Penny Dread Tales Volume I

✍ Scribed by Ficco, Christopher

• Publisher: RuneWright LLC
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780983278207

✦ Synopsis

Penny Dread Tales: Volume One, edited by Christopher Ficco and with cover art by Laura Givens is a short story collection dedicated to a 19th century publication type affectionately referred to as the Penny Dreadful and done in the style of steampunk. Whether you are a long-time devotee of the sub-genre or newly introduced to the world of brass goggles, giant zeppelins and impossible inventions from the mad minds of Victorian era scientists, you’re sure to find a tale or three that catches your fancy. This steampunk book has an assortment of tales that range from purist steampunk to fantasy steampunk to brushes-up-against-steampunk. It even includes a piece of science fiction actually written during the Victorian era.

Discover times and places only dreamt of in your wildest imagination, with gadgets, gizmos and robots driven by aether and steam. Encounter angels, zombie soldiers and aliens walking through the Victorian age. And what would any steampunk anthology be without zeppelins, time machines and a guest appearance by Sherlock Holmes? We’ve even thrown in a few dinosaurs simply because the kitchen sink just wasn’t enough. Sit back, relax and explore at the world as it could have been if people like Mary Shelley, Jules Verne and H.G. Wells had been given their way.