Steampunk Tales #1

by Jay Lake, G.D. Falksen, Catherynne M. Valente

Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and '30s, Steampunk Tales contains first-run, original fiction written by an A+ list of award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 stories, each running between 4,300 to 11,000 words, for an unbelievable price. Authors contributing to issue #1 include Jay Lake, Catherynne M. Valente, SatyrPhil Brucato and G.D. Falksen. The cover art was painted by popular artist Melita "missmonster" Curphy.

Tales Included in Issue #1:

1. The Mask of Tezcatlipoca by G D Falksen
2. Benedice Te by Jay Lake
3. Stormada: Red Blossoms for the Queen by Phil Brucato
4. The Anachronist’s Cookbook by Catherynne M. Valente
5. A Grain of Sand by Mark Rossmore
6. Lowlands Low by J Flesher
7. The Reanimation Emporium by Brian Rappatta
8. Project Möbius-5 by K. E. Kendall
9. The Man and the Robot by Noel Black
10. Tempus Fugit by Jennifer Wilson

Cover by missmonster

Genres: Steampunk, Fantasy, Short Stories, Graphic Novels, Anthologies

189 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 21, 2009

About the author

Jay Lake lived in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on multiple writing and editing projects. His 2007 book Mainspring received a starred review in Booklist. His short fiction appeared regularly in literary and genre markets worldwide. Jay won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Endeavour Award, and was a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.

Reviews

[Penny Ramirez · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a mixed bag of stories. Reading several was VERY frustrating because they were part of a serial, and so "ended" rather abruptly. I did have a heads-up on this, but not on which stories, and only one actually stated that it was to be continued in another volume.

Definitely different takes on steampunk here - in some stories it was much more subtle; in others, the steampunk elements were clearly the focus of the story.

Interesting, overall!

[Ral · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so much fun to read on my phone on the bus!