By the year 2075 most of the western world has converted to the religion of the Church of the Second Coming. From its humble beginnings, as the figure of Christ began to appear all around the globe, the Church has grown to achieve absolute world power. But rumors surround the Church of the Second Coming, and hint, like so many regimes before it, of deeply held secrets and the use of brutal power to quiet ‘those who oppose.’

Listen to Yesterday’s Saviour by Keith Bliss

When David Dyson, a devout priest working for the Church, and a true believer of the Second Coming, is interviewed by a tough female reporter about the outrageous rumors surrounding the Church, Dyson discovers that his whole life may have been built around a lie.

Will his crisis of faith reveal the Church of the Second Coming’s astonishing secrets? You’ll be surprised by the revelation and shocked by the misunderstanding of the brutal regime.

Yesterday’s Savior is a reminder, particularly relevant in this day and age, that freedom is worth fighting for.

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Our post-government future has no laws, but plenty of right and wrong.

Listen to an excerpt from The Link Boy by Michael Martineck

An assassin, a priest and a schoolteacher walk into a secret nuclear power plant – to Edwin McCallum, detective by trade and artist by desire – there’s something wrong with this picture. He’s going to figure out what it is if it kills him. The Link Boy is the second novel set in the Free World, a post-government future, where there are no laws. Just bottom lines.

Father Demiana DeFalco sat in the Bishop’s chambers, twisted in her chair so she could get her arm up on the back and rest her head on her shoulder. She re-crossed her legs. She turned to try a different angle, then huffed and turned back, propping her head on her fist. She’d been waiting for forty minutes, silently praying for strength.

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The Link Boy is written by Michael Martineck

Published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing

Copyright by Michael Martineck

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: The cast of Sage & Savant

 

 

 

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“There’s a lot I’ll do for my country—face hostile Indians, battle sinister occultists and mechanical contraptions, even lay down my life. But the Honorable Eduardo Alberto Del Castillo Cabeza de Vaca had me about beat. ”

Listen to “The Honorable Eddy” by Kirsten Weiss

Walk awhile with Agent Crane as he regales one of his adventures in this Steampunk re-imagining of San Francisco back in the frontier days.

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“The Honorable Eddy” is written by Kirsten Weiss

Originally Published by Thinking Ink Press in Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time

Copyright by Kirsten Weiss

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Chip Michael from The cast of Sage & Savant

Lady Kenna Wolfesdaughter, the Superspy with the Clockwork Eye, steps out on the town to find the one person who can decipher the riddle of the Wild Card before chaos reigns.

Listen to “Wild Card” by Dover Whitecliff

Sent to the City of Lights, Vices, and Guilty Pleasures on a dream assignment, Kenna is tasked as a simple courier. All she has to do is find her contact, make the drop, and then every buffet, show, and fortune wheel of Te-Raro will be on the itinerary. If ever being a secret agent were that easy.

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“Wild Card” is written by Dover Whitecliff

Originally Published by Thinking Ink Press in Thirty Days Later: Steaming Forward: 30 Adventures in Time

Copyright by Dover Whitecliff

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Emily Riley Piatt from The cast of Sage & Savant

An essay by Jonah Greenwich, as provided by Dorian Graves

Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2015

part 2 of 2

This story was mailed in by one Jonah Greenwich, with no return address. An attached note states that this is his “only warning about what is to come.” The manuscript was written in pen on notebook paper, instead of typed, with parts that were almost illegible due to burn marks and water damage. No further records on Mr. Greenwich have yet been found.

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A Taste of Empty is written by Dorian Graves

Published by Mad Scientist Journal

Copyright by Dorian Graves

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by:Justin Bremer from The cast of Sage & Savant

An essay by Jonah Greenwich, as provided by Dorian Graves

Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2015

part 1 of 2

This story was mailed in by one Jonah Greenwich, with no return address. An attached note states that this is his “only warning about what is to come.” The manuscript was written in pen on notebook paper, instead of typed, with parts that were almost illegible due to burn marks and water damage. No further records on Mr. Greenwich have yet been found.

Available on iTunes.

A Taste of Empty is written by Dorian Graves

Published by Mad Scientist Journal

Copyright by Dorian Graves

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by:Justin Bremer from The cast of Sage & Savant

First Published in Nature Medical Experimentation, 2237, as part of the “Clones In Exploitation” season, later broadcast on the BBC Wireless Services as part of the Christmas Lectures Series in the Public Understanding of Sciences/Social History promotion.

Listen to We Shall Make Monsters by Mark Patrick Lynch

Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2014

part 2 of 2

This extract from Professor D. E. Balcass’s study of clones in the common workforce focuses on the strange and troubling uses of Professor Xavier Whitting’s breakthrough in human replication, as recounted by his business partner, a certain Mr Addison-Whitt, whose notoriety is well known in the music business to this day. Although unverifiable in parts, the account does fit the facts as history and popular culture understands them.

Professor Balcass included the account in his papers as a warning about human nature, and how quick it is to exploit others. It is a salutary warning of what might have continued unabated in the general workforce had the Wilberforce 2 anti-exploitation laws not been passed by parliament in 2189.

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We Shall Make Monsters is written by Mark Patrick Lynch

Published by Mad Scientist Journal

Copyright by Mark Patrick Lynch

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Chip Michael from The cast of Sage & Savant

First Published in Nature Medical Experimentation, 2237, as part of the “Clones In Exploitation” season, later broadcast on the BBC Wireless Services as part of the Christmas Lectures Series in the Public Understanding of Sciences/Social History promotion.

Listen to We Shall Make Monsters by Mark Patrick Lynch

Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2014

part 1 of 2

This extract from Professor D. E. Balcass’s study of clones in the common workforce focuses on the strange and troubling uses of Professor Xavier Whitting’s breakthrough in human replication, as recounted by his business partner, a certain Mr Addison-Whitt, whose notoriety is well known in the music business to this day. Although unverifiable in parts, the account does fit the facts as history and popular culture understands them.

Professor Balcass included the account in his papers as a warning about human nature, and how quick it is to exploit others. It is a salutary warning of what might have continued unabated in the general workforce had the Wilberforce 2 anti-exploitation laws not been passed by parliament in 2189.

Available on iTunes.

We Shall Make Monsters is written by Mark Patrick Lynch

Published by Mad Scientist Journal

Copyright by Mark Patrick Lynch

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Chip Michael from The cast of Sage & Savant

“Squid can be finicky when it comes to food, and when you make them hyper-intelligent, they become craftier about expressing their frustrations.”

Listen to To Dr. Von Lupe, Concerning the Radium by Alanna McFall,

read by Eddie Louise

To Dr. Von Lupe,

Concerning the Radium

A letter by Dr. Elizabeth Chu,

as provided by Alanna McFall

(Originally published in Mad Scientist Journal: Winter 2017)

Leading expert in cephalopod biology, Dr. Elizabeth Chu writes a letter to her master and liege, Dr. von Lupe, the dark star that will soon eclipse the sun.

To Dr. Von Lupe, Concerning the Radium is available on iTunes.

To Dr. Von Lupe, Concerning the Radium is written by Alanna McFall

Published by Mad Scientist Journal

Copyright by Alanna McFall

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Eddie Louise from The cast of Sage & Savant

“Unless you’ve a better idea for tracking those clockwork parasites,” Jeremiah said, “this is our best option: a ranged detector, capable of scanning at Falcon-wing speed…”

Listen to The Fall of the Falcon by Anthony Francis, read by Eddie Louise

The Fall of the Falcon

Liberation Academy Cadet Jeremiah Willstone is determined to track down and contain the Clockwork General wreaking havoc on Edinburgh—even if it gets her expelled.

The Fall of the Falcon was first published by Thinking Ink Press in their steampunk anthology Some Time Later.

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The Fall of the Falcon is written by Anthony Francis

Published by Thinking Ink Press

Copyright by Anthony Francis

Audio Copyright Twinstar Studios

Read by: Eddie Louise from The cast of Sage & Savant