It's Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and all the Empire is preparing to celebrate. But between suffragists assassins submariners Scots impersonators by-elections and aunts having a quiet holiday is proving to be a tricky matter for Elliott Graven and Paisley DeLoup. And with Alexander Graham Bell hosting a meeting that threatens to plunge the world into war (not to mention making romance dashed difficult) it's all Elliott and Paisley can do to keep their heads above water. Especially after their ship sinks.

Paul Marlowe's collection Ether Frolics was short-listed for the 16th annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award, an annual $10,000 prize recognizing the best début collection of short fiction by a Canadian author.