Steampunk Europa 'Verse Collection

[foolish_m0rtal]

We're going meta here, aren't we? This is an index of all the recent and upcoming series and short stories having to do with my steampunk Victorian universe set in Europa.


Multi-Chapter Behemoths

Title: Legerdemain or The Enchanting of Charles East
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG- some swears. Ladies cover your sensitive ears.
Summary: In 1800s London-Aldwych, stage magic always comes second to the scientific and engineering advancements that are quickly becoming the new marvel of the age. But Charles East (The Enchanting East, Monday-Saturday at 1:30PM, half-price on Sundays at 4PM) stumbles upon other magic that is practiced by an altogether other sort of Londonite. And sometimes when you pull a rabbit out of a hat,  there is no place to put him back.
Main Characters:  Charles East, Perceval Fletcher
Main Settings: London-Aldwych

Title: Notes of an Antiquary
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: Dr. Matthias Harsh leads an ordinary life teaching mediaeval history at Pevensey University till one day he receives a letter in the mail inviting him to a research study over a pair of mysterious documents. A homage to the ghost stories of M.R. James.
Main Characters: Matthias Harsh, Jonathan Cosway
Main Settings: Cornwall, Martin Court College at Pevensey University


Short(er) Stories

Title: Buoy
Genre: Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: Pending. A wrap-up to Gunpowder Plots
Main Characters: Alexander Elliot, Stuart Blau
Main Settings: Leamouth

Title: Castling
Genre: Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: International blitz-chess prodigy Linus Rook has not played a game in months. It all changes the day he boards the airship HMAS Mauretania Secunda on a standard trans-Atlantic flight back to Europa.
Main Characters: Linus Rook, Horatio Hamlin
Main Settings: the HMAS (Her Majesty's Air-Ship) Mauretania Secunda

Title: Da Capo a fine
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: Pending. The early years of London-Aldwych's famous composer Peter Sullivan and his orchestra.
Main Characters: Simon Godfrey, Peter Sullivan
Main Settings: Pevensey University's Byrd Music Hall, Wallace College

Title: The Devil and Arther Yardley
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: Pending. Parish never chose to lead the life he has now, certainly not the bit about befriending the prickly bookshop employee Arther Yardley and oh, stopping the undead from taking over New York City.
Main Characters: Weyland Parish, Arther Yardley, The Ignorants' Society
Main Settings: New York City, Cornwall

Title: Gunpowder Plots
Genre: Steampunk, Alternate History
Rating: PG
Summary: In times of war, mass mechanization, and college exams, Alexander Elliot, the son of the best shipbuilder in Leamouth, learns that racing ships isn't about the finish line. It's about your trip there and who chases you along the way. (chronologically pre-Legerdemain)
Main Characters: Alexander Elliot, Stuart Blau, the Titus Salt Mechanics Club
Main Settings: Titus Salt Academical

Title: Holiday in Germany
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG
Summary: Pending. The men who said women couldn't be Primes had never met Valeria Bloddard.
Main Characters: Valeria Bloddard, Jonathan Cosway, Matthias Harsh
Main Settings: Pevensey University

Comments

*WORSHIPS*

[obseletevulture.livejournal.com]

THIS ENTRY CONTAINS TOO MUCH AWESOME FOR ANY ONE COMPUTER TO HOLD.


XDD

You'll be embarrassed, but I hung out with my best friend growing up who actually sees me as kind of an annoying accessory, apparently (It's rough, but whatever) and she was doing NaNoWriMo like I wouldn't know that that is...

I had to mention the sheer amount of awesome in your works as an example of why it's totally more awesome to work at a self-adjusted pace rather than cramming for a month, and waxed poetic about your amazing steampunkness.

Piratical wedding-cake dressed friend was impressed but certainly won't be finding your works ever. Your existence has just been exalted, though. (You DO know you're the best writer I know personally, yes?)

We will be building a shrine to your implied presence. It will possibly have scimitars and goggles, and routine offerings of 10W-40 and danish wedding cookies.

Re: *WORSHIPS*

[foolish-m0rtal.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with working at a pace to mull over things rather than vomiting stuff out. People say oh, its a rough draft but a lot of times that freezes storylines the way they are and doesn't give time for those wonderful moments of inspiration.
I admit I'm making an effort to write more and trying to finish Tales of Antiquity but that's it.
:) you always know how to make me feel better, don't you?

Re: *WORSHIPS*

[obseletevulture.livejournal.com]

Oh of course. Generally rampant XKCD references and offers to sell my engineering-major brother are enough to cheer up anyone.

But the fact my offerings are accepted helps, too.