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Fox Chase
Fox Chase- a steampunk short story. There is no polite way to meet over a dead body. But for Kassandra Leyden, who speaks to the dead for a living, these can things happen. Her new acquaintance, Manfred Bremstrung, has one purpose in mind- protect the King's nephew. Kassandra finds herself working side by side with Bremstrung to protect the young royal against deadly creatures with murderous intent. Sometimes the fox is not the only unfortunate to be hunted.
14 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 24, 2011
About the author
Jeff Young
33 books8 followersJeff Young is a bookseller first and a writer second – although he wouldn’t mind a reversal of fortune.
He is an award winning author who has contributed to the anthologies: Writers of the Future V.26, Afterpunk, In an Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk, Clockwork Chaos, Gaslight and Grimm, By Any Means, Best Laid Plans, Dogs of War, Man and Machine, If We Had Known, Fantastic Futures 13, The Society for the Preservation of C.J. Henderson, TV Gods & TV Gods: Summer Programming. Jeff’s own fiction is collected in Spirit Seeker and TOI Special Edition 2 – Diversiforms. He has also edited the Drunken Comic Book Monkey line, TV Gods and TV Gods –Summer Programming. He has led the Watch the Skies SF&F Discussion Group of Camp Hill and Harrisburg for seventeen years. Jeff is also the proprietor of Helm Haven, the online Etsy and Ebay shops, costuming resources for Renaissance and Steampunk.
He is an award winning author who has contributed to the anthologies: Writers of the Future V.26, Afterpunk, In an Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk, Clockwork Chaos, Gaslight and Grimm, By Any Means, Best Laid Plans, Dogs of War, Man and Machine, If We Had Known, Fantastic Futures 13, The Society for the Preservation of C.J. Henderson, TV Gods & TV Gods: Summer Programming. Jeff’s own fiction is collected in Spirit Seeker and TOI Special Edition 2 – Diversiforms. He has also edited the Drunken Comic Book Monkey line, TV Gods and TV Gods –Summer Programming. He has led the Watch the Skies SF&F Discussion Group of Camp Hill and Harrisburg for seventeen years. Jeff is also the proprietor of Helm Haven, the online Etsy and Ebay shops, costuming resources for Renaissance and Steampunk.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
August 1, 2018
Fun merry jaunt of steampunk action. Great quick read
January 4, 2017
Fox Chase is a steampunk fantasy/paranormal short story about medium, Kassandra Leyden, as she assists in a life threatening situation.
Action-packed with a steady stream of information, this felt a lot fuller than its few pages. Well written and good, intriguing characters that capture the reader.
I will check out more by Jeff Young.
Action-packed with a steady stream of information, this felt a lot fuller than its few pages. Well written and good, intriguing characters that capture the reader.
I will check out more by Jeff Young.
July 2, 2012
Poor punctuation.
Over-dependence on vocabulary instead of plot.
Flat characters.
Dialog is forced and stiff, as if the author is trying too hard to display nobility and station in his characters.
Poor word choice in several instances.
It's too easy to get lost in all the unnecessary description and explanation the characters provide. It detracts from the story immensely, and makes the plot seem dead in the water.
Over-dependence on vocabulary instead of plot.
Flat characters.
Dialog is forced and stiff, as if the author is trying too hard to display nobility and station in his characters.
Poor word choice in several instances.
It's too easy to get lost in all the unnecessary description and explanation the characters provide. It detracts from the story immensely, and makes the plot seem dead in the water.
September 17, 2013
I did not enjoy this at all. It was confusing. There was no introduction to the characters, plot, or setting. The only reason why it's getting two stars from me is because it had elements of steampunk, which I liked. I probably will not read any of this author's other works in the future.
September 16, 2011
Nothing particularly good or bad about this book. The story was written allright but I did not find anything particularly original about the story. A short, simple read.
January 25, 2012
I really loved this short story-it was fun, exciting and action packed. I will have to pick up some more stuff from this author!!! :-) O..and it was free!!!
February 28, 2012
Another short story. Was different steam punk,automatons,
Will read another if published .
2/2012
Will read another if published .
2/2012
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