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How can a youth from a bay island boarding school survive when he is sent to a futuristic prison?

Prison City, a historical fantasy and retrofuture series based on the Chesapeake Bay oyster wars, homoeroticism in British public schools in the 1910s, and 1960s visions of things to come.

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CONTENTS

Resources.

Master and Servant: The Abolitionist, The True Master, Unmarked.

Side stories: Queue.

RESOURCES

Turn-of-the-Century Toughs, a cycle of historical fantasy novels that includes Prison City.

Prison City research. Blog entries by the author on research trips to the Chesapeake Bay.

Bibliographies for the series:

Islanders and Watermen of the Chesapeake Bay.

Masculinity, Crime, and Everyday Life in Victorian and Edwardian Times: Boarding Schools.

Retrofuture: Visions of the Future, 1945-1975.

Cover for Master and ServantMaster and Servant

Born into a society with a strictly ranked system of masters and servants, Carr has sought to tred his way delicately between the clashing values of the parents who raised him and the uncle whose household Carr will one day live in. Yet when he and other students at his boarding school become the latest participants in an ongoing battle between the oystermen of their bay, Carr finds that his position of power may bring danger, not only to himself, but also to a schoolfellow he is drawn toward.

¶ Novel | Genre tags (with minor spoilers) | Reviews.

ONLINE EDITION

Each part of Master and Servant can be read on its own, as a stand-alone story.

Master and Servant 1: The Abolitionist (excerpt). When a foul-mouthed, seditious foreigner turns up at your door, what are the benefits of letting him in?

Master and Servant 2: The True Master. An interlude, flashing back to six tri-centuries before the beginning of Master and Servant: In a society where the rank of master or slave defines every aspect of a person's being, what do you do when you're a master and you envy your slaves?

Master and Servant 3: Unmarked (excerpt). "Fair play" is the motto of the Third House at Narrows School, but that motto takes on a different meaning when a lonely member of the Third House is secretly wooed by a young man from a rival House.

Master and Servant: Historical Note.

Master and Servant: Back Matter.  Credits, publication history, etc.

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Side stories

Queue. Depositing money in the bank was always the worst problem.

¶ Short story: 500 words | Science fiction | Genre tags (with minor spoilers).

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