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Ef Deal

Ef Deal’s short fiction has been published in numerous online zines and anthologies as well as in F&SF. Her short story Czesko was given honorable mention in Gardner Dozois' Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. Ef has been freelance line-editing and copy-editing for over thirty years. She is currently assistant fiction editor at Abyss&Apex magazine, and video editor for Strong Women ~ Strange Worlds. Her first novel Esprit de Corpse is forthcoming from eSpec Books, the first in a steampunk paranormal romance series involving the Twins of Bellefées. Most recently, her poem Elsinboro: The Delaware, 1965 was published in the NJ Bards Review 2022. When she's not writing, Ef marches old-school alumni drum and bugle corps on soprano bugle; she also composes, arranges and directs music. She lives in Haddonfield, NJ, with her husband and two chows. She is an associate member of SFWA and an affiliate member of HWA.  Follow her blog Talespinner at efdeal.blogspot.com.

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Email Address: efdeal@gmail.com


Books By Ef Deal

Word Count: 80000

Summary: A Family, Bound by Blood, Though Not Borne of Blood Lost souls abound at Bellesfées, some found, and others only just discovered. But when Jacqueline Duval goes missing, along with a beast of a locomotive built through the sweat and blood of innocents, the foundlings she has taken under her wing must rally to bring her home again.To rescue their future, the self-styled Order of Duval must conquer the specters of the past or risk all being lost to the aether.

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The Order of Duval - Ef Deal
The Order of Duval
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Word Count: 78000

Summary: Can the Mistress of the Forge best the Mistress of the Night? Strength is forged in the moment when you dare to be vulnerable. Despite this inherent knowledge, Jacqueline Duval struggles with feelings of weakness and failure when a private celebration for her twin sister's marriage turns fraught with peril. Beset by vampires and insurrectionists and rogue monarchs, how is Jacqueline to keep her invited-and uninvited-guests safe, and the King of the French on the right side of the grave? "Steampunk meets royal history meets the fantastical as Angélique and her new husband arrive, admiring Jacqueline's incredible robotic creations and sharing in her concern about what seems to be a spate of vampire bites on young women in the area. Angélique is perhaps the best person to assist Jacqueline in her fight against the undead, as she left home because she became a werewolf. The novel is punchy and full of intriguing characters. Deal peppers the story with real figures, like the king and the authors Charles Baudelaire and Alexandre Dumas, who serve as a vivid historical presence in the Bellesfées universe. Jacqueline is a captivating hero whom readers will be struck by. , , The world presented is so unique and well-crafted by the author that it would be great to luxuriate in it a little longer. A compelling steampunk confection for readers who love the supernatural." ~ Kirkus Reviews

Aéros and Héroes - Ef Deal
Aéros & Héroes
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Word Count: 70000

Summary: What secrets lie beneath the streets of Paris? When a malfunctioning automaton runs full force into their locomotive on the new Paris-Orléans railway, Jacqueline Duval and her bohemian twin sister Angélique Laforge become embroiled in a mystery deeply rooted in their tragic past. A polytech and famed engineering prodigy, Jacqueline is fascinated by the metal man, even more so when she discovers that it is powered not by steam, but by the supernatural. Her investigation puts the sisters on a path both dangerous and mysterious as they must foil a plot to employ the dead to power a mechanical army aimed at international conquest. Aid comes from unexpected sources as the twins rush to avert this engineered war, but will they be in time?

Esprit de Corpse - Ef Deal
Esprit de Corpse
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