Swing Follies

Blimey. Delia's besotted. With Edward. But when an old flame from Edward's revolutionary past swings by and steams up the laboratory, has Delia missed her chance at love?

It's Springtime and passions are flaring at the Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory. As Delia musters courage to tell Edward she loves him, the gorgeous Professor Euphronia Cogswell, Edward's comrade—and lover—during Newcastle's Third-Wave Industrial Revolution, comes calling and takes far too much interest in Edward's latest erotic device. Meanwhile, in Newcastle's foggy Roman Quarter…has the notorious Sebastian Broadchurch lost his bad-boy edginess? He's distracted and subdued. Could there be a special mandrake in his life?

Swing Follies continues the Steampunk workplace-romance-with-a-rom-com-vibe series as confident hearts melt into befuddlement in the face of unexpected romantic challenges. The 10,000-word short is the third story in The Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles, a queer, polyamorous, Steampunk romance series of nine short stories set in an alternate Victorian world meant to be read in order.

The Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles

In an imagined Newcastle, England, circa 1878, Professor Edward Ockham toils in obscurity at the Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory, creating unusual machines with his partner Special Assistant Sebastian Broadchurch. Until Miss Delia Bennett joins the Lab, sparking unfamiliar desires and inspiring steamy inventions.

One Cheek Or Two? (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 1)

Delia's Heartthrob (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 2)

Swing Follies (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 3)

Before Delia, Part 1: The Revolution (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 4)

Before Delia, Part 2: The Partnership (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 5)

A Thrilling Combination (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 6)

That Perfect Fit (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 7)

[To Be Determined] (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 8)

[To Be Determined] (Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles 9)