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Steampunk Thursday: Steampunk International/Internacional

There's not to go now until Steampunk International  is published here in the UK, and this week, editor Ian Whates posted some photos of the books which have indeed now been printed.


However, both the Finnish and Portuguese editions are already available to buy! I have an order in for the Finnish one myself, as I have never had anything of mine published in Finland before.

Steampunk International  officially goes on sale on 17th July and features the brand new Ulysses Quicksilver short story  Reckless Engineering .

Thought for the Day

"There always has to be a lapse of time after the accomplishment of a piece of creative work before you can in any way evaluate it."

~ Agatha Christie

Thought for the Day

"Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it."

~ Agatha Christie

Gamebook Friday: Wendy Darling, Shipwreck Survivor

I am well into editing  NEVERLAND - Here Be Monsters!  now and thought you might like to have a sneak peek at one of the four different openings of the adventure - that of shipwreck survivor Wendy Darling.

Click on the first page of the extract below, and you will be taken to a web-page where you can download the first 16 sections of the adventure. Please note that these are obviously not muddled up yet, and haven't been proof-read either, but the extract should give you an idea of what to expect when the entire adventure is finished and fully edited.

Enjoy!

Click the image above to download the extract.

It's 43 years since you thought it safe to go back into the water

43 years ago today, Jaws was released upon unsuspecting cinema-goers for the first time!


Which means that 3 years ago, this happened.

SHARKPUNK - an anthology of killer shark stories - is still available from Snowbooks in both pulped tree format and as one of those new-fangled electronic books. You can even listen to it in the bath or in the car!

Come on in. The water's fine....

You've gotta love that original Simon Coleby cover!

Space Invaders turns 40

Space Invaders has turned 40. Possibly the most iconic arcade game of all time, it was first released in 1978, and in the years since has gone on to influence the entirety of culture. Its consequences have been felt not only in games, but across various media, including speculative fiction.

It was certainly an influence on the creation of the short story anthology GAME OVER that I edited, and that came out in 2015, even if no-one actually wrote a story about an alien invasion for the book.

GAME OVER is still available in both processed tree carcass format and as a collection of zeroes and ones, and can be purchased here.

Thought for the Day

Free RPG Day 2018

Saturday 16th June 2018 is Free RPG Day , and as a special treat to all you role-players out there, Snowbooks are offering a FREE eBook edition of either of my ACE Gamebooks , Alice's Nightmare in Wonderland or The Wicked Wizard of Oz .
All you have to do to receive yours is email info@snowbooks.com today!

     

Steampunk International is available to pre-order on Kindle

You may have seen my post about Steampunk International last month. Well, if you prefer your reading material as a series of zeroes and ones, rather than in the more traditional processed tree carcass format, you will be pleased to hear that the anthology is now available to pre-order on Kindle here.

Steampunk International  officially goes on sale on 17th July and features a brand new Ulysses Quicksilver short story entitled Reckless Engineering .

Don't forget that the previous Pax Britannia short story Worthless Remains features in Clockwork Cairo , which is also available for your Kindle.

Thought for the Day