Artist Spotlight: Rob Torno

Nevermet Press has done an artist spotlight on Rob Torno, the guy who did the illustration for Cole Jenkins- Check it out.

Artist Spotlight: Rob Torno

Free Fiction - FOR FREE!

That's right, something for nothing. Stories in the Ether, an ongoing project of Nevermet Press, posts a new story every Friday, and you can read it free on their website. And not just schlock stories either, I'm talking shorts from literary giants- people such as Sevan Taylor for instance. This week, Cruise of the Lightship Venture has been posted, and available to peruse for the cost of a few mouse clicks. What are you still doing here? I don't give anything away free, you've gotta click on the picture to get the free stuff.

The Barfs are coming....

The Barfarian Lightship Venture has broken down. Seems the lightdrive has gone severely out of focus, and they've fallen off beam. Worse yet, the only viable place to set down and make repairs is a tiny blue backwater inhabited by a bunch of squishy little critters who have never even heard of a darktorch. Able Crewman Third Class Freen and his best bud Brill are going to make the best of it, though. Will the repairs get made in time? Will the meeting of two disparate cultures enrich both, or destroy them? Do gronats defecate in the vegitated areas? What's with the pulled pork sandwiches? On September 30th, when Nevermet Press posts Cruise of the Lightship Venture on the Stories in the Ether site, all these questions and more will finally be answered.

I'm Gonna Need a Couple of Million...

Home Sweet Home... I'd kick off my boots here. This loft is for sale in Chelsea, all decked out in awesomeness.

It's only $1.75 million, but I think I'll need the extra $250k because I'm pretty sure my wife won't live in Chelsea, and she definitely won't live in a place that looks like this.

Cover Art!

Is there anything better than seeing the coverart for a book that will contain your story? Yes- Knowing that the cover art was based on the words you wrote, as is the case with this spactacular representation of a scene from Breakdown, soon to be published by Hydra Publications in the Steam Works anthology. Look for it with this picture on the cover.

Cole Jenkins & The Mechanical Advantage, by Sevan Taylor

Cole Jenkins & The Mechanical Advantage, by Sevan Taylor

Wisdom of the Saints

I'll tell you one thing that I know,

You don't face your demons down-

You gotta grab 'em Jack,

And pin 'em to the ground.

-St. Joe Strummer

Cole Jenkins is a man plagued by demons. Demons he has lived with for far too long. He also happens to have access to a machine shop and a background in engineering.

He's working on something special- and on Friday, if you check out Nevermet Press' Stories in the Ether, you will find out what a man can do with a Mechanical Advantage.

Spotlight on J Lonnee

Nevermet Press had posted a spotlight on artist J Lonnee- An artist working out of the Seattle area, J has done illustrations for the gaming and entertainment industry, and most recently completed a huge project as lead artist for WhizKid's dice building game Quarriors. Also of note is his work on minature design for Catalyst Game Labs' upcoming Leviathan. From the interview- When people ask what he does for a living, he tells them “I draw Monsters and Robots” Be sure to check out the whole article (with alot more pics) on Nevermet's Website. And drop by J is for Genius to get a glimpse at the rest of J's work.

Cole Jenkins chases the Dragon

http://nevermetpress.com/stories-in-the-ether-volume-1-open-call-for-submissions

Nevermet Press- Publishers of Stories in the Ether

have accepted Cole Jenkins and the Mechanical Advantage.

Goling live on the website July 22nd at 8am.

And

To be published in print

(complete with illustrations)

sometime after December.

Watch this space for further information, including a link to the story once it goes live.

Penny Dread Tales Vol One is Available

Penny Dread Tales

Gears, Coils, Aether & Steam

is available for purchase

at the Runewright store

or

any number of fine

Online Retailers

Your Attention Please

It has come to my attention that the upcoming release from Rune Wright Publications will include the work of talented people from around the globe.

Due out late April, this promises to be an uproarious good time.

So

CHECK IT OUT

In Penny Dread Tales Volume One discover times and places only dreamt of in your wildest imagination: gadgets, gizmos and robots driven by aether and steam; angels, zombie soldiers and aliens walking through the Victorian age; and what would a steampunk anthology be without zeppelins, time machines and Sherlock Holmes? We've got gun-slingers, Chinese assassins and clockwork robots that can't keep their hands off each other. There are even a few dinosaurs thrown in for good measure.

Contributors

Patrick Scalisi - Connecticut, USA

Gerry Huntman - Melbourne, Australia

Gary Buettner - Indiana, USA

Laura Givens - Colorado, USA

Michael Grey - Victoria, Australia

Quincy Allen - Colorado, USA

Harris Tobias - Virginia, USA

J. M. Franklin - Colorado, USA

Helen Ryan - California, USA

Sevan Taylor - Florida, USA

L. Young - Auckland, New Zealand

Robert Neilson - Dublin, Ireland

Larry Lefkowitz - Modiin, Israel

Renee James - Colorado, USA

Terry Phillius - Colorado, USA

Cayleigh Hickey - Wisconsin, USA

Frank R. Stockton - America, but Beyond this mortal coil (1834~1902)

Recently Unearthed

Professor Horatio Trilby, on an expedition from the University of Glasgow into the Scottish highlands, recently unearthed a slumbering giant, thought to be the original

Clockwork Colossus.

Built by the Iron and Steel Institute before the Great War, the automation, known later as the Mark I, was the culmination of a nation's industrial might.

The strange tale of the steam-powered Samson's creation and eventual demise has been recovered from the memory reels in the monstrous analytical engine, and will be made available for your perusal in July, when Hydra Publications prints

BREAKDOWN

in their

STEAMWORKS

anthology.

More information forthcoming

Murder on the Meriwether

Recently received radio-telegraph dispatches report disturbing news from the Great Plains Line's flagship, the transcontinental airship Meriwether.

A Shocking Murder

has occurred, a young maid attending to the cabin of the notable Count Reginald Worthington, Duke of San Fransisco, having been found lifeless on the floor of Lady Lucy Worthington's chambers.

The Star of the Orient Stolen

from the safe in the chamber of said Lady Worthington. The star, a singular gem said to have once adorned the turban of the Tipoo Sultan is beyond estimable value.

Agent Herschel Winchester

of the United States Department of Justice has been in contact with Captain Emanuel Abraham and awaits arrival of the Meriwether this evening at the St Louis airdocks.

Expect to read a full and complete account of this tragic chain of events when Penny Dread Tales, Volume One is released in May, from Rune Wright Publishing.

Steambugs

Gaze if you dare into the unblinking eye of the Arthrobot. What is an Arthrobot? I am so glad you asked. In the words of Tom Hardwidge, the artist responsile for the creation of this astounding new phyllum: Arthrobots are unique and individual arthropod sculptures. Tom is based near Manchester in England and has been creating the Arthrobots (a combination of robots and arthropods) since late 2010. Each Arthrobot starts its life as a series of sketches, some take their inspiration from nature, others from bits and pieces of metal and beads which form an unusual structure or fit together in an interesting way. After they have been planned out (very roughly) they start to take shape in Tom's dining room where he has all of his tools and materials laid out to prevent any actual dining from taking place. The address of Tom's domain on the Aether is- http://www.arthrobots.com/

There are several more photos, most in color.

Welcome to the Fictionarium

Congratulations. If you have navigated your Aethernet Exploration tool to this address, you are of an exceptional intelligence and unquestionable good tase. The Fictionarium is now open- A place of amazing adventures, dark secrets, astounding feats of engineering and incredible advances of science. Stay around and soon you will be acuainted with mechanial men, ironhorse riders, airship gamblers, savage tribesmen from the plains of America, and polished aristocrats from the kingdom of Califonia. So check back often, if you are not completely satisfied with the Fictionarium, you will recieve a full refund on the price of admission.