Down the Stacks #14: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

This week’s selection for “Down the Stacks” is the first volume in the steampunk / alternate history series of “Mark Hodder Present Burton and Swinburne in…” The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack.  It’s a lovely mixture of historical fact, pulpy science fiction, and Victorian British manners.

Down the Stacks #12: Mechanique

This week on Down the Stacks, we’re taking a foray into Steampunk territory with a bit of post-apocalyptic flavor.  Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine also breaks away from the traditional bounds of narrative time, producing a unique and sometime frustrating experience.  Read on as I try to sort out the puzzle pieces.