues From paranormal fables to steampunk chronicles, Tonia prefers to pen complex plots, often with hilarious and sexy consequences. She resides in North Carolina, although her roots spread a bit deeper thanks to a military upbringing. She has been happily married for thirteen years, and aside from her husband, she shares her home with a brood of moody cats, and her likeness with an identical twin sister. www.thebackseatwriter.com |
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Donald E. Tiers Author: Facets and Fantasy, Part One Don Tiers is a gentle Buddhist from a bygone era; an oaf, a bon vivant, a tradesman, and currently a writer. His tastes run from the macabre to the mundane, searching this lifetime for anything fun. Previous publications of his material are now non-existent, however can be brought back from memory if he is able. "The Execution of a Goat Thief" was a short one-man play about the episode at Golgotha some two-thousand years ago, and was published in a quarterly from The Mystic Gryphon. Other stories and humor have been available on his "Live Journal". He is befriended by a Writer/Director/Producer and Restaurateur in a local Alabama town known as Montevallo. He has argued with Issac Asimov and was apologized to by his commanding officer in the U.S. Navy when he received a letter from then President Ronald Reagan. |
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Franklin Editor Meagan Franklin joined Steampunk Tales just after issue #1 was published. She lives in Denver, CO and herds cats for a living. |
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Evelyn Kriete Promotions, Recruiting, Miracle Worker Evelyn Kriete has worked in marketing, advertising and promotions since 1996. Since its formation in the early 2000s, she has been a driving force behind the growth of the steampunk subculture by generating media coverage in major institutions such as The New York Times and MTV among others; and she has helped encourage numerous fashion companies to produce steampunk-themed clothing lines. Although she has been instrumental in the promotion of steampunk, it is only one portion of her portfolio; she presently works for Deathrock Magazine and Weird Tales, as well as being a founding member of Gilded Age Records where she is responsible for marketing, advertising and promotions. She also previously served as the head of marketing and promotions for The Willows Magazine. One of her most recent freelance projects was to provide promotions, marketing, and networking assistance for the film Repo! the Genetic Opera. She is currently working to promote the books Palimpsest and Ravens In The Library, as well as the soon to be released Gothic Charm School. It is rumored that she does in fact eat and sleep, but these are merely hearsay and not to be taken seriously. http://twitter.com/jaborwhalky |
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John H. Sondericker III President/Founder: Steampulp Publishing, LLC, iPhone Code Czar Prior to jumping into the ePublishing business, John H. Sondericker III spent a decade designing and building detectors for nuclear and high-energy particle physics experiments at Brookhaven National Laboratory. In 1996 he moved from Long Island to Colorado Springs. Since then he has designed stage lighting equipment used by almost every big name in the business and continues to do so as Director of Technologies for a major entertainment lighting products manufacturer. John holds a a BSEE from Purdue University. |
