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    A Steampunk Carol
    A Steampunk Carol
    A Steampunk Carol
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    A Steampunk Carol

    By Steven R. Southard

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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?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC
    Release dateNov 18, 2012
    ISBN9781619501348
    A Steampunk Carol
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    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

      All rights reserved

      Copyright © October 23, 2012, Steven R. Southard

      Cover Art Copyright © 2012, Charlotte Holley

      Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

      Lockhart, TX

      www.gypsyshadow.com

      Names, characters and incidents depicted in this book are products of the author’s imagination, or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental and beyond the intent of the author or the publisher.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or shared by any electronic or mechanical means, including but not limited to printing, file sharing, and email, without prior written permission from Gypsy Shadow Publishing, LLC.

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This eBook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      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

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