"The world tomorrow will soon be yesterday"
A church bell tolls twelve strokes as he automatically spreads his legs wide apart to keep his balance. There is a moment of vertigo and confusion before he reorients himself taking care to not attempt to control this body. Then his new mind becomes melded, filled with his...
"Automaton lover"
The year was 1887 and many scientists made headway for the betterment of mankind.Eleanor Poots looked at the clock. It was getting late and it would soon be getting dark. She stood up from her work table and took a...
"The river may hide many secrets."
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900***** "The Queen is Dead! Long Live the King!"What more important change than the death of a sovereign. At least, for the nation. Perhaps not...
"He was invited a steampunk party and found it was to his liking!"
Punked - a way to describe someone ripping you off, tricking you, teasing you, or making you feel foolish.My name is Daniel White and the story I'm about to relate to you occurred a couple years ago now. I had...
The train slowly built up speed as it started to pull away from the station, steam billowing out from the engine as the piercing sound of the whistle filled the air. Just before the end of the platform, I took...
A foggy night in London town. Lady Emmaline Christie is traveling to her first proper society ball in a hackney carriage, accompanied by her chaperone, her Great Aunt Agatha, a sister of her grandmother's. The girl, excited, looks from the...
Strangely, Prel’s reluctance rekindled the spirit of motivation in me. I’d become complacent, losing myself in the haze of sexual desire and that of the potent berries that were so easily obtainable. The Kintinku provided me with a challenge –...
"A steampunk fantasy about women working on an airship and seeing clients for sex."
Everyone expected a war between the old ways of magic and the new ways of the steam engine upon its invention. However, what people quickly learned is that a synthesis of the two did more than anyone realized. Instead of...
From the sketchbook of G. McCrossen.Captured! Thankfully, only James’ pride wounded. In hindsight, it was fortunate that his pistol misfired. The fight had been short. Although James did his best to defend us, his revolver failed to fire, much to...
From the Journal of Olivia Delacroix - Sixth entry.I have yet to share the truth with anyone, even Emma, with whom I have grown closer to than anyone else in my life. It tears at me, keeping secrets, here, where...
