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March 3 - March 9, 2014
Tarot of Brass & Steam, the tarot deck of the steampunk alternate reality, encompassing not just traditional Victorian enviornments, but examining what steampunk might have been like at all corners of the globe.

Steampunk Band, Victor Sierra, Comes to The Steampunk World's Fair!, Help Victor Sierra bring their new album, Yesterday's Tomorrow, all the way from Paris, France to The Steampunk World's Fair this May! Ends April 16.

Art of Victorian Futurism exhibit , Seoul, South Korea. With James Ng, Art Donovan and others. Now through May 18

Watch the adventures of Felix Blithedale, now on Youtube

The 20,000 Leagues Remake That Almost Was, Ron Miller talkes about a 1984 Dino DeLaurentiis project

Steampunk samurai in Dark Horse' Toshiro, June 2014, The mechano-samurai Toshiro travels a Victorian clockwork world, battling horrors too dark for mankind. With his mysterious partner, the world-famous adventurer Quicksilver Bob, Toshiro must face Earth’s greatest foe yet: the soul-stealing, zombie-creating jellyfish from beyond.

Steamcon convention closes, per Facebook posting on March 9th

Steamcon Announces Closure


February 24 - March 2, 2014
Blog - dreadful objectivity: steampunk in Africa

Tales from the Archives, Volume III: One, The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has many forgotten stories in its Archives. Stories of madcap adventures in all corners of the Empire, dark doings in hidden places, and mysterious devices and artifacts that the everyday citizen should never become aware of for fear it would quite undo their minds.

WSJ Article - The Man Who Makes Steampunk, Bruce Rosenbaum likes to turn old objects into useful things. That is how he started steampunking before he knew what it was.

Kickstarter - Frenchy and the Punk's New CD Project, Studio-bound to record the follow up to Hey Hey Cabaret! The CD will be bursting with new tunes to fill your ears and heart with! Ends March 26.

Free e-book - The Irizinium Priestess By Moira Hodgkinson, Once a Priestess of the great Metalwork Palace, a great engineer and sculptress, Lady Solivante is a wretched, beautiful shadow of who she used to be. Infected and craving blood-iron, she can only take comfort now in the touch of flesh against her metal as her time runs out.

Free e-book - Before the Chase: An Anthology By Dara Fogel, Imagine a bold world in which descendants of an ancient mystical order secretly struggle to keep the forces of darkness at bay, utilizing every means and device at their disposal. Magic, mystery and strange technology beckon from beyond the limits of history and belief.

Free e-book - Sparks - Tales from the Provinces By Joseph Bouchard, Welcome to the Provinces. This anthology contains 6 flash-fiction stories set within an engaging steampunk sci-fi style world. You will meet key players in my upcoming novels, both heroes and villains, as they struggle through important moments in their lives.

Free e-book - Little Agnes and the Shopkeeper Sham By Stella Drexler, An idiotic shopper meets the dodgy and precocious Little Agnes Crowley and her animated clockwork cadaver, Vic, at the Grand Opening of Mr. Begum's House of Oddity and Curios of Dubious Origin and is delighted by the collection of Scalp Extrapolators, death rays, gauntlets and the mysterious Mutable Impetus Cannon.

Free e-book - Morgan vs The Invaders from the Mirror Dimension By Lloyd Robert, Young Morgan just wants to do what is right. Doing what is right for his family and his world. When Alex Morgan is faced with the mystery of the appearance of the Mirror Men he rushes to investigate. Alex's life changes as well as other things. Will Alex have the strength to do what he thinks as right?

Call for artists - STEEL CITY STEAMPUNK Juried Exhibition, submit your work for the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center’s 2014 steampunk exhibition. This campus-wide event will attract visitors from all over the country and provide an inclusive and educational source of fun for the Southern Colorado area and beyond during the summer of 2014. Our guest juror Art Donovan, renowned artist and author of “The Art of Steampunk”, will choose artists to exhibit their artwork for this event, as well as one of the two cash awards that will be offered for the Steel City Steampunk Juried Exhibition.

Brass - a pop-up restaurant by The Steampunk Chef, March 31 — at Supino Pizza Seatings at 6 PM and 8 PM, Dining is by reservation only; Availability is limited to 24 people per seating.

Anachrocon Reorganizes Amid Controversy Surrounding Chairman

Exclusive! Jay Noel’s THE DRAGONFLY WARRIOR Excerpt at Beyond Victoriana

What is Steampunk? by Andre Savetier, covering the origins of steampunk


February 17 - February 23, 2014
Touring Steampunk Paris by SJ Chambers and Arthur Morgan

Art - Steampunk Train by wolfblueeyes at deviantart.com

Carlsbad mall security banishes steampunk group, "Over 40 people in steampunk garb (Victorian dress meets sci-fi/time traveler) were turned away from the Westfield Plaza Mall in Carlsbad on February 9 — mall security told them to leave because they were breaking the mall’s “code of conduct.”"

ABC 10 News - Steampunk group says they were escorted out of Carlsbad mall because of their clothing

Steampunk Carousel Outing Cut Short By Security Guards - Did Mall Overreact To Steampunk Meet Up?

Petition for a public apology from Westfield Plaza Mall, and from District general manager Becky Smith for the treatment a number of steampunks received from mall security on February 9, 2014.

Artist Brian Kessinger wins PORTAL Design contest, "Brian's winning design is entitled "The Cake is a Fabrication" and depicts Portal heroine Chelle in steampunk style, complete with dimension-jumping cephalopod action. It's a beautiful piece of stylized fan art that merges steampunk with gaming lore."

Free Kindle book on March 5 and 6 - The Journals of Thaddeaus Shockpocket - Albion 77 by Henry Walton. "Thaddeaus Shockpocket is Henry’s first book series for young adults. "


February 3 - February 9, 2014
Free ebook - The Mrs. McGillicuddy Mysteries, the Series By K.H. Koehler, Prepare yourself for a world where supernatural creatures and steampunk technology collide!

Free ebook - Cat and Mouse By Joshua (J.E.) Dyer, A short story taking Steampunk out to sea. The crew of the USS Endeavor are caught in a match of wits and stragegy.

Free ebook - Little Agnes and the Ghosts of Kelpie Wharf By Stella Drexler, Lovable, precocious and clinically insane young scientist Agnes Crowley and her ubiquitous companion, Vic, a re-animated clockwork cadaver, investigate the mysterious ghosts of Kelpie Wharf, but to uncover the secrets of the wharf, they must face an army of werewolves, bogeymen, revenants, bog monsters, Spring-Heeled Jacks and other legendary monsters of lore.

Free ebook - Ruby Celeste and the Ghost Armada By Nicholas J. Ambrose, **ADULT** Prepare to enter a dangerous place—the world of sky pirates!

Free ebook - Clockwork Nessie By Claire Gillian, An intrepid young woman in pre-World War 1 Scotland, who prefers science to matrimony, discovers a world of incredible secrets her late father was keen on hiding from her. Clockwork Nessie is a short story featuring steam-powered inventions, monsters, pirates and handsome scientists.

Art - No one expects the Imperial Inquisition! - WH40000 by alberti

Art - Pain Is Righteousness Entering The Body by xXAnemonaXx

Submission Guidelines for THE SEA IS OURS: TALES OF STEAMPUNK SOUTHEAST ASIA

2014 Steampunk Chronicle Valentine eCards! "Send your sweetie a free steamy Valentine courtesy of Steampunk Chronicle. Once again we have teamed up with great artists for the Steampunk Chronicle 2014 Valentine's eCard. Just fill out your infomation and your intended will have one of five Steampunk themed Valentine's eCard lovingly delivered to their inbox. Send as many as you want! Tell your friends! Tell your loves! Tell you enemies how much you love to be enemies!"

Win The Jupiter Chronicles, Win the first two books in The Jupiter Chronicles series’ The Secret of the Great Red Spot and The Ice Orphan of Ganymede.

Coming soon - The Ice Orphan of Ganymede, Book Two of the Children’s Steampunk Series, The Jupiter Chronicles

Instructables - Steampunked Talking Book

Instructables - Hemisphere keyboard

Instructables - Secret Server, server hidden in a book

Instructables - Nixie Lantern Clock

Free Kindle ebook - Clockwork Looking Glass by Michael Rigg, free only between Feb 10 and Feb 14th, 2014. Clockwork Looking Glass follows the journey of “Alice” as she struggles to make sense of her surroundings, piecing them together with the strange visions and nightmares that are her only link to who she really is. It's a fantasy set in an alternate reality, an urban Steampunk universe that moves from the bronze and iron towers of New Yorke and haunted Philadelphia to the plantations of Louisiana, the Citadel of Thinking Machines and finally to the key that could bring Alice home... or destroy everything: Atlantis.

Art - Mr. Lunger's Splendiferous Stovepipe by 47ness


January 27 - February 2, 2014
Steampunk Hands Around the World - Welcome!, the global event has begun and takes place during the whole month of February 2014

Steampunk Hands Around the World - Official Links Page

Mechanical Kingdoms: Steam-Driven Visions of a Victorian Future, February 22, Disneyana on Main Street, U.S.A. inside Disneyland® park, Join us as we welcome artists, Dave Avanzino, Jim Crouch, Jeremy Fulton, Brian Kesinger, Noah, Mark Page, Michael Peraza and Javier Soto at Mechanical Kingdoms, featuring conceptual designs and ideas for an array of inventive vehicles, machines and gadgets, does share some of the same inspirations as steampunk, most prominently a fascination with the extravagantly inventive visions of tomorrow expressed by such Victorian futurists as Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. So don your petticoats and bustles or your suits and old military storm coats, pull on your brass goggles, dangle your ray gun from your hip and get ready for an adventure that takes us forward into the past, as seen through the eyes of Disney artists and designers.

Prologue to New Novel in the Pat O’Malley Steampunk Series, Jim Musgrave’s best-selling Pat O’Malley Steampunk Mystery Series has announced the new book being created, and it continues Detective O’Malley’s confrontation with the strange Society living beneath Central Park.

Blog - Why is February 2014 International Steampunk Month?

Indiegogo - Alice Of Wonderland Trading Card Game, We have created the Alice Of Wonderland Trading Card Game with easy and simple game rules for all age levels to be able to play. Our game consists of characters based on a Steampunk Wonderland world, and also includes other fairy tale characters in the public domain that have been re-imagined.

Art - Ral Zarek by deschamps. Illustration from Magic the Gathering's Duel of the Planeswalkers.

Art - Steampunk Batman/Joker by Crazylegs76, for Steampunk contest at CG Hub

Art - Wolverine Steampunk Redesign by artina

Art - Steampunk Character sketch by VinodRams

Art - The Steampunk Harem by AlyFell

Blog - Punks of Steampunk, "a well thought out study of how we are "punking" traditional views and ideas on everything from period accuracy to how we view being physically challenged or other gendered. It is a wonderful piece of work that really shows how huge, international and Splendid this genre/community is."

Blog - This Thing Called Steampunk at Steampunk Tourist

Blog - Vintage Art Works, paper sculptures by Lance Oscarson

Kickstarter - Shadowbinders Book II, The Shadowbinders webcomic has been online for nearly four years at www.shadowbinders.com. Thanks to Kickstarter, we funded a print collection of the first six chapters in 2012. That book is nearly sold out. Now we're looking for your help to produce a follow-up -- SHADOWBINDERS: Book Two! Ends March 7.

Free ebook - The Nephele Ship: Volume One - The Frozen Workshop, By Luke Shephard, After a catastrophe that covered half the world in inhospitable ice, a team of treasure hunters finds a lead about a mysterious workshop said to contain miraculous and wondrous inventions that could be worth fortunes.

Free ebook - The Orderly By Louise Stanley, Kostya Prilukhov volunteered to fight, but ended up swabbing floors and making tea in a hospital. When he meets the enigmatic Captain Piech, an offer to see the front ends up as a lot more

Free ebook - Abigail Abernathy: All-Night Analytical Engine Analyst By TR Goodman, All Abigail Abernathy wants is a respectable job where she can put her knowledge of analytical engines to use. The Royel Trading Company of Bristol provides her with just such an opportunity, but not everyone is pleased to have her aboard.

Free ebook - Tales of Calopa: The Fahlworth Papers By Xero Reynolds, Savior. Visionary. Genius. Monster. No other name can inspire such awe and fear for those living on Calopa as does "Absalohm". However, one man alone does not an empire make. What of those who worked hand in hand with Absalohm to usher in the technological renaissance? What part did celebrated inventor Jeremiah Fahlworth have to play in Absalohm's madness?

Free ebook - The Gilded Gun: An Aetheric Artifacts Prequel By Wendy L. Callahan, Before she was the icy, jilted ex-fiancée in The Chronos Clock, Demetra Ashdown was very much in love with Lord Francis Winterton, who was just as smitten with her. So why did he have to fight so hard to win back her affections three years later? Because of the infamous incident with “the gun”.


January 20 - January 26, 2014
February Steampunk events posted at TOR

Kickstarter - Steampunk Nixie Clock by Kyle Miller at TGT Studios. Handmade Steampunk Nixie Clocks in black walnut, brass, copper and chrome. Blending the 1950's with the 1850's. Fully programmable. Ends Feb 23rd.

Kickstarter - Steampunk for Simpletons A guide for folks who aren't sure what steampunk is all about, by Travis I. Sivart and Wendy L. Callahan. New folks discover steampunk each day, and often their first question is, "What is steampunk?", and their second question is, "What do you do?". Ends Feb 20th

Kickstarter - Boston Metaphysical Society - Steampunk Comic by Madeleine Holly-Rosing. An ex-Pinkerton detective and his spirit photographer partner battle supernatural forces in late 1800's Boston. Ends Feb 21st

Watch - Steampunk Music - Steam Mechanics by Brandon Fiechter

Watch - What is Steampunk? - The TeslaCon Panel by Steampunk Chronicle

Watch - Spieldose (Steampunk Music)

Slideshow from Her Royal Majesty's Steampunk Symposium 2014

Nomination time - Steampunk Chronicle 2014 Readers Choice Awards, Here is your chance to let the rest of the Steampunk community know your opinion on the best of Steampunk this year. Nominations phase – Starts in January through February 28, 2014. Voting Phase – March 15 – April 12, 2014


January 13 - January 19, 2014
Steampunk Hands Around the World, the official announcement on Airship Ambassador about a global event taking place during the whole month of February 2014

Airship Ambassador interview with Jonathan Burgess, author of Chasing the Lantern

Jonathan Burgess, part 2

Jonathan Burgess, part 3

Art - Steampunk Narwhal

Watch - The Makers, video by Pecktec from Teslacon IV

Watch - Lies Of The Machine - The dishonorable death of the honorable Captain Vasilij, LOTM is a fresh, new band from the heart of Eastern-Europe, Hungary, centered around an alternate history steampunk world. Our music is an amalgamation of several genres

Watch - The Gin Song - The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing

Read - A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway, As part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, handcuffed and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes.

Read - Shadowdance: The Darkest London Series: Book 4 by Kristen Callihan, Life has been anything but kind to Mary Chase. But the Society for the Suppression of Supernaturals has given her purpose. Now she's been tasked with catching a vicious murderer dubbed the Bishop of Charing Cross. But someone is already on the case-and the last thing he relishes is a partner.

Read - Perdido Street Station by China Mieville. Beneath the towering bleached ribs of a dead, ancient beast lies New Crobuzon, a squalid city where humans, Re-mades, and arcane races live in perpetual fear of Parliament and its brutal militia. The air and rivers are thick with factory pollutants and the strange effluents of alchemy, and the ghettos contain a vast mix of workers, artists, spies, junkies, and whores. In New Crobuzon, the unsavory deal is stranger to none—not even to Isaac, a brilliant scientist with a penchant for Crisis Theory.

Read - Airborn by Kenneth Oppel. Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the skies

Read - Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. The great traction city London has been skulking in the hills to avoid the bigger, faster, hungrier cities loose in the Great Hunting Ground. But now, the sinister plans of Lord Mayor Mangus Crome can finally unfold.

Listen - Krypton Radio's interview with Thomas Willeford, episode 46

Read through the online RPG thread for Steampunk Mars 2 In the year 1878, the discovery of the Phlebotinum Reactor enabled mankind to travel the luminiferous aether between worlds. Exploratory voyages were launched by adventurous souls from around the world. The moon turned out to be a disappointing dusty plain devoid of interesting features, while Venus was a dense fetid jungle teeming with virulent diseases. But on Mars mankind found a populous, ancient civilization of a new race of humans. The race was on for the earthly powers to carve out niches to explore and exploit this new frontier. It is now 1880, and the scramble for Mars is on!

New online RPG - Steampunk in Space

Read - The Aether Chronicle #4 by Leslie Orton at the Steampunk Writers and Artist Guild

National Tour of Steampunk-Inspired The Fantasticks Opens Jan. 17 in Rapid City

Lego steampunk spider, based on Arliss Loveless's tarantula contraption from the movie version of The Wild Wild West

Review - Mike Resnick's The Doctor and the Dinosaurs By Sandy Amazeen

Listen - Jim Musgrave joins Authors on the Air, Jim is the author of the Steam City Pirates and the critically acclaimed Pat O’Malley series.

Steampunk Maleficent dragon to star in new Festival of Fantasy parade at Walt Disney World

fanzone art nov winners - anime steampunk!

One low steampunk chopper, ground hugging motorcycle when parked

Artwork Gallery at Steampunker.De


January 6 - January 12, 2014
Steampunk Hands Around the World, the official announcement on Airship Ambassador about a global event taking place during the whole month of February 2014

DC Comics Goes Steampunk This February with 20 Killer Covers

Steampunk Symposium announces Guest of Honour – Emilie P Bush

Watch - Eugen - The steampunk musical, Short musical premiered at the 22nd Days of Croatian Film.

Watch - AURELIA: Edge of Darkness Season Two Trailer, In the second season of this steampunk fantasy web show, the citizens of Aurelia must confront the challenges raised by bringing a supernatural power into their scientific world. Join the show at theatrics.com/aurelia and help tell the story!

Watch - DIY Vibratory Tumbler, a view from Jake Von Slatt's workshop

Watch - The Wizard of OZ: A Steampunk Adventure

Watch - DEDALES EPISODE 1


December 30, 2013 - January 5, 2014
Blog - European Steampunk Music

Read - A Steampunk's Guide to the Apocalypse by Margaret Killjoy

Read - Steampunk Fashion by Spurgeon Vaughn Ratcliffe

Read - The Mammoth Book of Steampunk by Sean Wallace

Read - Gossamer Wing by Delphine Dryden

Read - A Red Sun Also Rises by Mark Hodder

Watch - The Great Promenade of Fools & Ghosts by Marquis of Vaudeville

Watch - A Shell of a Man by The Melting Clock

Watch - Memorabilia 7 by Josh Bauder

Watch - The Royal Navy Explorer by Michael Ghelfi

Watch - Soulless book trailer, by Bruno Accioly from Brazil

Art - Steampunk City by ?????? ?????????

Art - Steampunk Characters by Georges le Mercenaire

Art - Too Much Good Stuff by Daaakota, Sherlock Holmes and Steampunk Iron Man

Art - Flapursity by Aleksandr Nikonov

Art - Departure of The Borealis by Christophe Vacher

Art - Airship by Marcus Luk

Indiegogo - The SteamAble Wheelchair Project, by ModVic, Help us construct a retro-futuristic Steampunk Wheelchair for a 14 year old boy with Muscular Dystrophy and begin construction of other assisted living devices. We want to modify a wheelchair to take it from 'functional' to 'awesome'. It is our belief that this highly customized wheelchair will help the recipient Kyron, the 14 year old boy with Muscular Dystrophy who inspired this project. Ends February 27, 2014

Mad Raven's Steampunk Poker Deck, This beautiful poker deck features Steampunk/Victorian artwork and notable Victorian personalities. Great for use with the GLAS LARP system or just a fun night of cards with your Steampunk friends!

Blog - 5peculative 5cholar's Top 5 Steampunk Reads of 2013

Announcing Season 2 of Aurelia, "The energy crisis is over, but the battle has just begun." This experimental steampunk fantasy web show on the Theatrics platform returns for another season of stories. It's time for you to get involved.

DIY Secret Book of Sinister Potions

Sepiachord - Circus at the End of the World/Steampunk New Year's Eve 2014 playlist


December 23 - December 29, 2013
Airship Ambassador interview with Mark Jason Page, steampunk artist and Disney Imagineer

Airship Ambassador interview with Mark Jason Page, part 2

Watch - video interview with the Airship Ambassador, filmed at Teslacon IV, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Read - Steampunk Tarot: Wisdom from the Gods of the Machine by John Matthews

Read - Tin Swift by Devon Monk

Read - The Secret of Abdu El Yezdi by Mark Hodder

Read - Steampunk Sourcebook by M. C. Waldrep

Read - Steampunk Jewellery by Carolyn Schulz

Art - Steampunk Submersibles by mancub on Conceptart.org

Art - Steampunk Landspeeder by Nick Moller at CGSociety.org

Art - Clockwork Universe sculpture and clock by Tim Wetherell

Art - Steampunk robot concept by Toni Justamante at Deviantart.com

Art - Steampunk Jack and Sally by Don Higgins, A private commission for a Steampunk themed Jack Skellington, Sally, and Zero

Listen - The Death of the Cog by The Cog is Dead

Listen - The Aurora, track 2 from the steampunk film, Aurora

Watch - Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) by Reginald Pikedevant

Watch - Cracked Monocle - I'm Steampunk and I Know It by Daniel Burrow

Watch - The Violet Steam Experience - "Prometheus" from the album The Violet Steam Experience, Équinoxe Records/Nova MD 2013

New blog - The Parasol Protectorate's Tentacle and Treacle, Recipes for the Victorian Household

Pure Steam RPG now released, The Pure Steam campaign setting is set in the age of steam, and is fully compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. This book has everything you need to add some steam to your game. The Federated States of Ullera serve as the launching point for endless adventure.


December 16 - December 22, 2013
Airship Ambassador blog - Supporting Steampunk

Aetherfest III registration is open, happening November 21-23 , San Antonio, Texas, USA

Interview with the creators of The Station in Second Life, a floating club

Blog - The Best Steampunk Fashion and Art 12/16/13

Review - Steampunk Trails #1, a new magazine by David B. Riley.

Blog - Steampunk artist’s palette is nuts and bolts,

Read - In Her Majesty's Name: Steampunk Skirmish Wargaming Rules by Craig Cartmell

Read - Dream London by Tony Ballantyne

Read - Steampunk Revolution, editor Ann Vandermeer

Read - Romulus Buckle & the Engines of War by Preston, Richard Ellis, Jr

Read - Cold Copper by Devon Monk

Art - Next Stop by magicsart at Deviantart.com

Art - Her Majesty Air Fleet - Pirates by Vladislav Laryushin at renderu.com

Art - Klik Orbis Observer by Chris Miscik at Deviantart.com

Art - First Men in the Moon by DesHanley

Art - Kevin Mowrer's Steampunk Motorcycle

Art - Passage by Ignis Ferroque at Deviantart.com

Watch - Progress, episode 1, a ten episode web series. Victorian England has a steam-powered internet and Jack the Ripper is posting his crimes on the web. It's a Sherlockian cyber-thriller and a game of riddles to decipher the identity of the Whitechapel Murderer.

Watch - Progress, episode 2

Watch - Progress, episode 3

Watch - Teslacon Newsreel 2, continuing coverage of Teslacon IV by Steampunk Chronicle

Watch - Ghostfire's The Last Steampunk Waltz

Blog - 12 Days of Christmas: A Steampunk Guide to Christmas Music

An airship has landed at Cardington Shed 1, new airship technology returns to England


December 9 - December 15, 2013
Interview - The Dead Flowers Case, part 2,

Watch - Teslacon News Reel 1, see highlights from Teslacon IV, The Congress of Steam

Review - The Steampunk Adventurer’s Guide

Steamcon VI registration is open

Kickstarter - Steampunk World: A multicultural steampunk fiction anthology, a showcase for nineteen authors to flip the levers and start the pistons and invite you to experience the entirety of steampunk. Ends January 8th.

Kickstarter - Fairy Tales vs. Monsters, Snow White,Cinderella and Red Riding Hood stand against Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman in a steampunk world. Ends January 9th

Art - Steampunk Spiral Time, by Diarment at Deviantart.com

Art - Steampunk - To sail the sky, by Jacklionheart at Deviantart.com

Art - Red Steam, by neibeis at Deviantart.com

Art - Steampunk emerald choker, by Pinkabsinthe at Deviantart.com

Art - Steam-Aeolian Airship, by Cinvira at Deviantart.com

Read - How to Draw Steampunk by Joey Marsocci

Read - The Red Plague Affair by Lilith Saintcrow

Read - The Doctor and the Dinosaurs by Mike Resnick

Read - The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blaylock

Read - The Mammoth Book of Steampunk editor Sean Wallace

Fashion - Caribbean Steampunk by Coleria at Deviantart.com


December 2 - December 8, 2013
Airship Ambassador interview with the creators of The Dead Flower Case

Concordium magazine #2 now available

Blog - Steampunk Events for December 2013

James Ng Art is now on Facebook

Art - Airship Cadillac

Art - Gladiator Story 2 by Aleksandr Kuskov

Interview - Ann VanderMeer

Interview - Tom and Kambrea Pratt from Shadowbinders

Watch - Steamworks & Shadows Episode 3: The Masquerade

Steamcon - donation pledge level announced

Art - Montblanc steampunk style fountain pens

Steampunk Tarot mobile phone app, for iPhone and Android

Gift idea - diving helmet cufflinks

Interview with Bill Willingham, talking about his new work, Legenderry

Legenderry Character images, from Bill Willingham

Steampunk Symposium call for bands and entertainers

Art - An Expedition from the Nautilusby Dave McCamant

Review - Sundark: An Elle Black Penny Dread

Art - Pure Steam Steam Tank by 47ness at Deviantart.com

Art - Illusion by mamiboo at Deviantart.com

Wahkan issue #1 Cover by stephane-richard at Deviantart.com

Steampunk artwork by artist Eric Fan

Art - Old Watch Parts To Craft Tiny Intricate Steampunk Sculptures

Watch - Nimbus Machina, Onboard a gigantic steam machine, a pilot tries to flee the monstrous storm he created.

Blog - Steampunk Books Coming Out in December 2013


November 25 - December 1, 2013
Airship Ambassador review of Teslacon IV ,

Airship Ambassador - A Tribute to Richard Nagy ,

Steampunk Magazine - Madeline Foxtrot interviews the Airship Ambassador, part 1

Steampunk Magazine - Madeline Foxtrot interviews the Airship Ambassador, part 2

Read - Steampunk Poe by Edgar Allan Poe

Read - Clockwork Angels: The Novel by Kevin J. Anderson

Read - Steampunk: An Illustrated History of Fantastical Fiction, Fanciful Film and Other Victorian Visions by Brian J. Robb

Read - Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess by Phil and Kaja Foglio

Read - International Steampunk Fashions by Lisa Griffiths

Kickstarter - Tinker Steampunk Web Series, Prepare for a high-flying steampunk adventure in this all-new Sci-Fi / Fantasy series about a pair of talented inventors called, the TINKERS. Set in an alternate history timeline that picks up in the late nineteenth century, the story follows the lives of the Tinkers, a father/daughter engineering duo, in San Francisco of the Northwest American territory. Ends Jan 3, 2014

Kickstarter - Pacemaker: A Steampunk Novel, Pacemaker is a Steampunk/Historical Fiction trilogy that follows the lives of Ada Lovelace and Henry Babbage. Ends January 10, 2014

Kickstarter - Joy Kill Club, This is a story of the worlds best assassins in a steampunk world. They are charged with keeping peace at all costs. Ends December 16th

Kickstarter - Noble Beast Classics — Creating Interactive Literature, enhanced, interactive and immersive cervions of classic stories. iPad, Web and Android (stretch goal) Ends December 12th.

Kickstarter - Zeppeldrome: The Humorous, Hazardous Dirigible Rally, A humorous, puzzle, screw-your-neighbor game with a hazardous, modular board; and cards used to help you or mess with your opponents. Ends December 15th.


November 18 - November 24, 2013
Airship Ambassador interview with Richard Preston, part 2, steampunk author of Romulus Buckle and the Engines of War

Watch - World of Steam, The Clockwork Heart, Episode 1, "Hieronymous Smythe has lost his wife, and tries to rebuild his shattered heart"

Kickstarter - Crimson Rhen of The True North, Steampunk! Fantasy! Adventure! It's like those 1980s adventure movies you used to love, but as a COMIC... plus airships and magic! Early pages of Crimson Rhen appeared on the Shadowbinders.com website several months ago. Ends Dec 12th

Kickstarter - The Clock Maker's Legacy, The Clock Maker’s Legacy is a steampunk fantasy adventure set in a unique universe that is filled with wonder and rich with history.. Ends Dec 1st

Kickstarter - Machina Arcana, Machina Arcana is a cooperative steampunk horror board game for 1-4 players. An immersive and dark, turn-based tactical game. Ends Dec 24th

Kickstarter - The Littlest Clockwork, a steampunk children's book, An illustrated tale of a boy who wants to fly the family airship & the clockwork girl who helps him find his way home. Kid steam-punk! Ends Dec 11th

Kickstarter - Windforge, CONTRA meets MINECRAFT in a building-block RPG! Explore an ever-changing steampunk world featuring Airships & Sky Whales! Windforge is a 2D building block RPG that seamlessly combines gameplay like Contra with the freedom and building of Minecraft. Build airships and explore hostile skies in an ever changing Steampunk world. Ends Dec 6th

Kickstarter - MONSTER OF THE SKY - Mythic Steampunk Film Post-Production, A mythic Steampunk tale of love and revenge, mashed up with modern motion-capture animation and traditional puppetry! Monster of the Sky is a stunning Clockwork puppet film inspired by a Lord Byron poem and driven by the music of Stereo Alchemy. In a futuristic world of cogs and gearwork, young Sky falls in love and is swept off to the clouds by a winged prince, only to die on her wedding day. But the story doesn't end here - resurrected by mechanical ghosts, she becomes a goddess of vengeance who sets out to find her prince again. Ends Dec 14th

Art - Elo Steam Sparrow by elodie50a at Deviantart.com

Art - Kickstart2 by xelosuchiha at Deviantart.com

Art - Sign for Florida Steampunk Exhibition by IllustratorG at Deviantart.com

Art - Helium City by phantoms-siren at Deviantart.com

Art - League of S.T.E.A.M. DVD cover by shoomlah at Deviantart.com

Read - Kinslayer by Jay Kristoff. Book Two in Jay Kristoff's critically acclaimed Lotus War series that began with Stormdancer. The mad Sh?gun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The toxic blood lotus flower continues to ravage the land, the deadlands splitting wider by the day. The machine-worshippers of the Lotus Guild conspire to renew the nation’s broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously - by endorsing a new Sh?gun who desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead.

Read - Anatomy of Steampunk: The Fashion of Victorian Futurism by Katherine Gleason. From formal outfits to costumes crafted for the stage, from ensembles suited to adventure to casual street styles, steampunk fashion has come to encompass quite a few different looks. Many steampunk practitioners, rather than confining their vision to one European city, imagine steam-driven societies all over the world.

Read - Long Live the Queen by Kate Locke. Xandra Vardan thought life would be simpler when she accepted the goblin crown and became their queen, but life has only become more complicated. Everyone -- vampires, werewolves and humans -- wants the goblins on their side, because whoever has the goblins -- wins.

Read - Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephalopod by Brian Kesinger. A beautifully produced and richly illustrated book that showcases the day-to-day adventures of independent girl-about-town Victoria Psismall and her pet land octopus Otto. Thirty panoramic, full-page illustrations humorously chronicle the duo's home and social activities that include (among other things) bathing, biking, dating, cooking, playing croquet, and pumpkin carving. Accompanying text explains the "do"s and "don't"s of living with a large land octopus.

Read - The Executioner's Heart by George Mann. The fourth Newbury & Hobbes steampunk mystery from George Mann--the detectives are up against the most frightening villainess England has yet seen. The victim’s chest has been cracked open and their heart torn out. Bainbridge suspects there’s a symbolic reason for the stolen hearts, so he sends for supernatural specialist Sir Maurice Newbury and his determined assistant, Miss Veronica Hobbes.

The Girl Genius Paper Doll App is here!, get it for free from the iTunes store

Dead Flowers Case - giveawayWin 1 of 100 limited edition prints signed by artist Stephen Halleux

Article - That Time Jules Verne Caused a UFO Scare

Steampunk artist, Matt Silva, is on Syfy's Face Off, a competition/elimination series exploring the world of special-effects make-up artists and the unlimited imagination that allows them to create amazing works of living art.

RPG - Victorian Lost, a historical setting for Changeling: The Lost. This book contains information on the late Victorian Era, including both actual history and fanciful imaginings of this time.

Watch - Live Tea With Madeline Foxtrot! Teslacon 2013 Edition, See as Madeline Foxtrot Tackles the hot button issues in this first ever LIVE Tea with Madeline Foxtrot. Madeline: Defines Steampunk, discusses how to take a TRUE Steampunk photo, and interviews Austin Sirkin, Veronique Chevalier, and Lisa Hager!


November 11 - November 17, 2013
Airship Ambassador interview with Colleen Gleason, part 2, steampunk author of The Clockwork Scarab

Airship Ambassador return interview with Richard Preston, Jr, talking about his newest book, Romulus Buckle and the Engines of War

Review - The Boston Metaphysical Society

Kickstarter - The Dead Flowers Case, An eccentric and fascinating game for PC, Mac & Tablets in a steampunk universe by the producers of Syberia & Amerzone and S. Halleux. Ends December 8th.

Watch - The World of Steam - 2013 ComicCon Sizzle Reel, " a Twilight Zone-like webseries set in a Steampunk universe. " First episode on Nov 20th.

Watch - Amelia, a bittersweet story about a clock maker creating a companion, told in wonderful rhyme and visual filming

Watch - Jake von Slatt - The Steampunk Workshop, a tour of his Steampunk workshop area

Watch - Building a Steampunk Dining Table

Read - Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger

Read - Fiddlehead by Cherie Priest

Read - Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade

Read - The Clockwork Scarab: A Stoker & Holmes Novel by Colleen Gleason

Read - Fiendish Schemes by K. W. Jeter

Art - Kaguya, by VargasNi at Deviantart,com

Art - Louge Chair Punk,by Strangeknowledge at Deviantart,com

Art - Mechanical Prince,by KyogrePrincess16 at Deviantart,com

Art - Steampunk Batman, by R-Tan at Deviantart,com

Art - Uber Rpg Steampunk cover, by JMayura at Deviantart,com


November 4 - November 10, 2013
Airship Ambassador interview with Colleen Gleason, steampunk author of The Clockwork Scarab

Airship Ambassador interview with Colleen Gleason, part 2

Blog - Steampunk Isn’t Science Fiction by Lisa England

The State of Steamfunk, Part II!

Article - This Programmable 6,000-Part Drawing Boy Automata is Arguably the First Computer

(Nearly) 10 Quotables Overheard at TeslaCon






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