Dwayne DeBardelaben

My latest published short story, Protege, is available in Dreams of Steam II: Brass and Bolts.

This story is probably my darkest yet. It involves a study in how we view good and evil, and has quite a few references to a rather famous character from the late 1800′s.

While I haven’t had a chance to read the other stories yet, word is this anthology is even better than the original Dreams of Steam. I’m definitely looking forward to hours of great reading!

One of the greatest messages an author ever receives is that his/her work has been accepted for publication.  In my brief writing career, I’ve now heard that for the third time.  My short story Artificial Love has been chosen by Kerlak Publishing to appear in their upcoming Steampunk anthology.  As of now, the working title is “Dreams of Steam”.

I attended, and participated in, the Crossroad’s Writer’s Conference at Mercer University in Macon, GA this last weekend (Feb. 26-27).

Emilie P. Bush put together an entertaining session entitled, Dr. Amazing’s Traveling Steampunk Literature Show, where I, and several other authors, had the opportunity to read a bit of our work.  I read from my steampunk short story, Artificial Love.

Here are some great links if you’re interested in more steampunk:

Emilie read from her novel Chenda and the Airship Brofman.

Kathryn Hinds read from her YA novel Machinery Hall.  She also has a blog that you may find interesting!

Austin Sirkin read from “The Strange and Horrifying Mystery of Luna Colony”.

Steven Southard read from “Within Victorian Mists”.  You can find more in issue #5 of of SteamPunkTales.

Lainey E. Welsch read from her play “The True History of Henry Rayne and the Airship Pirates”.

And … Alex White read from his pulp serial The Gearheart.  You can download the entire series of podcasts - guaranteed to enjoy it!! 

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In addition to the Steampunk exposition, there were several sessions that provided incredibly valuable information.  My two favorite panelists were Jack McDevitt and Ad Hudler.

I added a complete section on short stories this evening.  There are four short stories listed:

Dark Times – My first published fiction.  Good story, but the writing reflected me just getting started.

Blue Shoes – Second published work, due out soon.  Writing improved a great deal!

Artificial Love – Submitted for publication (no answer yet!).  Writing significantly improved!

The Essence of Kris – Written a couple of years ago.  A fun, shorter read that’s reproduced in its entirety.

Enjoy and thanks for reading!