Mechanical Tales

From one of steampunk's newest emerging voices, the New Orleans based fantasy and science fiction author, Brandon Black, comes five stories of Victorian-era steampunk and gaslamp fantasy adventure fiction, making for a delightful and entertaining read of this ever-increasingly popular genre. "Blood, Steam and Iron" is a look at a Civil War and a Lincoln Presidency that have both gone on longer than they did in our world. "Songs of the Divine Pulsation" centers on two young orphans of New Orleans and the unexpected discoveries they make in a lonely woman's manor. "Time and the Wrinkled Prostitute" follows the misadventures of an unlucky lady of the evening as she randomly lurches through time. "All Aboard The Transcontinental Express" deals with one young man's problems with leaving virginity behind and his family's insistence that he do so as quickly as possible. "The Sublimity Chair" is a fascinating examination of the concept of Beauty with regards to Good and Evil.

These five stories make for a fascinating introduction to the worlds of Brandon Black, taking the reader beyond the shores of the normal and the mundane to dwell among the strange and the extraordinary.