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Vital Fluid    by Tom Bradley
Price: $3.99 USD. 31940 words. Published by Enigmatic Ink  on November 18, 2009. .

Two parallel story lines are distanced by time and culture in this satiric alternate history, modern fantasy exploration. Rival hypnotists are pitted against each other in an increasingly bizarre series of performances across an absurdly chaotic America; while, woven in like fine silk, a pair of Victorian era mesmerists match mystical wits before the intolerant and intolerable European bourgeoisie
In the Brief Eternal Silence    by Rebecca Melvin
Price: $2.99 USD. 220000 words. Published by Double Edge Press  on May 7, 2010. .

Enter into the world of the Duke of St. James in Victorian England, 1863. . .When he offers Lizzie Murdock an astounding proposal, she is faced with a deadly mystery, and an arranged proposal meant to flush out evil produces much more until their very survival depends upon their love for each other.
The Royal Albert Hall: A Masterpiece for the 21st Century    by Roger Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 20330 words. Published on October 14, 2010. .

The story of London's favourite "village hall", written to celebrate its upgrading and refurbishment. With unprecedented access to the archives, it tells of the great pageant of events that have taken place here. Home of the world famous Proms, opera house, sports arena, meeting hall, ballroom - it was also the only place the Beatles and Rolling Stones shared the same bill.
The Riviera Set: From Queen Victoria to Princess Grace    by Lita-Rose Betcherman
Price: $4.99 USD. 53200 words. Published by Bev Editions  on December 15, 2010. .

Picasso to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Winston Churchill to sex kitten Brigitte Bardot. The glorious strip of Mediterranean beach stretching from Marseilles to Monaco still attracts writers, artists, film stars, and scoundrels. Betcherman's rich account will delight tourists and armchair travelers alike.
Cold Duty: Selected Readings from the Diary of a Gelusian Repairman    by J. Daniel Sawyer
Price: $0.99 USD. 9850 words. Published by AWP Books  on April 4, 2011. .

Manchester, 1860. Jamie Broadman is ripped from his comfortable life in the stables and inducted into the family business: protecting the secrets of the royal family while building a stronger Britain. Britain would never be the same. Courtesy of the British Museum and the Broadman Estate, these are the edited diaries of the man who single-handedly created the modern world...by accident.
Quantum Magic    by Amanda McCarter
Price: $4.99 USD. 83170 words. Published on July 1, 2011. .

Aurelia has never known anything more than the life laid out for her by her over-bearing mother, her distant father, and her emotionally detached husband. For a Victorian housewife, this is the norm, but she secretly craves more. When the literally other-worldly Marcus, an alien from another world promises a life of danger, exploration and adventure, how can she say no?
Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum    by Mark Stevens
Price: Free! 40900 words. Published on July 4, 2011. .

Broadmoor Revealed takes the reader on a journey round Victorian England’s Criminal Lunatic Asylum. Recounting personal stories from a place where true crime meets mental illness, the book takes in gunshot at Queen Victoria and poison in Brighton, as well as the artist Richard Dadd and lexicographer William Chester Minor. A hospital, not a prison: tales of insanity, murder and more.
Secrets of the Royal Detective - The first Victorian & Edwardian bodyguard    by Don Hale
Price: $4.00 USD. 69140 words. Published on July 14, 2011. .

During the reign of Queen Victoria, the monarchy received numerous threats and attacks by terrorists and foreign agitators. This story is about the first Royal Bodyguard - who was my great grandfather James Wood, a former soldier, and detective superintendent of police in Manchester, England. James had expert knowledge of firearms and explosives and was appointed to protect visiting Royalty & VIPs
Queen Victoria's policing Guide 1899 - Victorian & Edwardian Manchester    by Don Hale
Price: $3.50 USD. 3840 words. Published on July 14, 2011. .

This is a fascinating Victorian Bobby's Bible - unearthed quite by accident from the archives of my great grandfather - James Wood’s - a former Royal Protection Officer from personal effects, diaries and records, which had lain hidden and unseen for over 100 years. It is a rare and valued policing guide authorised by Queen Victoria.
Messing about in Boats    by Jamie McNabb
Price: $2.99 USD. 26340 words. Published on November 16, 2011. .

(SHORT STORY COLLECTION) Six rousing tales of derring-do and existential angst. Danger on the high seas, on the banks of a mythic river, and in a 19th century lumber port! Storms, collisions, abandonment, a fed-up ferryman, and Queen Victoria's birthday—they all mean terrible trouble for the denizens of this anthology.