Brass and Bone (12 page)
Cynthia Gael is enamored of Victorian England, high tea and wide feathered hats. She has been known to wear cinched leather corsets and high-topped boots, and rap cheeky gentlemen smartly on their knuckles with her fan. She can hold her own in any discussion about English history, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Bram Stoker, airships, steam men and the penny dreadful. Sadly, she does not truly exist.
Actually, Cynthia Gael is the pen name of two writers. Cynthia D. Witherspoon writes Southern Gothic and paranormal romance; she has won various awards and her work has appeared in numerous anthologies. K.G. McAbee writes fantasy, pulp, science fiction, YA and mystery; she also has won awards and has had more than a dozen novels and nearly a hundred short stories published. As Cynthia Gael, they have written short stories in several genres; the Balefire series, paranormal urban fantasy; and the Brass Chronicles, their steampunk series for Carina Press. Visit www.cynthiagael.com for more information or email [email protected].
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ISBN: 978-1-4268-9240-0
Copyright © 2011 by K.G. McAbee and Cynthia D. Witherspoon
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