Steampunk Tales: Issue 12
Steampunk Tales: Issue 12 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! You can now read Steampunk Tales on almost any computer, smartphone or eBook reader!
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Tales Included in Issue 12:
1. Kimberley Fortune, or Blood Money? by Rekha Ambardar
2. G. D. Falksen's An Unfortunate Engagement
3. Enthalpy of Fusion by Lora Friedenthal
4. Daughter of the High City, Part 3: The Prison of Despair by Hunter Liguore
5. Some Unforeseen Event: Chapter 5 — Officers and Gentlemen by Cindy MacLeod
6. Tales from a Millwall Tattoo Parlour by Austin H. Williams
7. The Impossible Mister Lapin Investigates: The Affair of the Terrible Boar Part Three by Peter Woodworth
8. The Irreversible Catastrophe of Professor Babcock by Shelly Goodman Wright
Cover art by the amazing Tyrus Flynn
Steampunk Tales: Issue 12 Author Bios
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Peter
Woodworth The Impossible Mister Lapin Investigates: The Affair of the Terrible Boar Part Two Peter Woodworth is an author, English professor and professional game designer. He got his start in the gaming industry and spent a number of years working for White Wolf Game Studio, particularly on their Mind's Eye Theatre line, where he was a writer, editor and line developer. All together, he's been rolling dice, swinging swords and playing rock-paper-scissors for almost two decades, and has been delightfully surprised to see it shows no signs of stopping. He made the acquaintance of Mister Lapin shortly before his wedding last year, and has been jotting down his friend's exploits ever since. |
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Cindy MacLeod Some Unforeseen Event: Chapter 4 – Suitable Arrangements 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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Austin WIlliams Tales from a Millwall Tattoo Parlour Part Four: Geoffrey Dunlap's Apprenticeship 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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Friedenthal Enthalpy of Fusion Lora Friedenthal is a Production Editor at Oxford University Press and a member of the writing team for the AIR Steampunk MMO. While she has previously published children's educational nonfiction titles, this is her first piece of published fiction. |
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Hunter Liguore Daughter of the High City, Part Two: The Křurt of Last Resort Hunter Liguore holds a BA in history and is completing her MFA in creative writing. Her work has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review (Katie Ireland) and The MacGuffin (The Last Soucouyant). Her short story “Red Barn People” has been nominated for the 2010 Pushcart Prize. |
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G. D. Falksen The Mask of Tezcatlipoca Part Six 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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Wright The Irreversible Catastrophe of Professor Babcock Shelly is a contributor to Fresh Ink Magazine, a division of the Colorado Springs Gazette. Publication of her first novel, A LIGHT INTO THE DARKNESS--a Christian Romance/Suspense, is scheduled for release in February of 2012. Her website is www.shellygoodmanwright.com and her FB Fan Page is here: http://www.facebook.com/alightintothedarkness |
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Ambardar Kimberley Fortune, or Blood Money? Rekha Ambardar has published over eighty short stories, articles, and essays in print and electronic magazines, including The Writer’s Journal, ByLine, The Indian Express, and Writing-World.com. Her mysteries have been published in Futures, Nefarious, The Gumshoe Review, Orchard Mystery Press, Shots in the Dark and other anthologies. She is a regular contributor to The World and I Online, a subsidiary of The Washington Times, and has published articles on topics of current interest and concern. She is also an assistant professor of business at a university in Upper Michigan. Visit Rekha's Web site at http://rekha.mmebj.com. |
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Cover Art by Tyrus
Flynn Tyrus Flynn is a photographer and artist living in NJ. Besides photography, he has a strong interest in costumes, steampunk, and science fiction, and often attends events on these themes The model in the image is YuffieBunny http://www.modelmayhem.com/4658 Outfit by The House of canney http://TheHouseofCanney.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 is an editor, artist, fashion designer, marketing adviser and promoter with ten years of active experience in events organization and marketing. Along with being a event producer with active involvement in a wide range of subcultures and trends, she is known as the major steampunk organizer in New York, a principle organizer worldwide, and a moving force behind the steampunk trend. She has worked closely with various reporters, researchers and media outlets during their coverage of steampunk including but not limited to The New York Times, MTV, NHK, VBS.tv, NBC and the San Francisco Chronicle. She does programming and staff work for Dragon con, NYCC and other major conventions. She co-produces the premier black tie monthly event Dorian's Parlor in Philadelphia. She provides media and networking services for numerous artist the world wide. She is the co-founder of Gilded Age Records, the first ever steampunk music label; she is also the co-founder of the Annual Time Travel Picnic, the oldest annual steampunk meet up event. Her art has appeared in numerous art shows across the country and in a range of publications. She moderates the Steamfashion community and blogs for Brass Goggles as well for Tor.com. She has previously worked with various projects such as Repo! the Genetic Opera, the steampunk exhibition at the Museum of the History of Science in Oxford and Make Magazine's World Maker Faire New York. She is currently working with a number of film projects and TV shows, including The Marionette Unit and War of the Worlds: Goliath. She also works for with Weird Tales magazine. She is the creative director for Steampunk Tales magazine and the editor of Wildside Press's forthcoming Steampunk Classics line of books. Her writing has appeared in books such as Steampunk Reloaded and will be appearing in seven different books due out over the course of the next two years, including the forthcoming Steampunk Bible. She is also the Marketing Director for Hatboy Studios's forthcoming video game AIR: Steampunk. She is a fashion designer for the Australian clothing label Galley Serpentine. She has been the principle stylist for numerous photo shoots and the producer of more fashion shows than she can count. It is said that she does, in fact, sleep and eat, but to date the claims are merely rumors. She is also very excited to have a hat named after her by Topsy Turvy Design. 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. |
