Steam

STEAM is a steampunk story set in Victorian England. The main protagonist is named Štern. He is a nobleman. He can do things that may seem supernatural to ordinary people. Štern is imprisoned. He is resigned to his imprisonment, as he sees it as a punishment. When he learns that his enemies have kidnapped his daughter, he escapes from prison. He has a single goal – to find her and get his revenge. The story features supernatural beings – lycans, zombies, ghouls, etc. A large part of the plot is connected to the railway. Steam locomotives and so on. Love, betrayal, revenge, duels, suspense and the supernatural. And amidst it all are steam engines and technical inventions, reminiscent of Švankmajer's mechanical contraptions from the film The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians. This adventurous steampunk story is composed of these very "ingredients".

Metoděj Alexa, born 1962. He writes under the pseudonym Green Scum. He has published the books Nuselskej punk (Paseka, 2015, also published in a Polish translation by Proszynski Media) and Space Ennui (Volvox Globator, 2017). He writes short stories for the magazine Legalizace. He lives and works as a caretaker in Nusle.