A
world like ours, but filled with gears of brass, where the beating heart is
fueled by steam and the simplest creation is a complex clockwork
device.
Within
this tome, you’ll find steampunk fairy tale re-tellings, as well as original
stories that will send your gears turning.
Welcome
to the steampunk realm, with eleven authors guiding your path.
Gears of Brass is a steampunk anthology published
through Curiosity Quills. Within the pages, you’ll come across clockwork
inventions and steampunk-ified fairy tale retellings. Eleven authors will
guide you through worlds filled with airships, top hats, and corsets.
TEASERS
(each
teaser is from a different tale in the anthology)
“Stealing a few steps backward, I
reached for him and brushed my fingertips along his cheek. Static energy crept
across my palm. It glowed blue and pulled like taffy, sticking to my
fingertips, then snapping back to his skin. My hand jerked back so hard I hit
myself in the chest. My eyes traipsed down his neck, his shoulders, finally
stopping at his midsection. It was almost as though I could see inside
him. “
“The guards struggled forward,
but failed to move even an inch. Everyone was frozen in place, except the
uninvited guest. The man floated toward Lord and Lady Miller. “You see, my
lord, your wife made a deal with me that cannot be broken. Your daughter is
mine.”
“I swiped my hand across my nose, wishing I could smell the green of the trees. Eyes burning, I swallowed hard, feeling the incision in my throat where they’d cut out my sinus enhancer. I would never be able to smell my exotic perfumes again.”
“Anthie
watched the lissom liquid slip inside the carrying tube. I could see her
inhaling the smell of the lubricating oil. So could Dr. Holmgren. From time to
time he looked across at us through his reinforced goggles. They gave him the
appearance of a baby owl, which was at odds with his general nastiness. I knew
he was taking everything in. And I knew he had a special eye on Anthie.”
“In a hidden room deep
inside the base of the great clock there was a click, a whir of gears, a valve
opened, and the key chamber was flooded with air. Several minutes later, Bella
awoke. The girl coughed, choked then screamed as blood began to once again flow
through her veins: the first time in a millennium.”
“Something
growled near to her right. The hairs along Redyn’s arms stood up and she held
her breath. The sound came again, deep, guttural. Redyn turned her head, her
lips parted, her gaze scanning the forest. They’d told her not to wander far
from the cottage, but they couldn’t have expected her to play with that hideous
excuse for a doll near everyone else.
A wolf
crept out of the shadows, his gray fur standing on end like hers.”
“Three years
ago, your father ruined my life. He terminated my family’s reputation.”
“Um…” Amethyst
wished she could back up further. Wind pushed at her top hat, so she shoved it
up higher to straighten it. “I don’t understand.”
“Now, I’ll ruin
his life.”
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