Boston Metaphysical Society: Prelude - A Seven Story Collection (Steampunk)

by Madeleine Holly-Rosing

Overview

Imagine an alternate steampunk history where ghosts and demons are a normal part of life. Families known as the Great Houses control the economy of the Great States of America and the middle class and the lower class Irish sole purpose is to not only to serve them, but to rid their lives of supernatural beings.

Discover the life of Medium and Spirit Photographer, Andrew O'Sullivan, before he went to work for ex-Pinkerton detective, Samuel Hunter in The Devil Within. Search for demons (human and otherwise) alongside Granville Woods in The Demons of Liberty Row. And learn why Caitlin O'Sullivan must hide who she is from those closest to her in The Secret of Kage House.

Compiled together for the first time are seven stories based on the popular comic Boston Metaphysical Society. The collection also includes Steampunk Rat and The Secret in addition to the short stories, The Clockwork Man (published in eSteampunk Magazine) and The Way Home (previously published in the A1/Atomic Press Anthology). All stories are prequels to the comic and do not contain any spoilers.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185574294
Publisher:	Madeleine Holly-Rosing
Publication date:	07/19/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	798,700
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

A TV, feature film and comic book writer, Madeleine is the winner of the Sloan Fellowship for screenwriting, and the Gold Aurora and Bronze Telly for a PSA produced by Women In Film. She also won numerous awards while completing the UCLA MFA Program in Screenwriting. Having run a number of successful crowdfunding campaigns for her comic, Boston Metaphysical Society, Madeleine now teaches a crowdfunding class for independent creators at Pulp Fiction Books in Culver City as well as guest lecturing at Scriptwriters Network and Dreamworks. She has also published the book, Kickstarter for the Independent Creator.

BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY webcomic is the recipient of an HONORABLE MENTION at the 2013 GEEKIE AWARDS and was nominated for BEST COMIC/GRAPHIC NOVEL at the 2014 GEEKIE AWARDS. The comic has also been nominated for a 2012 Airship Award as well as a 2013, 2014 and a 2015 Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Award. Her novella, Steampunk Rat, was also nominated for a 2013 Steampunk Chronicle Reader’s Choice Award.

he Boston Metaphysical Society short story, Here Abide Monsters, will be part of the Some Time Later anthology to be published in May 2017 from Thinking Ink publishers. She is currently writing the first novel based on the series.

Formerly a nationally ranked epee fencer, she has competed nationally and internationally. She is an avid reader of comics, steampunk, science fiction, fantasy and historical military fiction.

Editorial Reviews

If you 're looking for a solid Steampunk adventure with ghosts, demon, and mysteries galore fueled by a sterling imagination and filled with interesting and heartbreaking characters. then this is the series for you, and Prelude will have you all in.

Fanbase Press - Steven Alloway