DeadSteam II, Good Work Final Proof Received, Oct. 30 Publication Date Set

The life continues with Tuesday afternoon bringing this from Bryce Raffle: I’ve attached an epub (and a PDF) of DEADSTEAM II. Please let me know what you think, and if you spot any issues with the layout, do let me know. The only things I’ve changed from the manuscripts you sent me are formatting, which has been standardized to match the style of all the stories (and the style of the first DeadSteam).

So, done and done, the PDF looked fine as I e-reported back. My part in this is a Dickensian penny dreadful sort of tale called “The Good Work” (cf. September 27) about London street urchins who have taken up the task of witch hunting. It has to be children because only they — and only some of them at that — have the “second sight,” which is necessary to tell who are witches and who are not. But it’s profitable also. (There was prior to this, of course, a first DEADSTEAM as well in which as it happens I also appear, my story there titled “The Re-Possessed” about the pleasures and pitfalls of the Victorian funeral industry, for more on which see November 9, September 15 2018, et al.).

Then a final item from Editor Raffle on DEADSTEAM II: One thing I can address is the official release date, which (mark your calendars) will be October 30th! Pre-orders for the ebook will be live tomorrow! Information should come up on Amazon sometime during the day, while further details as they become known will be reported here.