The Shadow Conspiracy: Table of Contents

We are at the end of summer and the writing is in full swing. The authors of the Conspiracy have all submitted summaries for their stories to our editor, Phyl Radford. The stories span the globe, and detail the first decades of the Steam Age and the opening of the era of the Automatic Sciences.

 So far we have:

The Persistence of Souls by Sarah Zettel

Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace prepare to demonstrate their latest creation, the massive steamship, the New Britiana.  But the past is trying to come back to life and Ada may be in danger from the very world she created.

A Dialogue Story to be Titled Later by Jennifer Stevenson

An alchemical admixture of true love, upstairs and downstairs, and the automatic sciences.

The Soul Thief by Steven Piziks

Dodd works a circus filled with steam-driven and wind-up wonders.  He has always kept the machines running and its secrets held close, until now.

From Amy Sterling Casil

Beware the man delves too deeply into the past and wants you to look too close.

Zombi by Pati Nagle

Marie LaVeau is the vodun queen of New Orleans.   She seeks freedom for her people, but is she prepared to pay any price?

The Sisters of Perpetual Adoration by Judith Tarr

An investigation into events long past leads to an abbey with unusual ideas of how best to worship the divine.

Shadow Dancer by Irene Radford

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, but can it create a soul where none exists?  And would it be a good idea if it could?

From Nancy Jane Moore

Jane is determined to keep the automatic sciences from going too far.  She may, however, already be too late.

Nothin' but a Man by C.L. Anderson

A contest destined to become famous in song and story, but the real ending has never been told.

Kilimanjaro by Sue Lange

In the shadow of the mountain, the quest for knowledge spirals out of control.

The Water Weapon by Brenda Clough

Can Inspector Bucket save London from an Imperial plot -- and a dragon?

The Accumulating Man by Maya Bohnhoff

In 1816 at Lake Geneva, Switzerland, a group of friends gathered and a story was created.  This is what really happened.