List of short stories in the Steampunk category at short fiction - back to our genre list

List of short stories by our resident authors within the Steampunk genre. Please do leave comments for the writers! Or how about visiting our Short Fiction Forum to chat about the site, stories, and authors?

Steampunk is a genre which came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s and incorporates elements of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, horror, and speculative fiction. It involves a setting where steam power is widely used—whether in an alternate history such as Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United States, or in a post-apocalyptic time —that incorporates elements of either science fiction or fantasy. Works of steampunk often feature anachronistic technology, or futuristic innovations as Victorians might have envisioned them, based on a Victorian perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. This technology includes such fictional machines as those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or the contemporary authors Philip Pullman, Scott Westerfeld and China Mieville.

Top 10 Most Popular stories in this genre EVER!

The Engineers Dream. Part one (1517), 26th Mission (1041), Defying Destiny, Chapter I (784), THE ASSIGNMENT (710),

THE ASSIGNMENT, by JohnSachu, Length in chars; 33,588
Date added: 2012-10-01 Total reads: 710

A suspecious meeting leads and a young inventor into the dangers of espionage and back agin in a unique form of justice.

Defying Destiny, Chapter I, by AzraelSteel, Length in chars; 6,444
Date added: 2012-07-27 Total reads: 784

A youth finds herself at odds with her destiny.

26th Mission, by Rico.Viejo, Length in chars; 13,465
Date added: 2012-05-09 Total reads: 1041

The USAFE vet.

The Engineers Dream. Part one, by nessastardom, Length in chars; 3,598
Date added: 2012-04-12 Total reads: 1517

Steampunk, adventure, air pirates, mad scientists, engineers etc

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