One of steampunk’s more popular storyline settings is the Western (often falling/crossing over into “weird west”). Phoebe Darqueling’s latest, No Rest for the Wicked, is a fresh interpretation of the classic Western. In No Rest, the reader meets Viola, a … Continue reading Review of No Rest for the Wicked by Phoebe Darqueling
Steampunk Journal editor Phoebe Darqueling is releasing her second novel at the end of the month through Black Rose Writing. No Rest for the Wicked is the story of a con woman who is forced out of retirement in 1871 … Continue reading Get No Rest for the Wicked by Phoebe Darqueling for 15% Off until March 28
Ghost stories appear in the folklore of countries all over the world. But ghosts as we think of them today in America and the UK where the majority of Steampunk stories occur have their roots in Spiritualism. Some people treated … Continue reading The Rise of Ghost Stories in Victorian Literature
Whenever I explain Steampunk to the uninitiated, I have to say, “oh yeah, and also” several times to try to encompass it all. I usually get them on board when I go from Jules Verne to punking technology. But then … Continue reading An Introduction to “Spiritualism” and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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