Resurrection Engines

Resurrection Engines

This lovely-looking anthology, edited by Scott Harrison, is out now from Snowbooks. It’s a gathering of ‘steampunk and alternate timeline retellings and reimaginings’ of classic fiction tales.

I’m not a seasoned steampunk writer – this was in fact the first time I’ve delved into those mysterious waters – but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. My story, The Soul Eaters of Raveloe, is based on Silas Marner by George Eliot (1819-1880). George Eliot was of course the pen name of Mary Ann Evans – sadly, she had to use a male pen name in order to be taken seriously as a writer. It was a great pleasure to revisit her work.

Further information about Steampunk can be found at Wikipedia.

The full table of contents, along with the novels/writers on which the stories are based, is as follows:

The Soul-Eaters of Raveloe by Alison Littlewood (Silas Marner)

A Journey To The Centre Of The Moon by  Alan K. Baker (Journey to the Centre of the Earth)

She-Who-Thinks-For-Herself by Juliet E. McKenna (H. Rider Haggard)

The Great Steam Time Machine by Brian Herbert & Bruce Taylor (The Time Machine)

Silver Selene by Philip Palmer (Wilkie Collins)

White Fangoria by Roland Moore

The God Of All Machines by Scott Harrison (Jekyll and Hyde)

The Crime Of The Ancient Mariner by Adam Roberts (Rime of the Ancient Mariner)

There Leviathan by Jonathan Green (Moby Dick)

The Island Of Peter Pandora by Kim Lakin-Smith (Peter Pan)

The Ghost Of Christmas Sideways by Simon Bucher-Jones (A Christmas Carol)

Talented Witches by Paul Magrs (Wuthering Heights)

Fairest Of Them All by Cavan Scott (Snow White)

Tidewrack Medusa by Rachel E. Pollock (Treasure Island)

Robin Hood And The Eater Of Worlds by Jim Mortimore (Robin Hood)

The book is out now at Amazon, WH Smith, Waterstones and others. A special edition hardback is also available.

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