August 2014 Blog Posts (31)

Datura Feldspar is the daughter of Kaitlynn Feldspar, the undersecretary to Colonel Jacob Vinter - and his lover. Datura was the illegitimate child of this union and soon after her birth, Kaitlynn was transferred into the Department of Military Transport where she would have a lenient job and not be questioned about her family. 

While Colonel Vinter never personally saw to the raising of his only daughter, he did provide for her education monetarily. She attended Miss Maddelin Leech's…

Our apologies for the long silence. We have just posted a Kickstarter update to our Backers with these reasons. While quite a few stressful wrenches were thrown into our machinery slowing things down the project is still ongoing and we will now begin to post updates again with our progress now that the chaos has subsided. Thank you for your patience.

I'm going to start this review of the novel “The Face of OO” by Charles Stephenson by talking about production values. First off, there are no paragraph indents. The only way to tell that a new paragraph has started is that the previous line…

So my sister bought a box of jewelry and metal bits at a garage sale a bit ago.  Some pins, broken bracelets, a cufflink or two, some unmatched earrings, etc.  Among them was this:

I have no idea what it is.  This is the back:…

Have you ever wanted to drink a cocktail made from creme de menthe, lime juice, bitters & gin? Me either. But the Victorians sure did!

Back our Kickstarter to fund Lushington’s Lounge, a vintage cocktail drinking show with puppets!

If you want to drink along with us while watching our Kickstarter video, you can make your very own The Fallen Angel with the recipe below.

2 oz of Gin

1 tsp of Creme de Menthe

Juice from 1/2 a Lime 

2 dashes of…

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I'm a writer. I like to take field trips...some places are so inspiring I make frequent visits. I like to take people with me and expose them to the things that are so inspiring to me. This time, I went with a journalist, a journalism student writing a feature story, and a science major.

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center is one of my favorite places. I personally would love to live in the basement…

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Hi all, book 3 of my steampunk series, the Tesla Evolution, is now available.Faraday, for that is its title, is available from all the usual outlets.

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I've been chased across the land by cyborgs, dragons, giant spiders, and mutated zombie people. I've seen the destruction of cities, the death of my family and…

DJ Panix vs Urbain Grandier Aug 18th Playlist~…

Inexpensive music: The Langer’s Ball~ 7 Year Itch…

I have watched The Knick, a new victorian era piece about the Knickerbocker Hospital in NYC and the interactions between the doctors, nurses, management and even the ambulance drivers. Feels kind of like House only victorian. The question I've got is the main character, Doctor Thackery and the doc he replaces are wearing white shoes. Is it fashion or uniform? I await any answers...

The Bad Things’ “After the Inferno” reviewed on The POP! Stereo Review Round Up…

Sepiachord Playlist for the week ending Aug 3rd~…

Sepiachord Playlist for the week ending Aug 17th…

Good Morning/Evening wherever you may be.

Australia's oldest hotel the "Windsor" located in Melbourne has kindly given me access to conduct a "Steam Punk" photo shoot in amongst some of their old world charm within their premises.

First of all i am after willing…

Jack The Ripper—Man or Demon?

Find out in this edition of The Aether Chronicle!

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