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A Matter of Spirit: A Bartleby and James Adventure

Fiction » Science fiction » Steampunk & retropunk
Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical

By Michael Coorlim
Published by PoMoCo Press
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Published: April 09, 2012
Words: 9,197 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781476133195

Short description

Inventive genius James Wainwright has been retained to advocate for Bryce, an old friend, a con-man accused of kidnapping his partner, who maintains that she was spirited away by the shades of the dead. James has little use for the fancies of spiritualism, but can he put his prejudices aside and clear Bryce's name, or will his old friend go to the gallows?

Extended description

The Bartleby and James Adventures steampunk mystery series follows the cases of consulting detectives Anton Bartleby and James Wainwright through an alternate Victorian history. Their fourth adventure takes them into the occulted world of spiritualism.

Inventive genius James Wainwright has been retained to advocate for Bryce, an old friend, a con-man accused of kidnapping his partner, who maintains that she was spirited away by the shades of the dead. James has little use for the fancies of spiritualism, but can he put his prejudices aside and clear Bryce’s name, or will his old friend go to the gallows?

This 9,000 word story is the fourth in the Bartleby and James Adventures steampunk mystery series. (Read more) The Bartleby and James Adventures steampunk mystery series follows the cases of consulting detectives Anton Bartleby and James Wainwright through an alternate Victorian history. Their fourth adventure takes them into the occulted world of spiritualism.

Inventive genius James Wainwright has been retained to advocate for Bryce, an old friend, a con-man accused of kidnapping his partner, who maintains that she was spirited away by the shades of the dead. James has little use for the fancies of spiritualism, but can he put his prejudices aside and clear Bryce’s name, or will his old friend go to the gallows?

This 9,000 word story is the fourth in the Bartleby and James Adventures steampunk mystery series.

Excerpt:

“What the modern world has been trying to do,” Vicar Elmwood spoke slowly and with great deliberateness, “is deny the existence of the supernatural.”

He met us in his quarters adjacent to St Barnabas, the church he presided over. It had been made clear to us that the Vicar was a very busy man with little time for interviews, and Curate Lakewood was assisting him in getting ready for the upcoming evening mass as we spoke, dressing him in his robes of office.

“They look at the wonders of the age and thank not God for the marvels they see,” the Vicar continued in a somewhat accusatory tone, “but rather glorify the ingenuity of man. Like all children Londoners think themselves beyond the need for the guidance of their Father. ‘Look at me’ they say, ‘I have clockworks and aereoships and great works. What have I need for God?’”

I struggled to remain silent.

“And what does this gain us?” the Vicar asked before answering himself. “This business with the Resurrected, with airship pirates and lightning guns. Are these the Great Works that man exalts above God?”

I struggled harder, a thousand benefits of progress dancing on my tongue, aching to leap free and throttle this old man where he stood. I’m sure that Bartleby appreciated my discretion.

“Just so, Vicar,” Bartleby was being diplomatic. “And the Spiritualists?”

“Yes, the matter you came to discuss. A pox. They meddle in business men are not meant to, and this Irish fellow Buckley is the worst I’ve seen of it. I’m sure of it — what we witnessed was nothing more than technological necromancy. It does not matter if one uses ancient rituals or modern technology to raise the dead, it is anathema. That which should not be. In the old days he would have been drowned as a witch, but man has removed the right of law from the hands of the church. I fully believe that he loosed a spiritual pox into this world that claimed the life and soul of the poor Russian girl he used in his schemes, but I will not attest to this in court. Man’s laws will not punish him for the crimes he is truly guilty of; I am content to see him punished under another guise. May God have mercy on his soul, for I certainly shall not.”
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