GEARS OF BRASS:
A Steampunk Anthology
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, fi nally 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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Here is a link to a video preview of all the stories in Gears Of Brass:
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