Mere hours away from our release date, today we are pleased and honored to present a short section from the introduction to our anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey, written by noted Steampunk author Ren Cummins.
"This anthology reflects, I believe, one of the true fascinations I feel towards Steampunk in general – that it is a flavor which goes so well with so many others; far more than just a simple exercise on technological awareness or cultural examination, but a framework and design which can function as a template for so many broader concepts, spanning the thematic spectrum. Are you a fan of high adventure? There’s a place for you here. Do you prefer a bit of Lovecraft in your literary tea? If so, you may be duly pleased as well. Or if your tastes run simply to the random; enjoying a good quality yarn where there are such to be savored, then I expect this tome will be to your pleasure."
Ren Cummins,
Author of the Chronicles of Aesirium
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Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Strike Breakers: The final 20,001 teaser
We thought we had posted this teaser for the 20,001 anthologie, but we somehow missed it. A lot going on at this point.
There’s no work in Brentry Tor. The Wilder and Grimes Railway Company knows it and uses that fact to bring in droves of desperate men to work on the first ever transcontinental steam railway. But when the pay stops coming and the excuses pile up, the workers have no choice but to go on strike. Now it’s only a matter of time before Wilder and Grimes sends in strike breakers. Strike Breakers by R. S. Hunter is a bleak, socially aware story of an alternate world that could easily be our own.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Full Fathom Five: A 20,001 Teaser
The tenth and final teaser for our upcoming anthologie is Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley. 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey releases on ebook next week, so look for that announcement!
Full Fathom Five, by Peter A. Smalley
The naval blockade of New Orleans has starved the city for years thanks to the Union's unmatched ironclad steamships. Now three contentious Confederate agents will risk everything to run the blockade in search of a secret weapon from across the sea that could turn the tide of the Civil War in the favor of the beleaguered South. But what they discover on that storm-tossed, tempestuous voyage will challenge their convictions and lay bare the darkest corners - and brightest peaks - of their souls.
Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley, is a sweepin Civil War yarn of steam and sail, technology and truth - a thoughtful and thrilling tale combining the best of both Shakespeare and Steampunk.
Full Fathom Five, by Peter A. Smalley
The naval blockade of New Orleans has starved the city for years thanks to the Union's unmatched ironclad steamships. Now three contentious Confederate agents will risk everything to run the blockade in search of a secret weapon from across the sea that could turn the tide of the Civil War in the favor of the beleaguered South. But what they discover on that storm-tossed, tempestuous voyage will challenge their convictions and lay bare the darkest corners - and brightest peaks - of their souls.
Full Fathom Five, a novella by Peter A. Smalley, is a sweepin Civil War yarn of steam and sail, technology and truth - a thoughtful and thrilling tale combining the best of both Shakespeare and Steampunk.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Crush Depth: A 20001 Teaser
Kindling Press is pleased to bring you the next teaser from our soon to be released anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey.
The experimental sous marin Ceto has everything it needs for a long test mission under the ocean: a single engineer, a single military officer, brass recording cylinders, automata, and a crystalline thinking engine. As the weeks pass, one of the crew vanishes in the labyrinth of rooms and passages, and the lonely officer is left to wonder what has happened, and to suspect the worst. But perhaps it is worse than he can even imagine. Crush Depth by author Michael Farley is a chilling story of isolation and science gone awry.
The experimental sous marin Ceto has everything it needs for a long test mission under the ocean: a single engineer, a single military officer, brass recording cylinders, automata, and a crystalline thinking engine. As the weeks pass, one of the crew vanishes in the labyrinth of rooms and passages, and the lonely officer is left to wonder what has happened, and to suspect the worst. But perhaps it is worse than he can even imagine. Crush Depth by author Michael Farley is a chilling story of isolation and science gone awry.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Roderick Simons and the Engine Impossible: A 20001 Teaser
Kindling Press is pleased to bring you the next teaser in our anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey - Roderick Simons and the Engine Impossible!
Roderick Simons could be called many things, but a typical everyday genius isn't one of them. Known to the world as a brilliant young engineer, special orders came in to his Cape Canaveral workshop from across the globe. But nothing could have prepared him to be hired to do the impossible: to build a sailing vessel that could cross the Atlantic in less than twenty-four hours. Can Roderick's genius ignite his crew into achieving what could be both the greatest triumph and the biggest folly of his young career?
In this tale of Cape Canaveral long before it was the Space Coast, writer Selena M. McDevitt combines the romance of Victorian fiction with the wonder and excitement of new discoveries in a story that not only embodies the spirit of invention and mystery, but the timeless spirit of the Cape itself.
Roderick Simons could be called many things, but a typical everyday genius isn't one of them. Known to the world as a brilliant young engineer, special orders came in to his Cape Canaveral workshop from across the globe. But nothing could have prepared him to be hired to do the impossible: to build a sailing vessel that could cross the Atlantic in less than twenty-four hours. Can Roderick's genius ignite his crew into achieving what could be both the greatest triumph and the biggest folly of his young career?
In this tale of Cape Canaveral long before it was the Space Coast, writer Selena M. McDevitt combines the romance of Victorian fiction with the wonder and excitement of new discoveries in a story that not only embodies the spirit of invention and mystery, but the timeless spirit of the Cape itself.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Tapping the Admiral: A 20,001 Teaser
Our latest teaser from the upcoming anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey brings a brilliantly realized alternate history take on the dangers awaiting polar explorers in the post-Napoleonic world:
Tapping the Admiral, by Anne Millar
Captain George Lucius Bixby is having a spot of bother: his exploratory vessel has been assigned to the trackless arctic wastes, his scientific collaborator is insisting on calling him Lucy, and - oh yes - he may have just discovered how the world is going to end... Ranging from black comedy to outright chills, liberally sprinkled with allusions to a history not quite our own, Anne Millar’s "Tapping the Admiral" offers steamships, an intrepid illustratrix and the fate of the post-Napoleonic world under the chill stars of polar night.
Tapping the Admiral, by Anne Millar
Captain George Lucius Bixby is having a spot of bother: his exploratory vessel has been assigned to the trackless arctic wastes, his scientific collaborator is insisting on calling him Lucy, and - oh yes - he may have just discovered how the world is going to end... Ranging from black comedy to outright chills, liberally sprinkled with allusions to a history not quite our own, Anne Millar’s "Tapping the Admiral" offers steamships, an intrepid illustratrix and the fate of the post-Napoleonic world under the chill stars of polar night.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Mad: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next featured work from the upcoming anthologie 20,001: A Steampunk Odyssey comes to us from Gloria Weber, author of Gaslight Demons:
Madeline Spencer was certain no one took their entry into the Airship Race seriously - until she was kidnapped, and her beloved Lord Fenwyck went missing. If that weren't bad enough, she knows her time-traveling "ally" Simon isn't telling her everything, nor can she be certain the genius-inventor Sidley's airship won't blow them all up! Alas, that's not the only thing that will go wrong before the race begins. Mad by Gloria Weber is a breakneck, action-packed adventure full of dangerous men, futuristic machines, and a madcap race to the finish line that will leave readers breathless!
Madeline Spencer was certain no one took their entry into the Airship Race seriously - until she was kidnapped, and her beloved Lord Fenwyck went missing. If that weren't bad enough, she knows her time-traveling "ally" Simon isn't telling her everything, nor can she be certain the genius-inventor Sidley's airship won't blow them all up! Alas, that's not the only thing that will go wrong before the race begins. Mad by Gloria Weber is a breakneck, action-packed adventure full of dangerous men, futuristic machines, and a madcap race to the finish line that will leave readers breathless!
Friday, August 26, 2011
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next anthologie teaser comes from veteran Kindling Press author Jason Vanhee:
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind
Army veteran Robert Hammaker grew up in the bowels of Jameson & Crow, the leading engineering firm of smoke-wreathed London. When his childhood friend Violet Crow asks him to join a mission to distant Ponape to consult with a mysterious scholar who can help keep the firm afloat, he cannot but agree. But the journey to the South Seas will be change Hammaker's life in ways he cannot have expect, and he will not return the same from the Voyage of the Ponape Wind, a dark and thrilling story from Jason Vanhee.
The Voyage of the Ponape Wind
Army veteran Robert Hammaker grew up in the bowels of Jameson & Crow, the leading engineering firm of smoke-wreathed London. When his childhood friend Violet Crow asks him to join a mission to distant Ponape to consult with a mysterious scholar who can help keep the firm afloat, he cannot but agree. But the journey to the South Seas will be change Hammaker's life in ways he cannot have expect, and he will not return the same from the Voyage of the Ponape Wind, a dark and thrilling story from Jason Vanhee.
The Door and the Whale: A 20,001 Teaser
Our next anthologie submission takes us far from the ocean, into the endless wastes of a forgotten desert - or does it?
The Door and the Whale, by David Church Rodriguez
Lord Saltermont's quixotic expedition into the barren Thar Desert of India was an object of scorn and derision - but when his scouts locate the mysterious Door that he has long sought signs of, he knows that he is on the brink of a discovery that will change the world. But what is the strange silvery whale-ship that lies outside the Door? What does the deranged stranger they find know? And will Saltermont's party survive to share what they've learned? Find out in this tale of the unexpected by author David Church Rodriguez!
The Door and the Whale, by David Church Rodriguez
Lord Saltermont's quixotic expedition into the barren Thar Desert of India was an object of scorn and derision - but when his scouts locate the mysterious Door that he has long sought signs of, he knows that he is on the brink of a discovery that will change the world. But what is the strange silvery whale-ship that lies outside the Door? What does the deranged stranger they find know? And will Saltermont's party survive to share what they've learned? Find out in this tale of the unexpected by author David Church Rodriguez!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The Atlantic Affair: A 20001 Teaser
Over the next few weeks we will be posting a series of short teasers for the upcoming Kindling Press anthologie 20001: A Steampunk Odyssey. Our latest teaser is for The Atlantic Affair, by talented young writer Simon Newby:
"What are these reports of a strange new Isle in the Atlantic? Why can only the Iron Duke, captain of the Lemurian, secure it for the English Crown? And why does Casper Bottleswick, reporter from the London Mercury, suspect there's something fishy going on? The Atlantic Affair contains the answers to all these questions and more in a short story by Simon Newby that will wash you away..."
"What are these reports of a strange new Isle in the Atlantic? Why can only the Iron Duke, captain of the Lemurian, secure it for the English Crown? And why does Casper Bottleswick, reporter from the London Mercury, suspect there's something fishy going on? The Atlantic Affair contains the answers to all these questions and more in a short story by Simon Newby that will wash you away..."
Friday, August 19, 2011
Hawkwood's Folly: A 20001 Teaser
Ove the next few weeks, we're going to be posting a series of short teasers for the upcoming Kindling Press anthologie 20001: A Steampunk Odyssey. This is the first of those, for Hawkwood's Folly, by Tim Reynolds.
"From gunshots in the streets of Paris to brass-and-glass automatons on the sea floor off the coast of North Africa, Hawkwood's Folly draws an English lord, a French doctor and a young Russian bo's'n's mate into the deadly ocean depths on their quest to build a Utopia where no man has ventured before. Tim Reynolds blends together equal portions of science, philosophy, and adventure in a Jules Verne homage that asks 'how far is too far?'."
"From gunshots in the streets of Paris to brass-and-glass automatons on the sea floor off the coast of North Africa, Hawkwood's Folly draws an English lord, a French doctor and a young Russian bo's'n's mate into the deadly ocean depths on their quest to build a Utopia where no man has ventured before. Tim Reynolds blends together equal portions of science, philosophy, and adventure in a Jules Verne homage that asks 'how far is too far?'."
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