A Steampunk Carol
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That stuffy Victorian inventor, Stanton Wardgrave, is back again, eight years after inventing holograms and meeting the American Josephine Boulton. Married now, with a son and daughter, he’s dealing with rather too much balderdash and poppycock this Christmas Eve. Conversing with his dead father? Expecting three visitors? It all seems so very Dickensian. But he knows he’s not at all like that Ebenezer Scrooge fellow...is he? What, this story asks, would Christmas be without a bit of steampunk in it?
Steven R. Southard
Growing up in the Midwest, Steven R. Southard always found the distant oceans exotic and tantalizing. He served aboard submarines and now works as a civilian naval engineer. In his stories, he takes readers on journeys of discovery in many seas and various vessels. Steve has written in the historical, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and steampunk genres. Come aboard at http://sites.google.com/site/stevenrsouthard/ and voyage with his intriguing characters in tales of aquatic adventure.
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A Steampunk Carol - Steven R. Southard
Contents
Copyright Page
Dedication
Stave 1
Stave 2
Stave 3
Stave 4
Stave 5
About the Author
A Steampunk Carol
by
Steven R. Southard
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Copyright © October 23, 2012, Steven R. Southard
Cover Art Copyright © 2012, Charlotte Holley
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ISBN: 978-1-61950-134-8
Published in the United States of America
First eBook Edition: November 18, 2012
Dedication
To my grandsons Brandon and Orion, with the fond hope they will delight in the magic and fantasy of childhood before—all too soon—they grow up.
Stave 1
To begin with, Stanton Wardgrave was dead. At least, Stanton Wardgrave III was dead, a fact known for certain by Stanton Wardgrave IV ever since 1867. This established truth rendered it