When the cold fusion reactor Marian is working on ends up being a time distortion machine, she finds herself in an alternate reality that resembles a steampunk world. In the process of repairing reality, she learns valuable information about her own fatal future from a handsome quantum mechanic from a future space-time. With his help, she attempts to change her future--as well as his.
"The Quantum Mechanic" is a 5000 word steampunk romance short story. It originally won Honorable Mention from the On the Premises' "Time" Competition.
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Sarina Dorie has sold over 150 short stories to markets like Analog, Daily Science Fiction, F & SF, and Orson Scott Card's IGMS. Her stories and published novels have won humor contests and Romance Writer of America awards. She has about forty books up on Amazon, including her bestselling series, Womby's School for Wayward Witches.
A few of her favorite things include: gluten-free brownies (not necessarily glutton-free), Star Trek, steampunk aesthetics, fairies, Severus Snape, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Mr. Darcy.
By day, Sarina is a public-school art teacher, artist, belly dance performer and instructor, copy editor, fashion designer, event organizer and probably a few other things. By night, she writes. As you might imagine, this leaves little time for sleep.
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