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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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