<p>Discover times and places only dreamt of in your wildest imagination, with gadgets, gizmos and robots driven by aether and steam. Encounter angels, zombie soldiers and aliens walking through the Victorian age. And what would any steampunk anthology be without zeppelins, time machines and a guest appearance by Sherlock Holmes? It’s steampunk, so we even threw in a great dinosaur hunt simply because the kitchen sink just wasn’t big enough. Sit back, relax and explore the world as it could have been if people like Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells got their way. “Penny Dread Tales: Volume One” is a steampunk short story anthology dedicated to the 19th and early 20th century publication format affectionately referred to as the Penny Dreadful. At four-hundred pages and 18 steampunk stories long, you’re sure to find plenty of fun, action and excitement. Whether you’re a long-time devotee of steampunk or newly introduced to the world of brass goggles, giant zeppelins and impossible inventions from the mad minds of Victorian scientists, you’re sure to find a tale or three that catches your fancy. This steampunk anthology has an assortment of tales ranging from purist steampunk to fantasy steampunk to brushes-up-against-steampunk. It even includes a science fiction short story actually written during the Victorian era. Edited by Christopher Ficco and with cover artwork by Laura Givens, we’ve gathered writers and authors from all over the world. Contributors come from the U.S., Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. It’s a smorgasbord of steampunk, and you’re sure to find something (or somethings) you like.</p>

Penny Dread Tales: Gears, Coils, Aether & Steam

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ficco, Christopher

Science Fiction

RuneWright LLC

The act of creation can be both beautiful and horrific, just as what is borne of that act can be magnificent and terrible.  "It Lives: Volume One" is a science fiction and horror anthology meant to explore that which comes from creation in a wide array of forms that will tantalize and terrify.  In 21 distinct stories that span both space and time and written by authors from the U.S., England, Australia and Canada, "It Lives" delves into the discovery of new species, the rebirth of historical figures, the origination of legends and even the end of the universe as we know it.

It Lives: What Hath Mother Wrought

What worlds stand beyond the land of the living? In the wide open spaces beyond this existence, there is an infinite number of possible interpretations of ghosts, demigods and gods. It is within such impossible settings that the stories of “Spirit Legends” take place. Picture a Titans of ancient Greek mythology facing down a weary pantheon and try to stop man’s destruction at the hands of Zeus. Imagine Aztec gods battling for supremacy in the city streets of your hometown. A Celtic legend will come out of the moonlight and rescue a woman from her murderous husband, and the ghost of a young girl will exact her retribution against the man who murdered her father. This anthology explores that which lies beyond this mortal coil, with a multitude of pantheons represented, including Greek, Incan, Celtic, Christian, Native American and Norse. There are tales of sadness and despair, of retribution and triumph. Mixed into every story is an expression of humanity that often touches or torments the soul. Each one of us must face our own mortality, and we frequently choose to make our way through life connecting with things greater than ourselves to help overcome the travails and challenges of existence. In many respects, that's what “Spirit Legends” is all about. Whether you believe in God, a god or gods, or none of the above, the stories herein will take you to new notions of "the great beyond" and perhaps help you understand your own existence just a little better.

Spirit Legends: Of Ghosts and Gods

Literature & Fiction

Allen, Quincy

Genre Fiction

<p>Sometimes revenge can taste sweet, and sometimes it is most bitter. It can fill the soul to the bursting point or leave it empty and wanting. But no matter how one takes their revenge, it is always best served cold, as cold as the heart it takes to prepare revenge in the first place. “Best Served Cold” is a collection of science-fiction, paranormal and contemporary short fiction where the one who has it coming gets it in the end. This is a smorgasbord of retribution that will tickle, tantalize, slake and even horrify your sense of justice. Within these pages an assassin starts a revolution, the devil himself terrorizes the galaxy, a murderer meets justice in the form of three ancient witches and sexual predators find out what it means to be preyed upon. So whet your appetite and prepare for a collection of short stories that are “Best Served Cold.”</p>

Best Served Cold: an eye for an eye

The last thing Los Angeles needed was a high-tech, ex-assassin from another planet to set up shop as a Private Detective. They got one anyway. Justin Case is a smart-ass killing machine looking for a little redemption. He lives for smiles and has a real penchant for wetwork, leaving bodies - or parts of them, anyway - in his wake. In this first installment of the End Game trilogy, the messy demise of Xen Li, one of Case's closest friends, sets Case and his predatory feline Magdelain on a collision course with Gino DiMarco. Di Marco is an Italian mob boss running the L.A. drug scene, secretly hammering L.A. with T-Rex, a new designer drug that has the LAPD baffled. To solve who killed Xen and bring down DiMarco, Case will have to pull in favors from an aging, bare-knuckles brawler tied to the Russian mob and a hot-bodied, SEAL-trained sniper who makes a really mean cappuccino. He'll also have to depend upon Rachel, his tough-as-nails partner. Along the way he'll fall in love and take the biggest risk of his life by revealing the secret of his origins.

Chemical Burn

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Quincy J. Allen

Mystery

Penny Dread Tales Volume Two truly is a phantasmagorical calliope of clockwork and steam, one that will spirit you away to the four corners of the globe . Steampunk is not just British and it’s not just American, although you may have heard different. Steampunk is everywhere and forever. This anthology celebrates the notion that steampunk also has a home in places like China, Budapest, Panama and beyond. In this collection of short steampunk stories, a prince will face the curse of his ancestors, airship privateers will face down a murderer in the rugged Outback of Australia, the cities of Buda and Pest will face annihilation, and a lone, clockwork cowboy will face down the meanest werewolf in the west. So sit back, relax and step into the Victorian age that never happened, even in your wildest dreams! CONTRIBUTORS: Sevan Taylor Keyth Good Larry Lefkowitz Lauren Humphries-Brooks Jonathan D. Beer David Boop J. M. Franklin Quincy Allen Dorothy Reede Mark Rossmore Gerry Huntman Cynthia Gael Alexander B. Joy David McLain Robert Neilson David W. Landrum Justin Boyett Peter J. Wacks

Penny Dread Tales: Volume II: A Phantasmagorical Calliope of Clockwork and Steam

Christopher Ficco

Short Stories & Anthologies

Penny Dread Tales Volume IV explores the darker side of steampunk, where demons reign and the human spirit can be as unwholesome and unholy as your worst nightmare. Immerse yourself in this tome of light and darkness. Revel in the triumphs of adventurous heroes and despair in the maleficence of heartless villains, human and inhuman alike. These short stories will take you across the globe and across dimensions. You will find yourself soaring through the skies over America and Europe. You will visit the seedy underside of Seattle, the dusty plains of the southwest, and the great savannahs of darkest Africa. Within these pages are ghosts, demons, and the undead seeking to take your very soul. Necromancers feed upon the blood of the innocent. Murderers and thieves abound, and the line between good and evil blurs to nonexistence. Limitless worlds and landscapes lay within in this latest installment of Penny Dread Tales ... for it is truly Perfidious and Paranormal Punkery of Steam.

Penny Dread Tales Volume IV: Perfidious and Paranormal Punkery of Steam

Riley, David

Knight, Sam

Boop, David

Ritchey, Aaron Michael

Chinakos, Mike

Kessler, A.L.

Huntman, Gerry

Harleth, Jezebel

Stone, Mark Everett

Blood Oath: An Epic Fantasy Steampunk Adventure (Blood War Chronicles)

Allen, Quincy J.

Blood Ties: Book 1 of the Blood War Chronicles

Fantasy

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