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Steampunk Torah: Parsha Vayetze

June 5, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

The out-of-this-world fantasy fiction series by Rivkah Raven, based on midrashim (legends) of the Torah portions: Steampunk Torah!

This week features Parsha Vayetze. Here’s a taste of what’s in store…

Cora sat and read. She forgot about Jac and the other woman whom she’d discovered missing from the Healing Cottages; she forgot that she was alone and lost; she forgot that she was sitting in an odd catacomb that had somehow hijacked her own created tunnel – a very strange catacomb filled, not with corpses, but with books and scrolls.

She sat on the dry floor, her legs tucked comfortably to the side, and she read, her lips parted slightly, her eyebrows raised.

She was reading her life…

Download chapter 31 of Steampunk Torah by clicking here. Is this your first time? Download all the chapters by clicking here.

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Steampunk Torah: Chayei Sarah and Toldot

May 4, 2012 by Patrick Beaulier

The epic fantasy miniseries by Rivkah Raven is back with two new chapters from Steampunk Torah, a re-imagined series of Jewish midrashim (legends) based on the parshah of the Torah.

Never read Steampunk Torah? Catch up on what you’ve missed by reading the archives!

Download the next two chapters, Chayei Sarah and Toldot by clicking the links below.

Chayei Sarah

Excerpt: Varya Leangrin did not do her own carrying. She had others do the work: Jac and Mari were bundled with sheets over their heads, tied very thoroughly with silk cords binding their arms to their sides, and made towalk; Varya had pressed some of the citizens of the Lost Kingdom into her service by assuring them that they were doing a good deed, that this was for the women’s own health. Jac did not walk silently; she lectured Varya, scolded her, harangued her, her language growing increasingly “purple” as they moved toward the professor’s workshop tower.

Toldot

Excerpt: Mari turned to Jac with a joyful smile. “Jac, this is Professor Malone.”

Jac had whirled back to the door as it closed, slamming her hand on the thick oak as she heard the key turn in the lock. She bowed her head for a second, then she straightened and turned back to enter the room. “Professor, my upbringing demands that I say ‘nice to meet you,’ but what I really want to say is: Is there a way out of this room? What avenues have you explored?”

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