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Like many, my first exposure to the possibilites in a radical reshaping of the past was "The Difference Engine". My long time goal of writing science fiction turned to telling steampunk tales. Eventually I did.
Most of my complete and near-complete stories are 5-8k words, dense, sometimes over-detailed, and too often home to trivia only a history geek might smile at. These tend to be a grittier than the gaslight stories that rather crowded the market in days past.
Many have suggested that steampunk has had its day. Disagree? Interested in me posting a few? Two things: readers will need to invest some effort and patience in consuming the stories; and I will need some sort of feedback (more in depth than "good story", please. Voting will not be switched on). So, whatcha think?
Fourth story now posted, and I see a dozen or so have at least opened it. Hope you get something worthwhile out of it.
So far, out of 700-plus downloads over four stories, I've only had one comment. Don't mind hearing what works or doesn't or what you may want to know more about. Happy to see comments or direct messages.
Happy Victoria Day (and it's raining in Victoria, as usual)
hhj
Yet another story from 2017 is in the hopper. Companion story to "A Burning Love ...". I struggled with that temporal perspective thing that happens when one set of characters lives 60 years and another set lives 70,000 years. In the end, figured it would take up most of the story to address, so dodged it all as best I could. Enjoy. hhj
Just submitted A Burning Love Upon A Ravished Land (another piece from 2017) to the queue.
Two years ago, I was not really satisfied with the finished story, but couldn't see what the problem was. That time away from it was golden. I hammered away at it for a week to get it to this form, and hope it tells a good story for all readers.
The next story in my virtual stack deals with what happened to the one percent.
As always, I welcome comments and/or direct communication about what you like and don't like. hhj
My first post here. Hunger, Hunger, Sister Anne was on top of a stack of short stories that needed that final pre-launch going-over. Committing to posting pushed me to wrap the story (instead of rethinking, rearranging and/or rewording until the cows came home). No set schedule yet, but more will be coming. Cheers. hhj
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