Recently I was examining my Steampunk Playlist on iTunes and came to a startling discovery. Half of the pieces were relatively appropriate; I had Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Strauss and Holst in there, I also had some appropriate soundtracks like “Little Women,”…
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The Grand Rally
by J. Woolston Carr • • Comments Off
Chapter One – Invitation to the Rally “By Jove! By Jove, I say!” exclaimed Ephraim Noble, Sr., a glass of brandy sloshing about in one hand and a paper crumpling in the other as he shook it to keep it…
Steamsteel, Chapter Three: The Bodyguard and the Judge
by Walter Shumate • • 2 Comments
It was early the next morning when Rupert knocked on Liza’s door. She’d fallen asleep in her chair a few hours earlier, still in her clothes from they day before. I’m making a habit out of sleeping sitting up, she…
Aeryn Daring and the Scientific Detective: A Serial Novel, Chapter Three
by Calliope Strange • • 2 Comments
“They say that two are better than one. “Two heads are better than one. “Two drinks are better than one. “Two ships are better than one. “With our dirigible, we’ve got two ships in one.” ~Admiral Jeremiah L. Farfleet I…
The World of Tomorrow is Sadly Outdated, Part Two of Six
by Leanna Renee Hieber • • 1 Comment
Three Manhattan 1889 Evan stared at the Receptor, an amazed laugh tickling his throat. Grace looked up from her sewing. “There will be a World’s Fair,” he gurgled. “In Queens County, of all places! Queens!” Putting down her embroidery…
Steampunk Destinations: Jamestown’s Railtown 1897 and Columbia State Historic Park in California’s Gold Country
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California’s Gold Country is formed by a corridor that includes portions of twelve counties and stretches from Sierra City to Oakhurst, a distance of over 300 miles along California’s historic Highway 49. “Historic” is a fitting term: Many of the…
The Lady Astronomer, Chapter One
by Katy O'Dowd • • Comments Off
In Which Stargazing Becomes A Spectator Sport – Royal Correspondence – A Hat – A Telescope – A Violin Siphonaptera jumped on to the flat roof, hidden by his tiny size and darkness of the still night. Though the stars…
The World of Tomorrow is Sadly Outdated, Part One of Six
by Leanna Renee Hieber • • Comments Off
One New York City 1889 “Shall we?” Evan Halford grabbed one brass wheel with both hands. His partner, Samuel, grabbed the other. Together they turned the wheels to open the Receptor’s valves. It woke with a pumping hiss. Evan stepped…
Aeryn Daring and the Scientific Detective: A Serial Novel, Chapter Two
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“Science is the best tool we have for solving crimes. “It can also be useful in locating missing cufflinks.” ~Huxley Grave I Gideon Huxley Grave, in which we learn something about the younger Grave’s upbringing among the scholars of Laputa,…
Steamsteel, Chapter Two: The Captain and Her Crew
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Liza didn’t wake up the next morning, as much as resign herself to the fact that she wasn’t going to be sleeping any time soon. There was no need to get dressed for the day, she’d never gotten ready for…