The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

Tasty hint of Victorian tech and supernatural. Did I mention THE WORLD BUILDING? I re-listen to this series several times to analyse the masterful world building. The characters are unique, fun and well crafted! If I were in charge of a studio, I would buy the TV rights to this

Short fiction anthologies have always been among my favorite forms of literature and Tales From the Archives is a wonderful example of that translated to audio format. Having different authors contribute keeps it from becoming stale and this world is a very flexible take on the steampunk genre. The two main characters are interesting, entertaining and voiced well. Having come to this podcast from the authors' interview with the League of Steam, I am quite pleased to have another enjoyable steampunk podcast to listen to.

This is another Podcast from Morris and Ballantine. This one is a short story anthology based in their Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences world. Their setting is a Victorian Steampunk Alternate world. Many of the Authors are from the Podcast community. The stories try to flush out the setting by going places the novels, which are written by Morris and Ballantine, do not. These stories are also available to purchase in e-book formats. Either way, brew a pot of tea, sit and enjoy these tales. This show has an irregular schedule.

Peculiar Occurances, the first book in the Ministry series, is wonderful, lots of fun, a little dark and twisty. The podcasted short stories that go along with it are also wonderful, not all of the readers can keep up the same quality we have come to expect from the book's authors.