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What's New?
A Brand New Story!
In a future shaped by today's events, poetry is a capital offense, but belles-lettres of marque are defended by the Poets of the Caribbean.
Read it in the Soul Scream Antholozine Fear and Loathing: Horror Tales for a Changed World. Click the cover for the link!
A New Interview with J. Scott Coatsworth!
Catch it quick!
Book 3 of Bellesfées!
A family bound by blood
though not born of blood.
Lost souls abound at Bellesfées,
some found, and others only just discovered. But when Jacqueline Duval goes missing, along with a beast of a locomotive built through the sweat and blood of innocents, the foundlings she has taken under her wing must rally to bring her home again. To rescue their future, the self-styled Order of Duval must conquer the specters of the past or risk all being lost to the aether.
"An immersive fantasy novel with the perfect blend of found family and magic. The Order of Duval crackles with energy, offering up the perfect blend of intrigue, action, and magic.” ~ A. C. Wise, author of The Ghost Sequences, Wendy, Darling and Hooked
"Lush steampunk, creepily dark and cozily heartwarming in turns: Deal has created a heart-racing read with high stakes and a found family you can't help but love."
~ Beth Cato, author of The Clockwork Dagger
A Few Updates!
Aéros & Héroes voted #1 !
​​"A compelling steampunk confection for readers who love the supernatural." ~ Kirkus Reviews​
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Read the Kirkus Review here! Their verdict? GET IT!
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​Winner of the Critters Readers Poll 2025
Best Steampunk Novel
An Assembly of Monsters
steampunk tales including my story "Notre Dame de Linceul."
Monstrous Is a Matter of Perspective…
Classic tales throughout time pit humanity against creatures of the night, beyond mortal understanding. But what—or who—makes a monster? Folklore has its tale to tell, but might there be a different view? We present fourteen tales inspired by the masters of the macabre, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, paying tribute to their vision of gothic horror.
In conjunction with the Tell-Tale Steampunk Festival, we bring you stories by * James Chambers * Michelle D. Sonnier * Keith R.A. DeCandido * Jessica Lucci * Aaron Rosenberg * Dana Fraedrich * Doc Coleman * Danielle Ackley-McPhail * Ef Deal * John L. French * Christine Norris * Rachel Brune * David Lee Summers * Hildy Silverman *
Lots of fun at the book launch celebration for The Order of Duval!
Find My Tales~
Fitcher's Chick
In a Grimm retelling of "Fitcher's Birds," Grethel confronts a very real monster.
Buk buk buk buk.
Uchronia
"Hail, hail Uchronia!
Land of the freed from...
Concrete Soul
"Cry baby, cry baby,
don't you want to die, baby?
One More Ghost Story
Minstrel-mage Gwynna Lionshadow hunts down slavers abusing a local legend ~ who turns out to be real.
Esprit de Corpse
from eSpec Books is the first of a series featuring the brilliant 19th-century sisters, the Twins of Bellesfées, Jacqueline and Angélique, who discover a malfunctioning automaton that leads them to a plot to suck souls from the skulls of the Paris Catacombs.
Hard science blends with the paranormal as they challenge the paranormal invasion of France in 1843.
Aéros & Héroes
from eSpec Books is the second book of the Twins of Bellesfées series. Jacqueline Duval struggles with feelings of weakness and failure when a private celebration for her twin sister's marriage turns fraught with peril. Beset by vampires and assassins and rogue monarchs, how is Jacqueline to keep her guests ~ both invited and uninvited ~ safe, and the King of the French on the right side of the grave?
The Order of Duval
from eSpec Books is the third book of the Twins of Bellesfées series. When Jacqueline Duval goes missing, along with a beast of a locomotive built through the sweat and blood of innocents, the foundlings Jacky has taken under her wing must rally to bring her home again. To rescue their future, the self-styled Order of Duval must conquer the specters of the past or risk all being lost to the aether.