Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research.
On the Road
The semi-train crested the hill, earning the driver a chance at seeing a second sunset as he headed west into the valley. Off in the distance, he saw the neon sign, and though he was unfamiliar with this highway and this route, he was familiar with the sign, which flashed its dual promise – eats available anytime and truckers always welcome. He grinned.
Ben downshifted, and cranked the shaft to the Westy brake, anticipating the steep decline ahead. As Ben pumped the brakes for his truck, the Westies kicked in on each of the three trailers behind him. The steam whistled loudly and the Westies made that jerking, stuttering sound of protest that got them banned from use in so many of these towns on the highways. As Ben's semi-train levelled off, he cranked the Westy shaft again, relying on his own steam reversal brakes.
Ben's steam semi-train was one of few still in use on the highways. It was modernised of course, with pneumatic tires replacing the old solid ones, and the Westy brakes installed on each trailer. Since the Great War, most of the nation's steam trucks had been replaced by trucks using the much higher compression diesel engine, and while Ben's truck couldn't pull as many trailers as the newer semis, he still managed to get work from those nostalgic about the old days, and those who weren't too choosy about who drove their goods.
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Welcome to the Tales of Moreauvia website! TOM is a new magazine debuting Spring 2008, which will feature fiction and articles having to do with alternate histories and what-ifs, everything from time travel to steampunk, and everything in-between and around.
The name 'Moreauvia' comes from our particular alternate earth setting, but the magazine and this site are not intended to be only about this particular alternate earth - TOM intends to celebrate all types of stories having to do with historical fiction and fantasy.
Feel free to register to the site, and comment on articles and ideas you'll find here. We have a forum space, and reviews, and hope to expand this site considerably by the time the first issue of Tales of Moreauvia (and Other Flights of Historical Fancy!) hits the stands.
Apr
18
Aaaargh!
18 April 2008 - 4:03pm | Add new comment
Sums it up rather well.
I have been remiss, and I apologize, in keeping you up to date with news, mostly because I keep hoping to tell you Issue 1 has shipped.
What I'm waiting for is the printer, of course, and I've been told for several days that it will be "any day now." Which, I suppose, is true -- we just need to work on clarification of which day, in fact, "any" day is.
My apologies again, and it looks like we'll still be Issue 1-less for another weekend. Be sure you will be advised as soon as I get them in my hot little hands, and issues will be mailed out immediately -- I've already got shipping envelopes pre-addressed and etc.
In the meantime, author Gene Stewart has given us another fine review, this time of the book, No Country for Old Men -- do check it out in our reviews section.
Thanks for your patience, and feel free again to play on the forum -- all I've been doing lately on there is deleting bots.
Apr
1
Off to the Races
1 April 2008 - 11:45pm | Add new comment
Happy April Fools!
I do NOT have any jokes for you. Just an update. I had of course hoped to have the magazine out a couple of weeks ago, but all in all I can't worry too much about the relatively minor delays -- the cheques have all been sent (if there's an author in the house who hasn't received theirs for issue one yet, please let me know), the ads are all in, (still lots of room for ads in issue 2, if anyone's interested...), and yes, the magazine is finally off to the printers. We should be getting copies within the next week, maybe two.
I still owe a couple of authors an email, please hang in there -- now that issue one is more or less in the bag, I will be emailing folks about issue 2, and getting back to anyone who hasn't heard anything yet.
In case you haven't been to the Forums yet and so haven't seen the latest news, here is the Table of Contents for issue 1.
Who We Need Here is Mister Thomas Edison — Gary K. Wolf
His Soul Goes Marching On — Kevin G. Summers
Hard Lines — Phillip K. Lentz
Timberbeasts — Joel A. Sutherland
Before Chaos and the Glare — Rita Oakes
Candles for the Dead — Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Mar
7
Sneak Peek of the cover for issue 1
7 March 2008 - 11:18pm | 1 comment
From artist Malcolm McClinton:
Jan
9
Submissions closed!
9 January 2008 - 8:46pm | 1 comment
Wow. We just received a big slog of submissions this week, and I was making final decisions on the first two issues, so now I may even have to stretch some things to issue 3.
Thus, we're closed. Writers and poets, please do not send any more submissions until further notice (you'll see it here first), probably around December of this year.
If you did submit this week or earlier and haven't heard from us, never fear, the editors have sent me a bunch of stuff that I have yet to go through. Again, anything submitted to us up until today (January 9th 2008) will be considered.
Overwhelmed, I am. Need something to do while you're waiting for me? Go play on the new forums.
Jan
7
Thanks, Gene!
7 January 2008 - 1:46am | 1 comment
As thrilled as I am to see new members hanging about, I'm even more thrilled to see them jumping in and adding great material to the site -- please go and have a look at the two lovely (and importantly, new!) reviews Mr. Gene Stewart sent me -- Mr. B Gone and The Book of Joby.