"Feed her to the sky!" Lang shouted.

    "Chain her to a bed in the brig!" Someone called and the rest cheered on. Arabella stood aloof in the corner with her eyes fixed on shadows cast from lamp light that moved to voices on the walls of the galley. David was in the middle of the crowd, writing down brainstormed ideas. 

    "Maybe get her a maid uniform!"

    So far, nothing sounded particularly nice. It wasn't that she expected them to vote for Charlotte…

I am sharing a few thoughts from the dark depths of my mind. The origin of Ruritania is to be found in a series of novels written by Anthony Hope in the 1890s. They are, of course, set in a fictional country located in the heart of Europe and were never meant to be expanded into any sort of basis for the strange, obsessive imaginations of others. Naturally, I accepted the challenge because I am strange and obsessive. What emerged was intended to be background material for use…

        "Enter" A soft low voice said from behind the fabric screen wall. David cleared his throat and entered through the doorway with Ara behind him. It had been two days since the Bloody Lotus had dumped Charlotte Bennet onto the P.A.S Nyctimene and David had taken it as an invitation. He rolled his shoulders back and shot Arabella a slow nod as she came up next to him.

      "Captain David Brattle of the P.A.S Nyctimene, my lady captain." Arabella announced and stepped…

Hi Folks:

Here's a quick message of thanks on The Jupiter Chronicles website with regards to the recent crowdfunding campaign.

Click here to read and please do!

I can't stress enough how awesome Brielle and Alexander have been to me. This is, by far, the best Steampunk group that I have been a part of…

So, I just got a 24-hour suspension from the chat for arguing that those who are happy with using the Laughing Moon Frock Coat pattern are ignorant to the fact that it doesn't create a real frock coat, and thus would not be happy if they were aware of the differences. I wouldn't back down from my position so they kicked me.

Now I sort of understand what Sator of cutterandtailor.com was up against and why he banned talk of costume tailoring. I have the first bit of sympathy for…

               It had been a month since Ara found herself in David's study. No...maybe it just felt like a month. There were no more questions about trust, no more dense silences, and sometimes Arabella felt as though the mutiny had all been a dream. Whoever David was on the S.S Silver Widow, was no longer around. Everyone seemed to get along ok and the although she had expected the idea of equal treatment to be more talk than practice, somehow, it worked and even felt natural. Jabber…

      "Relax." David said with his feet propped up on his desk and his hood over his eyes.

      "You want me to relax?"

      "Yeah, you're being loud." He replied in a slightly whiny tone as he dropped his hood down around his neck. Ara stared for a moment at a human skull that sat at the corner of his desk. "That's Peter. He was the captain of this ship before I was."

       "Where am I?" Ara crossed her arms.

       "The P.A.S Nyctimene."  She had…

Hi All,

The crowd funding campaign for a Steampunk Animated short based on The Jupiter Chronicles, is now live! In light of this, here is today's character spotlight:

Phobos of Mars

Phobos: Emperor Timor Phobos: Male, Martian, Height: 7’ Weight: 310 Description: Spitter Dino. Emperor…

Hey Chroniclers!

The Kickstarter crowd funding campaign for the animated film short based on THE JUPITER CHRONICLES is now live! Join Ian and Callie Castillo as they are rocketed to an imprisoned world powered by steam as they search for the answer to the one looming question that has plagued them for five years. . .

. . .why did their father…

        Bo'Dean goes to the tool box, and gets his cane out. His wasn't like Dusten's, in the fact that it was made of iron wood and had a ram skull on it, while Dusten's was made of Dog Wood. Big Louie's cane was also different, as the skull head on it was also not of a human, but was of a ox. "Why are ya'll's cane different from mine; why are there different heads?" asked Dusten. Bo'Dean replied, "I have a ram because I am head strong, Big Louie has ox because he's as strong as one, and…

     Arriving at the station, Dusten goes and asks for a ticket. Mick had given him a reaper's pass, which enables a reaper to travel on the train freely. The station master see's the pass and the tells him, '' you don't need a ticket boy, you got the pass, just hop on." Dusten 1st inspects the train, going to the head, where the locomotive was. Dusten was an engineer in his previous life, working for the W&A during the civil war, and as a supervisor for the newly built railway, the…

Hey Steampunkers:

I need your help. 

This link below will direct you to a tool called Headtalker.

1. Go to my campaign (https://headtalker.com/campaigns/jupiter-chronicles/ )

2. Click which social media account you want to support with (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or LinkedIn)

3. Click add support and follow the steps to authorize the post.

The message will…

     New reaper Dusten Blake Barefoot, walked into the headquarters of the underworld, also known as purgatory; to meet the board of death keepers, for his 1st assignment. The place of buisness was rather old, with rotten posts, declining roof top, and surrounded by crows. 

    He looks around to see if there is anyone else on their way there, other than him. Opening a tall door, with an elaborate emblem on it, he arrives inside to see a massive palace like grand hall. Dusten pondered…

Hi All,

As I mentioned previously, I’ll be launching a crowdfunding campaign for an Steampunk animated film short based on THE JUPITER CHRONICLES through Kickstarter. The epic family film will be produced by Magnetic Dreams (Iron Man: Extremis, Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers, Teenage Mutant Ninja…

     I have been polishing the Dirigible Pirates and preparing for epublishing.  The Pirates were originally published in episodic fashion in the 1980's through 1990's - being an early take on steampunk in a newsletter called The Agricultural and Mechanical Gazette.  I've corrected bits of inaccuracy here and there as well as throwing in bits of gratuitous sex.

     Tales from the Black Hart is also progressing well - somewhere north of 35,000 words…

     The bottle of bourbon lay empty next to her,

     Not a care on the world ...

     The bottle of rum lay empty on the desk,

     Gone...she's gone

     Never going back

     Never coming back

     Ara hiccupped with her cheek pressed against the wooden floor of the Rejected Gear.

     Charlotte groaned with her cheek pressed against the wooden surface of her desk.

     If Captain wanted her gone, that was fine. Who needs an…

I'm happy and honored to say I will now be doing 3 panels at this yearsTeslacon. The first two will be on Creative Electrical Component Integration in the Maker Room and the third will be Saturday and I'll be joining host Author John White, Cheryl and Jim Trent and Thomas Willeford, discussing meta-fiction. Here is the info I currently have and will update as I can. Please sure and get people to …

    On the corner of Commercial and Fourier st, a window became darkened with green curtains as a tall, French beauty with a heavy ray gun at her hip held the door open for Captain Cortez.

   "You're Dominique," He scanned her.

   "Keep your eyes on your treasure island." She grimaced and he walked past her with a chuckle sitting lazily at a table where Charlotte sat with Arabella behind her, blond hair tucked behind her ears with a red bandana in her hair and her legs…

             "Question for you, girl." The sailor leaned forward on his bar stool as Ara set the pints of ale down in front of them. "Could you tell me how loud the beds here squeak? Give me a squeal just for example."  His two mates laughed with him and fifteen year old  Ara glanced over to Mrs. McCarthy with an intense eye roll. The portly woman held her finger up which…

        There were gray clouds in the sky the day that Samuel and Zachary showed up at the captain's study. They were greeted by pats on the back and thick hugs and cheers. 

        "After Singapore, I was sent to Tokyo to keep an eye on Captain Meiling of the Bloody Lotus. That's where I found this sorry bloke, no joke, wandering into a ramen shop." Sam knocked Zachary one in the back as they all sat in the big room on Zachary's bed. Roderick explained everything that they…