Status: Just under 41,000 reads for The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum. Is there no end? (6 months ago)

dlmackenzie

Name	D. L. Mackenzie
Location	Phoenix
Member Since	Mar 21, 2012
Votes Received	753
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My name is D. L. Mackenzie, and I'm a full-time working stiff who dreams of becoming a full-time writing stiff.  I write steampunk, or as I prefer to call it, "retro-Victorian science fiction mystery."  I've also written some short stories and scads of scandalously intemperate political pieces, but there's just something about the steampunk genre that won't let me go.

I've long been a fan of the old masters of early science fiction such as Jules Verne and H. G. Wells, as well as other beloved classic writers such as Mark Twain.  I'm also a confirmed word addict; I love collecting obscure words.  Somehow these perverse predilections have combined with other diverse influences such as Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), Dr. Who, and Monty Python to produce The Magnetron Chronicles, a loving parody of Victorian-era pulp fiction.

I'm now working in secret on my sixth Magnetron Chronicles novelette (slated for release later this year at Amazon, etc.).  My modern horror novel is on hold for the foreseeable future as I am working on breaking into the editing biz.  I hope you enjoy my stories and look forward to your feedback!

Works

Spring-heeled Jack and the President's Ring

23 parts / 20 pages, updated Nov 24, 2012 PG-13

In this second novelette in the Magnetron Chronicles series, Phineas Magnetron and the Hogalum Society investigate the disappearance of Presi... read more

6,119 reads

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Station Five

2 parts / 7 pages, updated Nov 18, 2012 PG-13

Mia Cordova is a nurse's aide at Los Arcos Care Center, a large skilled nursing facility caring for the profoundly disabled. Abby Tate, Mia's patient, has been in a coma for... read more

358 reads

The Last Adventure of Dr. Yngve Hogalum

Historical Fiction #12 / Science Fiction #18

22 parts / 17 pages, updated Jul 06, 2012

The Magnetron Chronicles, Volume 1 Phineas Magnetron is an eccentric Nineteenth Century inventor blessed with a strange gift he doesn't completely ... read more

119,028 reads

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The Book Reader

4 pages, updated Mar 31, 2012

An elderly collector of second-hand books wrestles with his unusual ability to "read" the lives of his books' previous owners... and with one unique book he can't seem to read.

713 reads

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JackPagliante
2 days ago

Thanks for your comment. I really appreciate it. I am definately aware that this needs some tidying up, and a good deal of it. Although I'm just trying to finish the entire story then I'll go back and edit, if you catch my drift. Haha, but thanks

dlmackenzie
2 days ago

Give me your tired metaphors, your poor word choices, your muddled messes yearning for clarity!  If you have written a short story (5,000 words or fewer) and would like to have it professionally edited for absolutely no charge, message me privately and I'll fill you in on the details.

JackPagliante
5 days ago

Care to read my high epic fantasy novel The Curse of Vvhen? I need some feedback. Thanks.

ChristopherWebs...
2 months ago

You convinced me at Jules Verne. Followed.

d_olivaw
3 months ago

I've just read The Last Adventure... Awesome. I love the writing, the plot and the small short chapters. I would have love a little more scenery, though. 
I'm now adding the next instalment to promptly read it.

dlmackenzie
5 months ago

@Davriel Thanks! I'm hearing this from a lot of people, that Wattpad is experiencing some form of digital dementia.  Kinda scary.

Davrielle
5 months ago

I fanned you again, I guess wattpad unfanned me. Lol

TheOrangutan
6 months ago

Done. Sheesh, what a numpty.

captclaw
6 months ago

It's a work of fiction .wow

dlmackenzie
6 months ago

Haha, I like that he calls it "predictable" and yet complains about "absurd plot twists." Which is it, Chucklenuts?

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