Steam and Hot Air by Zach Bartlett

A "Professor" rents out a barn to build his bombastic inventions. A delightful send up of the steampunk aesthetic. Molly Shipwreck reads. #steampunk

Author Zach Bartlett has been called the New Englandest man in New Orleans, both as compliment and insult. His work has been published by Mad Scientist Journal and Wildside Press, and he’s a regular contributor to the reading series Esoterotica. You can find more of him at http://ZachBIsTall.wordpress.com.

Reader Molly Shipwreck is an ex-pat Californian trying to lose the drawl she acquired while living on the East Coast.

First published in Mad Scientist Journal.

Story music: Monkeys Spinning Monkeys, Music to Delight, Fife and Drums by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Theme song: Ashes Ashes by Deus ex Vapore Machina

Osgoode’s Chorus: Walking Around by Kevin MacLeod

Production: Kevin Frost

Osgoode: Kris Law

Editors: Andrew McCurdy, Jed Dagger

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