We just got back from Dragon*Con 2015, and it was as fantastic as usual this year. I got to see some good friends, some good panels, and some really cool people. Although I did spend most of my time in the Space Track and Writer’s Track, I did get out enough to check out more than a few extraordinary costumes. You can see a few of the pictures at my other site.
Take a look at this cool steampunk Tesla watch from ThinkGeek. And it’s actually affordable. I’m not sure if the vacuum tubes really do anything other than light up, but it’s a nice effect. My only fear would be loosing the key used to actually wind the watch…
I wanted a pair of steampunk speakers as part of my ongoing project to steampunk-up my home office. Here are the steampunk speakers I ended up creating, which are mounted on the hutch above my desk. Do you like them? Well, you can have them! You just need to build them for yourself.
The article is over on Instructables.com, and has already been Featured by the Instructables editors!
What happens when you mix the Wizard of Oz and Avengers? Maybe something like this…
There are heroes, there are superheroes, and then there are steampunk superheroes! Hop on over to the article on MoviePilot.com to see more of these fantastic heroes of brass, gears, and steam.
Jaroslaw Jasnikowski is a surrealist famed for his amazing depictions of machines and airships. Here are just a few of his extraordinary fantasy airships! You can find more of his artwork online.
My dark science fantasy short story, The Door at Alley’s End, has now been published in the February 2015 issue of Beyond Science Fiction. If you want to check it out, and read some other good stories from a few lesser known writers, then go get yourself a copy at Amazon today!
This is a pretty fantastic animated short film: “A Gentleman’s Duel,” by Blur Studios. Hilarity and action ensues!
As historical footage / CGI mashups go, this one takes the cake! Using World War I archival footage, CGI, and probably some reenactment footage as well, this video shows what a real Martian War would have looked like in 1914.
The footage is from a History Channel mockumentary called “The Great Martian War” which I apparently missed seeing, somehow. If anyone knows where to get the show, let me know!
