Status Updates From Hot and Steamy: Tales of St...

The second story also lacked any steam and wasn’t even very interesting. I am start to doubt the promise of the title.

The first story was not very steamy, though it did have fun steampunk elements. I hope it’s not indicative of the collection, but a slow build up of steam.

So far, decidedly mediocre... I recall being also unimpressed by Steampunk'd, another short story collection with the same editor. Not sure if Jean Rabe and I just have different tastes or what. Somehow, it seems that a lot of the steampunk I've read comes across as amateurish. Maybe I just need to read real books instead of short stories and self-published ebooks.