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Featured Stories
- The Trivium Proportion, Part 11 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
20 May 2012 9:00 AM | No Comments - The Trivium Proportion, Part 10 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
13 May 2012 9:00 AM | No Comments - Stories in the Ether, Issue 4 Available Now
11 May 2012 12:24 PM | No Comments - Clockwork Reviews: Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal
10 May 2012 9:00 AM | No Comments - The Trivium Proportion, Part 9 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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- The Trivium Proportion, Part 11 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
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Stories in the Ether, Issue 4 Available Now
Posted on May 11, 2012 | No CommentsWe’re very proud to present Issue #4 of Stories in the Ether. It is available now for ANY and ALL eReaders from DriveThruFiction.com and Smashwords.com for only $2.99. In the coming... -
The Trivium Proportion, Part 9 (A Cyberpunk Tale), by David Phillips
Posted on May 6, 2012 | 1 CommentApple arrived at the load point for Kayla newb with her recent Necropotens avatar. She sported the same long, hot pink, greased, liberty spike hair. The unrealistically large holster, which... -
Charlie Darwin, or the Trine of 1809 by Angel Leigh McCoy Available Now in PDF and ePUB
Posted on April 21, 2012 | No CommentsCharlie Darwin, of the Trine of 1809 by Angel Leigh McCoy was released last winter as part of a 3-month experiment with Amazon Kindle Select, and now we are very... -
Clockwork Reviews: Dead Iron — The Age of Steam, by Devon Monk
Posted on April 19, 2012 | No CommentsDead Iron by Devon Monk is the first book in The Age of Steam series. A seamless blend of magic and old west steampunk it’s an absorbing read, told in a true storyteller’s... -
The Magic Section, by Michael Manogue
Posted on March 30, 2012 | No CommentsJuly 5th, 1863 Detective Robert Crawley made his way through the streets of Manhattan carefully picking his way over and around a variety of debris. The day before had been... -
Clockwork Reviews: Ghosts By Gaslight
Posted on March 29, 2012 | 1 CommentGhosts by Gaslight, edited by Jack Dann and Nick Gevers (2011, Harper Voyager), is an anthology containing seventeen tales that cross steampunk with ghost stories. The result is a hefty... -
In the Cards, by Jeremy Zimmerman
Posted on March 23, 2012 | No CommentsMarch 27th, 18— My dearest sister, Since my expulsion from the university, things have become most dire. My scrivener work has provided me with only a meager income. After the... -
Tiny Gears and Iridescent Wings, by Michael Burnside
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 2 CommentsHer pale white finger stroked the golden metal carapace of the beetle. The creature appeared to enjoy the attention. Its great black horn moved back and forth as the beetle... -
The Rebel Engine, by Natasha Simonova
Posted on February 24, 2012 | No Comments“He leads them like a thing Made by some other deity than nature, That shapes man better.” — Coriolanus, IV.6. A feast was laid in the commodore’s cabin on the... -
Clockwork Reviews: Alloy of Law, by Brandon Sanderson
Posted on February 23, 2012 | No CommentsIt’s no secret that I’ve become a bit of a Brandon Sanderson fangirl – I’m waiting for The Stormlight Archive to arrive at my local bookstore. So I’m sure it... -
Empyrean Skies, by David Gaither
Posted on February 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe tavern was tucked away from the towers and high places of Lear Terra, hidden just off the main road between the docks and the industrial area. Inside, among the... -
The Occurrence of the Cavalry Horse, by Teel James Glenn
Posted on February 10, 2012 | No CommentsPrologue “Rudolf Ziesse is the most dangerous man in Germany,” Doctor Augustus Argent said, “And we think he is planning a coupe more violent than the nineteen sixteen revolution started... -
Stories in the Ether, Issue 3 Available Now!
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 3 CommentsGet it today for all your favorite eReaders from DriveThruFiction.com or direct from Amazon to your Kindle for only $2.99 Enjoy! Stories in the Ether, Issue 3 Stories in the Ether... -
Clockwork Reviews: Phoenix Rising—A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine
Posted on February 9, 2012 | 1 CommentPhoenix Rising, the first book in the A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences series from husband-wife duo Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine, is a rich and decadent treat, with some naughty... -
Clockwork Reviews: The Native Star, by M. K. Hobson
Posted on February 2, 2012 | 1 CommentM. K. Hobson leads her readers through an exciting adventure with just a smattering of romance in her debut novel, The Native Star. Set in 1876 in an alternate Wild... -
Clockwork Reviews: Gaslight Arcanum – Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Posted on January 19, 2012 | No CommentsGaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes (2011, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing), is the third anthology of tales of Sherlock Holmes and the supernatural edited by J. R.... -
The Mechanical Turk, or All’s Well That Ends, by Tucker Cummings
Posted on January 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsFor most citizens of the Anglo-Ottoman Empire, Unification Day had been a triumph; a cause for celebration late into the night. Photographers lined the streets of Constantinople, selling tintypes and... -
Budapest Will Burn, by Jonathan D. Beer
Posted on December 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsBudapest was on the edge of ruin. To the soldiers that encircled it, the city seemed to be aflame. Dark smoke hung in thick palls, obscuring the churned soil... -
Steampunk: I Want To Be Convinced…
Posted on December 29, 2011 | 15 CommentsI am not all that much of a fan of steampunk—but, I wanted to get educated on the topic. I thought, “Maybe the reason I do not like steampunk all that... -
We Dinna Practice Christmas Here, by Dave D’Alessio
Posted on December 22, 2011 | 1 CommentColonel Sassenach looked like quite the dandy in his brown uniform. “We dinna practice Christmas here,” I told him, “It hae been banned by law since the days of... -
Merry Krampus! Let the Carnival Begin!
Posted on December 19, 2011 | 33 CommentsYou’re Invited to the Krampus Christmas Carnival! Greetings fellow gamers, writers, fiction enthusiasts, bloggers and publishers! Each year during the holidays Nevermet Press features artwork focused on Krampus, a troll-like... -
The Chase, by J.A. Gonzales
Posted on December 16, 2011 | 2 CommentsEdgar Ratcliff came skidding to a halt at the base of the hill frantically struggling to catch his breath. He had never gotten joy from such exertions; however the... -
Krampus is Coming Back… in a Carnival!
Posted on December 14, 2011 | 15 CommentsThe Krampus Christmas Carnival Has Begun!Click Here For Details + Artwork! For the last few years two artists (Matthew Meyer and Rob Torno) who work with Nevermet Press have produced... -
#SteampunkGear on Twitter – The Next Steps
Posted on November 29, 2011 | No CommentsIt’s been a few weeks since I started tweeting the names of fictional steampunk gear – everything from weapons, goggles, and cameras to flying gyrocopters and armored personel carriers. Everything... -
The Patience of Virtue, by Dave D’Alessio
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 1 CommentThe stench hung over the glen like soiled swaddling on a wee bairn. I didn’t need Burd Mary to tell me, “Ach, old FitzWilliam’s been singeing sheep agin, Constable,”... -
Steady and True, by Michael Burnside
Posted on November 18, 2011 | No CommentsHe could make out the entirety of the thing that had come up behind them. It was an airship with a blackened hull and a bone white gasbag. It wore a devil's face as its figurehead. -
Stories in the Ether at Apple’s iBookstore
Posted on November 5, 2011 | No CommentsI am very happy to report that Stories in the Ether, Issue #1 is now officially available directly from Apple’s iBookstore for $2.99. We had a hiccup initially when they... -
The Tragic Tale of Doctor Fausset, by O.M. Grey
Posted on November 4, 2011 | 5 CommentsGlass. Brass. Coal. Steam. Over and over. Day after day. This is all Doctor Fausset saw. That, and beauty. Every morning he awoke to perfect beauty. Every day he worked... -
Stories in the Ether, Issue #2 Preview
Posted on October 20, 2011 | 2 CommentsBelow is the cover of the upcoming Stories in the Ether, Issue #2. It will be available for $2.99 as an ePUB/.MOBI on Kindle, Lulu, Apple iBookstore, Nook, and RPGNow.com.... -
I Made a Friend, by Philip Athans
Posted on October 14, 2011 | 2 CommentsIt made a kind of squeaking sound and pitched forward—some of the leather parts I guess I hadn’t oiled well enough. Steam puffed out of a valve in its shoulder,...
