This book collects seven of the adventures of Mitch Storm and Jacob Drangosavich from the Department of Supernatural Investigations. The tales are set in an alternate steam-punk world centered around New Pittsburgh, but going where the adventures lead. There are encounters with very strange airships, alien visitors, zombies, animated dolls, magic users and werewolves. As a bonus there are two short stories ("Ghost Wolf" which I had read in an anthology of super-hero stories and "The Patented Troll") and an excerpt from Iron & Blood. I thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read this collection and to Neil Hellegers for narrating the audio version.

Storm & Fury is a collection of short stories and novellas that really show how much fun the Steampunk genre can be.  If you have been wanting to dip your feet into this genre these short stories may be a good way to start.

What fun it must be to work at the Department of Supernatural Investigations.   Set in the world of the Iron & Blood novels, this book contains 7 short stories/novella and 2 bonus content stories along with an excerpt from the Iron & Blood novel.  Most of these stories feature two agents:  Mitch Storm and Jacob Drangosavich.  Mitch is the one you can count on to take the greatest risks to complete the mission (which means a lot of things get blown up and destroyed in the process.)  Jacob has the cooler head and approach to things, although you rarely see him strongly object when Mitch has a crazy plan.  

Mitch and Jacob are a lot of fun to read, but the stories also include other members from the agency giving us a more well-rounded look at how this department works and functions.  One of the more recognizable features of steampunk are its inventive gadgets and equipment and these stories have no shortage of them.  In fact, it very refreshing to see that this world has more than just an airship and a mechanical arm or leg. 

Of the stories, my favorites were Resurrection Day, Lagniappe, and Grave Voices. Lagniappe has a little mystery to it that was fun to work through and Grave Voices was very memorable due to how one of the character's makes his appearance in the story.

Out of all of them, I will say I was a little disappointed in the first story, Airship Down, only because I didn't feel like I got a resolution to the mystery.  However, as I kept reading through the different stories, I learned that anything alien-related generally remains a mystery.

Thank you SOL Publishing and Netgalley for the review copy and the opportunity to provide my honest opinions.

Storm & Fury is a collection of shorter fiction in the Storm & Fury world by creators Gail & Larry Martin. Released 23rd Feb 2019 it's 410 pages and available in paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats.

There are 10 short-to-novella length pieces included in the collection. Several were previously published in other anthologies, but are collected here with additional material for the first time. They're built around an alternate steampunk timeline in and around Pittsburgh (PA). The two lead characters Mitch and Jacob are partners and agents of the Department of Supernatural Investigation. This gives the authors very broad scope for a range of 'things which go bump (or whizzzz) in the night'.

The stories are well written, genuinely entertaining steampunk fantasy. Some of them (Airship Down) end without a real denouement. I'm not sure if the plotline is taken up in other longer works or not, but I found myself wondering what happened.

Worth mentioning, the electronic ARC I was given for review purposes has a nifty interactive table of contents and hyperlinked resources. Presumably the ebook version does as well.

One of the things I love about collections and anthologies is tjat they usually include extra author/editor information about the stories themselves or the writers. This is completely missing here. The stories are very well written however and it's not a crippling deficiency. The authors do include an afterword about their alt-steampunk Pittsburgh.

I grew up in the area and these stories are obviously written by authors who are intimately familiar with P'burgh and environs.

Strong stories, well written, with mostly appealing protagonists. They are worth a read, definitely.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

This collection of stories was a great introduction to the world of New Pittsburgh. It's got a bit of everything, action, adventure, the paranormal, and mystery all wrapped up with a steampunk bow. It was great fun, and after reading these stories I would definitely look up full length works in the world, especially with the main characters from most of these tales. An added bonus is the location. As a Pittsburgher seeing my hometown turned into an 1898 steampunk city was very enjoyable. The authors clearly spent time making the setting believable, considering how fictional this type of world can be. I was able to visualize the places visited, and enjoy the stories even more because of that.

They blow stuff up, or crash it, or burn it. A lot.

I like the stories where there actually was a resolve to the investigation better than the stories that ended with a maybe next time.

As a devoted fan of these two fabulous authors, I'm always delighted to come upon a new collection. STORM AND FURY's stories are set in an alternate U.S.: New Pittsburgh 1898. If you love Steampunk, if you love the supernatural genre, you'll definitely adore this collection. In addition to the fact that Gail Z. Martin and Larry Martin are such excellent writers, their magical spell on the reader inspires immediate suspension of disbelief: no matter the genre, whether fantasy, steampunk, urban fantasy, supernatural, or anything else.