Excerpt: A Wolf in King Arturius's Court
This is a lot more of the short story that I am working on. I tried to focus more on the late 1800's side of steampunk but later on there will be steampunk. The story is going to follow Friedrich who is the heir to his late father's County as goes to...
Illusions of Godhead
The _otiric_ steamed in a slow circle, keeping the chaos storm at a respectable distance, and aboard the cruiser the expedition was circling, too. none of their probes worked.
Fur and Freedom - A Suncasters Short
Whinnahael winced in pain as she wrapped a bandage tightly around the wound on her arm. Every part of her body hurt, she was covered in bruises and scratches, and her left eye was throbbing. To top it off she was exhausted, and she knew that there...
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.1b, Shock and Awe
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.1, Shock and Awe Realizing that the time for subtlety and indirect action was at an end, Sir Umberto stepped forward from the shadows. "I am Sir Umberto Marino, Church Templar of Graddin and Royal Guard to Prince...
The Lead Crown: Ch 8.2b, A Dozen 'Tails' Told
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 8.2, A Dozen Tails Told Dr Brownell had never been a heavy sleeper and that meant getting any real amount of rest on the carriage ride from Vallara to Newport was next to impossible. Aside from staying up late to...
The Crafty Professor
Travel through skies and also assembling the heart of every flying machine, the steam generators.
Death In The Time Bay: Part Five (Last Part)
DEATH IN THE TIME BAY: PART FIVE "Where are you taking us, officer?" Scott asked, wondering what the officer meant by 'witnesses.' The officer merely shook his head and continued walking. They exited the Time Bay, the bright sunlight making Scott...
Splintered Light, Chapter 4.4: Farewells and Salutations
From there they transitioned to talking about ilysean steam ships and, ultimately, the wave rider itself.
The Verentti Chronicles - Chapter 1
A second siren sounded, as behind him a pipe burst letting a quick jet of steam escape. "ah ha!"
The Lead Crown: Ch 9.3a, Accountability
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 9.3, Accountability Theo looked sorrowfully down at the nearly-empty vial that he had repurposed from its original job as a specimen container into a tooth pick case. It had once been stuffed full of tooth picks but...
The Lead Crown: Ch 7a, Un-Escaping (Pt 1)
Tranquil Waters: The Lead Crown Ch 7.1, Un-Escaping Death was as much a part of life as anything else among the Valley Tribe; Gift-of-the-Earth had lost many people who had been important to him over the years. His parents had been given to the...
On this New Sea
At 220 psi, the_otiric_'s steam engines needed 2500 cubic feet of steam every minute to keep the pressure up. it was close to the very maximum that the boilers could deliver -- they could only hold so much water.