Clockwork Twist : Waking by Emily Thompson

Twist has never left London, until today. Now he’s traveling on an airship—with a crew that insists they’re not pirates—on his way to find the clockwork princess because he’s the only one who can fix her…

In true Neo-Victorian style, Clockwork Twist is set in a lush and vibrant world where things are as you might expect in 1878. That is, of course, if fantastic creatures like djinn, faeries, kitsunes and vampires were commonplace. An increasing number of people are being born with supernatural senses, called Sights. While airship tourism is sweeping the globe, air-piracy is also on the rise.

Twist is among the Sighted, but his Sight is unusual. While others might be able to see and hear over great distances, find anything they can imagine anywhere in the world, or even recognize every type of flower by scent alone, Twist’s Sight shows him only damage. Whenever he touches a broken clock or machine, he can instantly understand the damage and can fix it easily. If he touches a person, even for a moment, his mind fills with a terrible vision of whatever trauma or pain once broke them. Naturally, he’s chosen a solitary existence and shuns all human contact.

Unfortunately, thanks to his seclusion, Twist is also unfamiliar with everything beyond his own clock shop, hidden away on a quiet and ever-drizzly London street. When a treasure hunter arrives at his door with proof that they have found the fabled clockwork princess—Twist’s favorite old fairy tale—it’s up to Twist alone to bring her back to life.

Set out with Twist on a harrowing journey across the world, stopping at the flying sector of Venice, the bottom of the Caspian Sea, a mountaintop palace in Nepal, an airship pirate-filled Hong Kong, and the crystal caves of Indonesia in this first installment of a long running series. Find out first hand if Twist can actually handle any of this, or if he’ll loose his grip on sanity in the first few days.

Targeted Age Group:

15 to 95

How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?

Both modern Steampunk and classics of the Victorian era hold a unique sense of wonder, delight, and adventure, which I feel has gone missing in other genres. With Jules Verne, you can find yourself flying to the moon, joining a Japanese circus on your way around the world, chasing solid gold meteorites, climbing down into the center of the Earth, or standing beside Capetian Nemo as he plants a black flag on the South Pole. In modern Steampunk you can battle airship pirates, look out over Paris through a tower clock face, visit Mark Twain frequently while encountering cyborg cowboys, surround yourself with witches and vampires and zombies, and dream in black and white of a circus that only appears at night. Steampunk opens the door to a world of breathtaking beauty and intoxicating adventure unlike any other genre.

What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?

Write something that you would love to read, even if you hadn’t written it yourself. After you’ve finished a story (never during or before) dig deep to find anything that you wouldn’t accept in someone else’s work and then think to yourself “what would be the coolest thing to do here instead?” You’ll be amazed at what you might come up with.

Author Bio:

Emily Thompson is an author and artist, from northern California. Although she adores Steampunk and all things Victoriana, she also writes occasional Sci-fi and fantasy.

After studying film and animation in university, she changed to a Japanese language focus and studied abroad in Tokyo for a year. She received a degree in Japanese and later spent nearly another two years in Japan, teaching English and writing.

She now lives in Silicon Valley and spends most of her time writing in coffee shops, painting, and playing far too many video games.

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?

As a true lover of Steampunk, I adore the classic works of Jules Verne, HG Wells, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, and even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . But I also enjoy the modern age works like The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, and The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick. Along with the clockwork, airships, and top hats, I find that both modern Steampunk and classics of the Victorian era hold a unique sense of wonder, delight, and adventure. I just can’t get enough! Naturally, I love to play with the genre as well, in my own writing.

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