Author Archive
Fiction: The Tailor of Time – Deborah Biancotti – Part Two
[As promises but a day later, here is part two of The Tailor of Time from the new anthology Clockwork Phoenix. Enjoy! – Jake] A tale of cosmic clockwork, "The Tailor of Time" is taken from the fantasy anthology Clockwork Phoenix, published in July by Norilana Books and for
Fiction: The Tailor of Time – Deborah Biancotti
[Today we have something special for you! A piece of short fiction presented in two parts from the new anthology Clockwork Phoenix. Enjoy! – Jake] A tale of cosmic clockwork, "The Tailor of Time" is taken from the fantasy anthology Clockwork Phoenix, published in July by Norilana Books and
Bruce Sterling – The User’s Guide to Steampunk

(Photo from Stephanie Booth's Flickr stream) This is either brand new or somehow snuck completely under my RADAR. It's a little essay by Bruce Sterling written, I think, for GOGBOT that describes what Steampunk is and he F&@%ing nails it! NAILS it! I say. He gets the community part
ANACHROTECHNOFETISHISM: Pre-Sale

Just a quick note that artifacts from our show tonight in Seattle are on pre-sale online right now! And yes, the Steampunk Strat is among them!
Tonight!! Opening in Seattle: ANACHROTECHNOFETISHISM

Long before the age of the internet, and well before the cold efficiency of the assembly line, existed fantastic and terrible machines, run on hope, sweat, and steam. It was a time in which form and function lived in sin, and everyman was a revolutionary. We are 13 American
A Quick note from TinkerGirl about Brass Goggles outage

Just a quick note to let you know what’s going on with the Brass Goggles Forum and website. Apparently BG’s success has pushed it over it’s web hosts (Fasthosts) CPU quota and the site has been suspended. Amanda and her tech staff are working on the issue. She also
Creative Commons License – Additional Rights Granted
Designs by Jake von Slatt on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license granted below: A commercial exception is granted for use of designs displayed on this website by the author Jake von Slatt for individual
Antipodean Steampunk Adventures

Cliff writes: Just thought you might be interested in one small part of steampunk in Australia. the photo is of my computer build, I have yet to add power supply, monitor, keyboard and mouse – but they are coming along nicely. Your work and your site are well
Jake on WIRED Science
Last year I had the privilege of taping a segment for WIRED Science with Chris Hardwick. As far as I know the piece never aired (“not sciencey enough” I heard through the grapevine! 😉 ) but it’s finally turned up on the WIRED Science website. There is a larger
CogitO
Luke writes: Sir, I have no idea what your personal politics are, but I feel that purely from a creative and professional point of view, you might enjoy this. We do indeed, Thanks Luke! As far as our personal politics are concerned, we find Obama and Biden somewhat conservative