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    Steambot Rampage
    Steambot Rampage
    Steambot Rampage
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    Steambot Rampage

    By Heather Massey

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    Short story. On the eve of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a no-nonsense secretary and an intrepid reporter join forces to battle a bizarre automaton on a rampage.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHeather Massey
    Release dateSep 9, 2013
    ISBN9781301941520
    Steambot Rampage
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    Heather Massey

    Heather Massey (she/her) is a geek mom who's the proud parent of a terrific daughter and married to the love of her life. Heather is best known for her sci-fi romance blog The Galaxy Express.Though she’s neither an award-winning nor bestselling author (thank you for not judging!), her stories provide quality entertainment by way of fantastical worlds, action-adventure, and larger-than-life characters who fall in love while battling evils such as classist jerks, corporate greed, the patriarchy, and corrupt politicians.

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      Steambot Rampage - Heather Massey

      Steambot Rampage

      By

      Heather Massey

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2013 Heather Massey

      Cover Art: Heather Massey

      License Notes

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, places, and events are from the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to events, places or persons, living or dead, on Earth or any other planet, is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only and may not be re-sold or given away to other people. Please don’t reproduce it in any form including physical, electronic, or other. (An exception is the use of brief quotations for the purposes of critical articles and/or reviews.) The author has asserted her respective rights to be identified as the author of this book and producer of the cover artwork.

      Author's Note

      Steambot Rampage previously appeared in the L&L Dreamspell anthology Dreamspell Steampunk, Volume 1 (2011). Except for a few minor changes, the story is the same.

      This edition is lovingly dedicated to the

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