‘Magic & Mechanica’ Available for Purchase

At long last, Magic & Mechanica, an anthology by Ricasso Press and edited by Robert J. Santa and Bill Ward, has been released and is now available for purchase online. The first story I ever sold, “Knowledge and Dust,” appears in this publication, so I’m very happy it’s finally in print.

I was surprised and pleased to see that my story was among three to be mentioned in the product description:

Enter a world of piston-driven fantasy, where magic smashes headlong into the down-to-earth reality of technology and machines. From the all out war of dragon-riding sorcerers against an army of self-replicating, clockwork robots in Christopher M. Cevasco’s “Gambit,” to the discovery of an alien submersible by pirates in Christopher Heath’s Azieran tale “Savior in a Flask,” further still to Nicholas Ian Hawkins’ collision of a wizardly scholar and the newly-invented printing press that will ruin his career in “Knowledge and Dust,” you will certainly be amazed at the breathtaking imaginations of fifteen authors. Dragons, steam-powered tanks, Aztec warriors, angry gods, assassins both large and small…Magic & Mechanica is unlike any collection of fantasy you’ve ever seen.

Ricasso Press released Magic & Mechanica simultaneously with two other anthologies you should check out: Black Dragon, White Dragon, and Magistria: The Realm of the Sorcerer.

NOTE ADDED 3/6/2009:There’s an even better deal on Magic & Mechanica and other Ricasso Press titles at their online bookstore.