Steampunk Tales: Issue 6 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 6:
1. G. D. Falksen's An Unfortunate Engagement, Part 7
2. Three Things by Joe Goodson
3. A Town of Crows by Lawrence R. Dagstine
4. The Orgel Nightingale by Katherine Isham
5. Still Waters, Part 2 by Arkwright
6. Lonely Light, Part 1 by Karl Custer
7. The Trials of Professor Sinister; Extracts from the Traveling Diary of Matalaine Morningside, Part 1 by Larry C. Kay
8. Unbelieving Jaxx, Part 1 by John F. Montagne
9. Sideways, Part 3 by Andrew Singleton
Original cover painting by the amazingly amazing Brian Bowes!
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Steampunk Tales: Issue 6 Author Bios
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G. D.
Falksen Author: An Unfortunate Engagement, Part 7 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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Three
Things by Joe Goodson Joe Goodson has been a lot of things in his life (comic-book clerk, soldier, tech support) but few have been as much fun as being a writer. He wrote his first stage play at the tender age of 7; it was performed by marionettes. Joe is currently a video game critic for the pop culture website www.cybermonkeydeathsquad.com. Joe started life in Chicago but some how ended up in the southwest. Joe currently lives with his wife in Austin, Texas where they both enjoy not being the weirdest people in the room anymore. |
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Lawrence R. Dagstine Author: A Town of Crows Lawrence Dagstine is a freelance writer whose byline has appeared in hundreds of print magazines and webzines viewed all over the globe. Over 375+ times. He consistently covers science fiction, fantasy and horror. He’s written for Aoife’s Kiss, Beyond Centauri, Atomjack, The Willows, Tales of the Talisman, Jupiter, Nova Science Fiction, Necrotic Tissue, Withersin, Hungur, Cover of Darkness, OG’s Speculative Fiction, Steampunk Tales, and many other genre publications. Sam’s Dot Publishing released his first story collection in 2009, entitled: FRESH BLOOD. He’s also got a title out with Damnation Books and other upcoming e-publications. He lives in New York City with his family. |
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Katherine Isham Author: The Orgel Nightingale Katherine Isham has been a lover of Victoriana since her childhood trips to the local museum with her grandmother, where she looked at fancy dresses and antique doll-houses with adoration and longing. Her love of all things old and fanciful was joined in adolescence with a abiding interest in Japanese culture and a love of romantic literature. She has been writing in her spare time most of her life, and holds a BA in English Literature from St. Michael's College, where she studied Japanese for seven semesters. |
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Andrew
Singleton Author: Sideways, Part 2 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: Still Waters, Part 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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Karl
Custer Author: Lonely Light, Part 1 Karl Custer is an aspiring playwright and successful waiter, though truth be told he'd prefer to achieve the opposite. When not steaming his punks, he performs geek-specific stand-up comedy and writes reviews for anime for a website called Anigamers. Custer lives in New York City. |
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Larry
C. Kay Author: The Trials of Professor Sinister; Extracts from the Traveling Diary of Matalaine Morningside, Part 1 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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John
F. Montagne Author: Unbelieving Jaxx, Part 1 John F. Montagne was born and raised in the American Midwest, where he earned a Bachelors degree and teaching certification. His adventures as an unordained anthropologist and his teaching endeavours took him abroad, eventually earning a Masters while living in Northern England. He currently resides with his German muse in London, where he’s researching a doctorate and utilizing his Tardis replica for an anthology. |
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Cover
Art by Brian Bowes Brian Bowes is an illustrator living and working in San Francisco. Brian graduated with a degree in Illustration from the California College of Arts and Crafts {now called California College of the Arts}. There he studied with Mark Eanes, Barron Storey, Robert Hunt, and Randy Chavez. Currently he is dedicated to a full time career in illustration. Brian is interested in commissioned works, with a focus in literature, children’s books, portraiture and private commissions. You can contact him and see more examples of his work through his website: www.bowesart.com, and you can keep up with his progress on his blog: www.studiobowesart.blogspot.com. Prints are available upon request. |
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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. |
