Steampunk Tales: Issue 9
Steampunk Tales: Issue 9 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 (.PRC) and $1.99USD as an Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) DRM-free digital download.
Tales Included in Issue 9:
1. Letters Between Young Ladies Of Fashionable Society, And The Alarming Events That Unfold Within -- Part Four By Jillian Venters
2. A Visit from Dorian the Anarchist, part 1 by Arkwright
3. The Trials of Professor Sinister; Extracts from the Traveling Diary of Matalaine Morningside, Part 4 by Larry C. Kay
4. The Watchmaker’s Apprentice, Part 2 by Justin Porter
5. Calliope by Tonia Brown
6. Some Unforeseen Event, chapter 2 by Cindy MacLeod
7. Tales from a Millwall Tattoo Parlour, part 2 by Austin WIlliams
8. Mask of Tezcatlipoca, Part 5 by G. D. Falksen
Original cover painting by Bethalynne Bajema!
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Steampunk Tales: Issue 9 Author Bios
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Letters
Between Young Ladies Of Fashionable Society, And The
Alarming Events That Unfold Within -- Part Four By Jillian
Venters Jillian Venters was a fairly spooky and morbid child. When she discovered the existence of the hole 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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Some Unforeseen Event, chapter 2 by Cindy
MacLeod Cindy MacLeod hails from the historically-saturated Mount Vernon, Virginia area, attended the College of William and Mary, and is a Revolutionary War reenactor. Beyond that, any similarities to her protagonist, Barbara Rawlings, cease. She enjoys gaming, costuming, reading and general geekery, and is the current Alternate History fan track director at Dragon*Con, the multi-faceted sci-fi/media convention. Background information and author’s notes for Some Unforeseen Event can be found here: http://kissmythistle.livejournal.com/399140.html |
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Tales from a Millwall Tattoo Parlour, part 2 by Austin WIlliams Austin H. Williams is a graduate student at New York University, where he studies the effluvia of the Ancient Near East. Beside his graduate studies, Mr. Williams also explores fantastic fiction, inner-city decay, alternative subcultures, Japanese tattoos, and anachronistic technology. His wife runs Berít New York, NYC’s premiere designer of neo-vintage clothing. Mr. Williams also works with August Wahnsinger (published in Issue #3), lecturing on steampunk and fiction related matters. To be clear, Mr. Williams is very much in touch with English football culture, however he is not a Millwall F.C. supporter. |
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Calliope
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Tonia Brown When one small town sacrifices their honor in the face of desperation, they lose much more than they bargained for. 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. http://www.thebackseatwriter.com |
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The Watchmaker’s Apprentice, Part 2 by Justin
Porter Justin Porter was born and raised in New York City. He continues to live there where he works for a newspaper. He also tends bar and works as a doorman in Greenwich Village. His fiction has appeared in Thuglit, Plots with Guns, Big Pulp and in print in the anthologies Sex, Thugs and Rock and Roll and Dirty Words from Kensington Books. He can be reached at six.gun.chimp@gmail.com and at www.portersnotebook.tumblr.com |
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Mask of Tezcatlipoca, Part 5 by G. D. Falksen 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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The
Trials
of Professor Sinister; Extracts from the Traveling Diary
of Matalaine Morningside, Part 4 by Larry C. Kay When he’s not distracted with cleaning the soot from his goggles, or fixing his antiquated velocipede, Larry Kay can be found swatting Florida’s finest mosquitoes, guzzling Turkish java and spending entirely too much time banging on his brass stroke-board. |
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Visit from Dorian the Anarchist, part 1 by Arkwright 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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Cover
Art By Bethalynne Bajema Bethalynne is a Michigan native with 15 years of experience as a professional artist. Her artwork has been featured in magazines such as Dark Realms, Real Detroit, Cthulhu Sex, and Weird Tales, along with contributions to books Gothic Art Now and John Santerineross’ two coffee table books, Dream and Fruit of the Secret God. She currently spends much of her time juggling too many projects (the current project of obsession being Insects & Angels, the print relaunch of the ezine she's offered on her site for a decade-plus, http://www.insectsandangels.com) and working along side her fiancee –artist Myke Amend. Her personal portfolio can be found at bethalynnebajema.com. All of her dark Victorian projects and crafter of doom artwork can be found at her web shoppe, ettadiem.com. |
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Meagan 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. |
