What’s in a Name? There are many different terms for vampires (also spelled vampyre in English), such as vyrkolakas (Greek), Bulgarian and Macedonian вампир (vampir), Bosnian: lampir, Croatian vampir, Czech and Slovak upír, Polish wąpierz, and (perhaps East Slavic-influenced) upiór, Ukrainian … Continue reading A Guide to Victorian Vampires
I don’t usually court controversy. I do my best to stay out of the debates over whether or not something is “really” Steampunk because all they do is make me angry. Preferring instead to look at the things people have called … Continue reading Sorry Early Steampunk Adopters, Making it to the Party Early Doesn’t Make it Your Party
The promotional images for the new steampunk themed contest show have been revealed and they look splendid. Both contestants and judges are dressed in wonderful clothing and Thomas Willeford is even blinging (a term I find repulsive to use, yet extremely funny in this situation). Continue reading “Steampunk’d promotional photographs”
