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February 2, Kevin Steil, Washington, USA, Kick off Blog at Airship Ambassador, February 2, Paulo César Ramírez, Guadalajara, México, blog at El Investigador, also a full issue dedicated to the project February 2, Tuesday and every Friday; Josué Ramos; Spain, blog posts at MundoSteampunk.Net 2, and at least every week of the event, coverage in our Blog, and posting everyones web links on our page and groups February 2, all week; Steam Nath and Gema Román Steampunk Andalucía; Spain; blog “The Steam Engine”
February 3, Arthur Morgan, Paris, France, launch of vaporiste. wordpress.com and a couple of post during the month about french steampunk (in english)
February 3, Arthur Morgan, Paris, France, Blog at french-steampunk.fr
February 3, Karina Cooper, USA, blog at KarinaCooper.com
February 3, George P. Schnyder, Germany, every monday. Blogpost about steampunk in conjunction with tiny houses, furniture, decor and lifestyle. Posts will be in German and english. Wohnbu.de February 3, Diana Pho (Ay-leen the Peacemaker), USA, blog at BeyondVictoriana.com about charity and social good intiatives in steampunk. February 4, Balogun Ojetade, USA, blog at chroniclesofharriet.com about the Steamfunk and Dieselfunk Movement. February 5, Michael Coorlim, USA, blog at mcoorlim.com about lesser known 19th historical figures from around the world.
February 6, Fran Alfaya and Zelkova Carpinifolia, Spain, blog at Decimononic
turing a celebration of multicultural steampunk storytelling with the actors of AURELIA.
February 7, Paulo César Ramírez (possibly others like Araceli Rodríguez and Andrea Boglili ) blog at Mercenarios de DIOS
February 18, Judith and Christian Vogt & Ju Honisch & Oliver Plaschka, Frankfurt, Germany, Steampunk novel reading
February 7, Ray Dean ageofsteam.wordpress.com Post on the Steamed! Blog, Hawaii, USA
February 19, Ray Dean www. raydean.net Blog - Round Robin Q & A with steampunks around the world, Hawaii, USA
February 8, Marcus R. Gilman (Rauchfuss), Germany, blog at Daily Steampunk, English version (possibly podcast) February 13 Lee Ann Farruga, Canada, Blog, video, at Steampunk Canada February 14, Suna Dasi, Scotland, Video post at Steampunk India, Post on Facebook, Valentine’s Day Steampunk story February 14, Sally-Ann Livingston, England, photo shoot, blog, Navigatrix
February 16, Barbora Lyčková, Czech Republic, blog at Nebe plné vzducholodí (A Skyful of Airships) (Czech/English)
Fenruary 20. Jordan “Mr” Bodewell, USA- “Sounds Antique”~ steampunk music sepiachord.com Fenruary 24, Jay Noel www.jaynoel.com Blog: Multicultural Steampunk Books. “It Ain’t Just About Victorian England Anymore!” February 28, Kevin Steil, Washington, USA, Wrap up Blog at Airship Ambassador, Every day, Utelo Arpenteur de l’Infini, Paris, France, share an out-ofFrance steampunk page & post pictures of “steampunks inviting people to meet” on SteamRocket page George Penny, UK + International. Steampunk livestream with as many organisers as possible.
February 17, Lisa England, USA -Blog post fea-
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Fé de Erratas: El credito de autoria en el articulo sobre Elliot Ness, publicado en el numero 34 (Dieselpunk 10) pagina 31, es para nuestro colaborador:
Robber Leblancs
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By Kevin D Steil As mentioned in my recent blog, Supporting Steampunk, steampunk as a hobby and interest has affected people in different and mostly positive ways. Like many in our community, I enjoyed the forms and expressions of steampunk before it had a publicly used name.
It has brought people together to share ideas and passions, create opportunities, and most importantly, create new friendships and connections.
My bookshelves are full of written worlds, the walls covered with art, the closet filled with outfits and accessories. Better than all of that is that my email, postal box, and life in general, is filled with friends, colleagues, and professional associates.
Every day, there is an op Beyond ‘steampunk the portunity to meet someone new, hobby’, there is ‘steampunk the make new connections, and make people’, our community. As an in- new friends. terest, steampunk has brought me We go about our daily lives, into contact with the most amaz- ing people around the world, vir- doing our usual routines, being involved in steampunk in ways that tually and in person. suit our interests, time, and ability, and in all those things lurks the potential to create a wonderful bridge with other people. Fast forward twenty-plus years, and there are many more Simple comments of apexpressions of steampunk than preciation can spawn not just a anyone might have guessed at conversation, but a relationship. back in 1989. Despite steampunks being scat Individual interests became tered around the globe, we are not small group interests, and both alone, and thanks to the internet connected in those early and mid and various translation services, years online and to a lesser extent we are not separated in thought, in person. action, or speech. There were stories, movies, fashions, and decor which embodied neo-victorian, retro-futuristic, and techno-fantasy ideas. Once there was a name, courtesy of K.W. Jeter in the famous Locus magazine interview, it became easier to track down more information, any information, in the burgeoning internet.
It has become so much cation, and I want everyone else to see, enjoy, and participate in it, more than I had anticipated or dreamed of. I am deeply honored too. by everyone’s support and partici After talking with one friend pation. in Spain about various projects Steampunks are the most he was involved with, Steampunk A few conventions had live Hands started as a very tiny idea creative people I know, and what video feeds; other events had in my mind when I reached out to people have in mind to share in group instant messaging; and other creators in our community. February will not disappoint. there are more images and videos Put on your finest outfit, I thought maybe a hand- that a person could watch in a ful of people might be interested pour a cup of tea, and immerse month. in writing a blog about it, too. yourself in a trip around the It is that excitement about Instead, just three weeks later, world. Distance is not a barrier. our community, that unity, that and three weeks before the event Language is not a barrier. connection with other steam- launches in February. And remember, there are punks everywhere that I want to There are over 70 people potential friends in every convershare in my latest project, Steam- participating, and by the time you sation, just waiting to be met. Go punk Hands Around the World. read this and follow along for the out and meet them! month, there will many more. I see itEl everyday in es myuna re-publicacion Investigador con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. search, reading, and communi Because of physical distance, we might not be able to attend every event we wish to, but with today’s technology, we can still live vicariously and see what everyone is doing.
Within the plot, a lot of things are not what they seem to be which makes the book a captivating read, full of surprises.
Author. Aetherhertz starts with a Germany conspiracy, the birth of a child is covered up, and for a long time, I thought the conspirators were the main antagonists of the novel, but I She wrote two steampunk was wrong. novels: “Aetherhertz” and “Aetherresonanz” (both only in german).
Another positive aspect of the novel is the depth and attention to historical detail. The story is set in 1910, social structure, manners and mannerisms, and social norms are exactly as they were in Imperial Germany of the time, which is completely in keeping with the background.
She loves steampunk for all the obvious reasons: really nice people, beautiful clothes and awesome accessories. It is a way of thinking and seeing the world which has made her life richer.
This brings me to the setting and the plot:
Recently, a few collegues and her created a short film: “Aether affairs”, a teaser for a webseries.
The place is Baden-Baden, a mid-sized town in Southern Germany in the foothills of the Black Forest and one of the most popular spas of Imperial Germany.
The setting is out of her books and she´s extremely proud, that may be able to show it in February: look out for the “Evil Kraken” Aetherhertz by Anja Bagus, (rough translation Aetherheart, it is actually a bit of a pun based on the German word for heart and the unit of measurement Hertz) was the first complete German steampunk novel I read, and I still consider it the best, but I am getting ahead of myself.
The world of Aetherhertz is ours, it only started to change 10 years before the story begins.
At the turn of the century, around 1899, that is, rivers and lakes started emitting a strange mist, the aether and since then, the world has changed. Aether changes and mutates living things it comes into contact with to one degree or another, depending on the purity of the aether and the intensity and time of exposure,
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does not benefit her situation at all, especially since a lawyer is laying siege on her and her father’s estate. He wants to become the legal administrator of Doktor Rosenherz’ estate at least until Annabelle comes of age and would also love to see her marrying his favorite son.
but it also enabled tremendous technological progress.
She also has a secret to protect and both sons of said lawyer start courting her, one is a dashing soldier, an officer in a special unit employing aether technology, the other one is an art historian and very gifted inventor. it is set in Germany, which is not just filled with stereotypical All three, along with Anna- and badly portrayed Prussians, belle’s godfather and her best friend it is not even set in Prussia but are dragged into events surrounding rather in the Grand Duchy of the conspiracy and get into conflict Baden. with the criminal underground of Baden-Baden. The background offers a
The people who were changed by the aether are called “Verdorbene” (“The defiled”) and are shunned and ostracized from society. They also discover something else, something they, and the reader, were not expecting. This divide in society is also a factor driving the story. In short, Aetherhertz offers a unique setting and not just because The plot itself centers around Miss Annabelle Rosenherz, the nineteen year old daughter of a renowned and wealthy scientist who has gone missing during an expedition. Annabelle herself is interested in science, which is scandalous for a young woman of her station. Annabelle stumbles upon the outer layers of the conspiracy, through her research, which
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lot of detail, the plot is dynamic with a few, but not too many, twists. There are also a pinch of Shadowrun and some very steamy scenes in there for flavor. All in all, Aetherhertz is an excellent novel, especially considering it is Ms Bagus’ debut, and one no steampunk should miss, alas, at this moment, it is only available in German.
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ArcaneArmoury and The Navigatrix are a brother and sister team with separate online shops at Etsy. com. They are both trained modelmakers that now run their own businesses, designing and creating original Steampunk items. They have shared a stall for two years running at Europe’s largest Steampunk event, ‘Weekend at the Asylum’, run by the Victorian Steampunk Society. http://steampunk.synthasite.com/ Matt of Arcane Armoury says: “I’ve been an industrial model maker now for the best part of 16 years, working on film and television, exhibition and products, mostly building items designed by others. My Etsy shop is my chance to design and create props for sale to the public. “Why Steampunk? I just like the aesthetic. You can make anything out of plastic but there’s a weight and feel to an item that’s been crafted from brass and wood that gives an item both quality and durability. It harks back to materials that were used commonly in the Victorian era, adding an authentic appearance to designs that never were. I enjoy working closely with people on commissions for specific ideas that they have. For example, one popular type of commission is for customized ‘Harmonic Screwdrivers’. Another is for prop weaponry; a note about this - due to recent legislation,
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prop weapons are difficult to ship to some international countries.”
Matt welcomes all serious enquiries. He can be contacted through
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ArcaneArmoury Sally-Ann of The Navigatrix says: “I graduated with a Degree in Design Representation but after three years in the modelmaking industry, mainly working in architecture, realised that I was not utilising my creativity.
I retrained as a teacher and put my creative energies into my hobby of Live Roleplaying, which I’ve been doing for about 20 years. Around the time that Matt started his shop, a friend introduced me to the concept of Steampunk. I became inspired to put together a costume and created a character - being used to making characters with the help of LRP system guidelines, this was a strange experience.
There were no limits! I researched Steampunk costumes online and came up with the idea of a female navigator and so, The Navigatrix was born. I made a hairclip for my costume, realised that others might like them and asked Matt (knowing nothing of how Etsy works) if I could sell them in his shop. He just turned to me and said “ Why don’t you make your own shop?” I use materials mostly bought from local charity shops and because of that, every design is an individual work of art. I love the earthy, rich colours of Steampunk fashion and the creative freedom to allow fantasy to mix with history. Often, pieces inspire snippets of story that you can read in the item descriptions. Currently, I’m working on a range of tribal Steampunk which I have called the Aether Nomads range.” Sally-Ann does not currently offer commissions but is happy to do small alterations. She can be contacted through
“We support each other, by modelling, discussing designs, finding materials and sharing each others’ shops.
We have made many wonderful friends and collaborated with some amazing artists through working in this genre. We look forward to hearing from you!”
ArcaneArmoury’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ArcaneArmoury/327731790607003 Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheNavigatrix The Navigatrix on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Navigatrix-Steampunk-inspired-Original-Crafts/239246576161938?ref=hl Steampunk Share Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steampunk-Share-Pa ge/165519823610919?ref=hl Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheNavigatrix Blogs ~ Blogspot: http://thenavigatrixatetsy.blogspot.co.uk/ ~ Tumblr: http://thenavigatrix.tumblr.com/ Models: Georgina of Nevermore Dolls More photos on Instagram (http://instagram.com/thenavigatrix) and Izabela of Prior Attire, Multibarand Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/thenavigatrix/boards/) es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. relled RifleElforInvestigador ArcaneArmoury. www.etsy.com/shop/ArcaneArmoury’
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Arthur Morgan is a French steampunk enthousiast. Editor-in-chief for french-steampunk. fr, he has contributed to various publications in France and abroad (including the Steampunk Bible).
The imagery of steampunk has been endlessly fascinating since the creation of the genre in the 1980s.
Written by Stephen Barillier, indisputable French expert on the genre, and Arthur Morgan, co-founder of the French Steampunk community and editor in But what are its origins? And chief of French-steampunk.fr webwhat are its key works in literature, site, this guide provides an invenfilm or comic book form? tory of steampunk today, drawing, in particular, on interviews with Tim Powers, K. W. Jeter, James Blaylock, Greg Broadmore or Jess Nevins. This book is an introductory guide to the steampunk movement. Among the articles on literature, movies, music, comic books, the book gathers interviews of many renown characters of the subculture. Foreword by SJ Chambers.
He also manage French Steampunk facebook page and He is the co-author of Le Guide Steampunk by Etienne Barillier. Le Guide Steampunk Gigantic machinery driven by steam, heroes in top hats and monocles, heroines in crinolines holding parasols‌
Featuring interviews from Ann Vandermeer, James P. Blaylock, KW Jeter, Tim Powers, Greg Broadmore, Jess Nevins, Mark Hodder, George Mann, Captain Brown of Abney Park, Mike Perschon and artists from the French steampunk community.
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Rite of Passage is a Steamfunk movie collaboration destined to change the perception of historical fantasy. It’s the tale of the city of Nicodemus, Kansas and the special souls that have gathered to protect it. Based on a story by Milton Davis, Rite of Passage blends history, fantasy and Steamfunk into an exciting action movie that draws you into the mysterious, intriguing – and sometimes frightening – world of Rite of Passage and the even bigger adventure yet to come.
Balogun is the author of the bestselling Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering the Warrior Within and screenwriter / producer / director of the films, A Single Link and Rite of Passage: Initiation. He is one of the leading authorities on Steamfunk - a philosophy or style of writing that combines the African and / or African American culture and approach to life with that of the steampunk philosophy and / or steampunk fiction - and writes about it, the craft of writing, Sword & Soul and Steampunk in general, at http://chroniclesofharriet.com/. He is author of five novels the Steamfunk bestseller, MOSES: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman (Books 1 & 2); the Urban Science Fiction saga, Redeemer; the Sword & Soul epic, Once Upon A Time In
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Afrika, two Fight Fiction, New Pulp novellas - A Single Link and Fists of Afrika and he is contributing co-editor of two anthologies: Ki: Khanga: The Anthology and Steamfunk. Finally, Balogun is the Director and Fight Choreographer of the Steamfunk feature film, Rite of Passage, which he wrote based on the short story, Rite of Passage, by author Milton Davis.
BB BlackDog have become a live and also the SteamBand not to miss. punk Experience at Alt Fest. Using no overdubs, playing simple catchy music, remaining www.alt-fest.com fiercely independent, and powered by a rapidly growing, loyal band of Members: Axel Boldt, Drums.. supporters, BB BlackDog are differMolly May Hooper, Rythm Bass.. ent, and that’s a good thing. We run 3 Steampunk Events a Year at the Victorian Grand Pavil A Drummer and 2 bassists, lion Matlock Bath Derbyshire UK, tours of Europe, US and UK.
Dale Rowles, Lead Bass and Vocals.. Blutsvente Pulverfass Bass and Producer
Just people, trying to eat, from playing original simple enjoyable music, promoting steampunk, and running steampunk events in a fair,
Honest and open manner. A mix of German and English members. With Over 500 gigs, 76 original songs, showcases in Hamburg, Berlin, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Las Vegas, Denver, London, Birmingham and tours across 2 continents, countless Festival appearances, including, Bearded Theory, The Rock and Blues, Sonic Rock Solstice, CockEl Investigador es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. Rock, and many more,
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Judith Vogt, novel author, and Christian Vogt, physicist, are both fascinated by Steampunk and were awarded with the German fantasy award (Deutscher Phantastik Preis) for their joint work “Die zerbrochene Puppe” (The Broken Doll) in the category “Best German-language novel”. Last autumn, they (together with publisher Feder & Schwert) brought the short story project “Eis und Dampf” (Ice and Steam) to life via crowdfunding. The short stories take place within the 19th century world of the novel. The book contains not only Judith’s and Christian’s own stories, but also those of ten excellent German authors as well as two maps of an alternative ice age Europe.
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In February, during the project Steampunk Hands around the World, Judith and Christian will perform a reading in Frankfurt, together with two outstanding German authors, Ju Honisch and Oliver Plaschka, which both publish steampunk novels alongside their wonderful fantasy works.
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jewelry tonight with...’ has been underway since January 2012. Jose Francisco Alfaya was born in 1978 in Vigo (Spain) and lives in Madrid at present. Decimononic designs and manufactures unique creations, mainly handcrafted fine jewelry and accessories inspired by Steampunk, biomechanics, Art Nouveau, ancient civilizations, 19th century, industrial culture - making the old new and the new old.
With a professional background in Sales and Marketing, he has proven experience in SME internationalization (Subject Matter Expert)(B2B) and Managerial ment of Decimononic, a creative Positions. project in the field of artisan jew He has travelled through Af- elry inspired by steampunk established in 2010. rica, Asia and Europe.
Promoted by Irene Lopez and Jose Francisco Alfaya, Decimononic was created in 2010 as a creative project. Its members believe in the beauty of craftwork, the power of experimentation and the value of singularity.
Close to different underground scenes since the mid 1990s, Jose Francisco is an active member of both national and international steampunk scenes since 2010.
In this context, he spreads the steampunk genre as a blogger and featured writer. J ose Francisco’s main interests are music, literature, photography and technology.
As Managing Partner and From their headquarters in Also, he is fascinated by the Madrid, Spain, the Decimononic founder, he is responsible for the dark side of the Victorian era, Far crew are active members of the conceptual and strategic developnational and international Steampunk scenes, always willing to collaborate with other artists. Further, they spread the steampunk genre as bloggers and featured writers. In this quest aimed to pioneer singularity, Decimononic has developed a comprehensive aesthetic proposal based on exhaustive research and a mission of empowerment. The concept of steampunk jewelry is one of its main fields of interest and for this reason the brief interview series ‘Steampunk
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East Cultures, wuxia genre, and Dieselpunk with noir flavour. Irene Lopez was born in Guadalajara (Spain) in 1979 and currently lives in Madrid. With an Environmental Sciences degree by a prestigious Spanish university and some experience as scholar including two research stays at University of California (USA), she has a promising career as civil servant. Previously involved in some underground scenes, Irene has participated in the Steampunk community since 2010. She is one of the founders of Decimononic, a creative project in the field of artisan jewelry inspired by Steampunk; being Managing Partner, she is responsible for its creative and technical sides. As a firm believer in the DIY philosophy, Irene has always been interested in several handicrafts. She has training as silversmith and gradually improves her skills as pupil of the Argentinian jeweler Alejandro Allocco at present.
Decimononic was born in 2010 as a creative project. Our members believe in the beauty of craftwork, the power of experimentation and the value of singularity.
Besides metalsmithing, her main areas of interest are gasOur main sources of inspiration are Retrofuturisms, the darkest side tronomy, literature, music, phoof the Victorian era, biomechanics, industrial culture, Art-Nouveau, tography and modern history. ancient civilizations‌ making the old new and the new old. Irene is charmed by Dieselpunk and is always keen to learn about At present we focus our efforts in the design and manufacture of Investigador una publicacion concreations, tematica mainly retrofuturista de distribucion the Spanish Elcivil war and es World unique handcrafted fine jewelrygratuita. and accessories. War II.
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Diana M. Pho (Ay-leen the Peacemaker) is a scholar, activist, blogger, and general rabble-rouser. She earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her M.A. from New York University. For several years, she has traveled the country as a professional convention speaker about social justice issues and fandom. Her academic published work can be found in Steampunk Magazine: Issues 1 – 7, Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style, Steaming into a Victorian Future, the Journal of Victorian Culture Online, Overland magazine, and the upcoming anthology Like Clockwork, edited by Professors Brian Croxall and Rachel Bowser. Diana also wrote the introduction for the recently-published steampunk fashion book The Anatomy of Steampunk by Katherine Gleason. She has been interviewed about steampunk and its evolving subculture for many media outlets, including BBC America, the Travel Channel, HGTV, and the Science Channel; the websites Airship Ambassador, Racialicious, and NerdCaliber; and the books The Steampunk Bible, Steampunk: Reloaded, and The WisCon Chronicles Vol 5. Diana currently lives and works in New York City for Tor Books & blogs for Tor.com. Since March 2010 she is autor at http://beyondvictoriana.com a blog about multicultural steampunk and retro-futurism—that is, steampunk outside of a Western-dominant, EuEl Investigador es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. rocentric framework.
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After writing happily ever afters for all of her friends in school, Karina Cooper eventually grew up (sort of), went to work in the real world (kind of), where she decided that making stuff up was way more fun (true!).
icles, has been nominated for multiple RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards.
One part glamour, one part dork and all imagination, Karina is also a gamer, an avid reader, a borderline hermit and an activ She is the author of dark ist. She co-exists with a husband, and sexy paranormal romances, a menagerie and a severe coffee steampunk adventures, crossover habit. urban fantasy, and continues to When she isn’t writing, Kariwrite across multiple genres with mad glee. na is an airship captain’s wife and Steampunk fashionista. Her award winning steamShe lives in the beautiful punk series, The St. Croix Chron- and rainy Pacific Northwest with a husband, four cats, two rabbits, the fantasy of a dog, and a passel of adopted gamer geeks.
I stay at home because I’m a closet introvert, but I love going to cons and events because I’m a masochist—I mean, a trained extrovert. I grew up like some kind of wayward wanderer, moving every couple of years for no real reason, and those tendencies stuck.
Visit her at www.karinacooper.com, because she says so.
The Unofficial Truth I’m an author, a full-time writer with all the best parts and hard parts and insane parts that El Investigador es una publicacion conit.tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. come with
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You can see it in my career history: graphic designer, computer networking student, POW/MIA volunteer, retailer, author, and so on. As soon as I learned how to do a job well, I moved on to the next interesting thing. Fortunately for me (and you!), there is no measure of “enough” for writing. When I feel content with one genre, I move to the next, and back again when the next great idea hits. It’s the ideal job for a nomad in disguise! I have a mancandy, a fellow that doesn’t just let me stay at hope to type like mad but who supports my dream in doing so, and a passel of animals that make every day a fuzzy bundle of surprises (some of the bile inducing kind). I play video games—preferably MMOs and RPGs—and table top games, I come from a hardcore LARP background and a Hordecore WoW history, and if you don’t know what any of these acronyms mean, don’t worry: I still like you! Coffee addict, satsuma and cherry devourer, occasional vessel for Shabbith-Ka, and loud and proud geek girl, I’m happy to share my love of all the things with everyone. Frequently.
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There is this running joke among my friends and family that the next time someone asks me where I am from, I will answer with the name of some distant exotic locale, such as Sumatra, or Timbuktu. I recognize that I sometimes confuse people. They see my hijab (Muslim woman’s head scarf) and Muslim garb and assume I am from a far-away difficult to pronounce country. Then they hear me speak with a distinct New England accent and become confused. Then upon further inquiry, I proceed to blow away every single other preconceived notion. I was born in Rhode Island in 1970. The child of a U.S. Naval officer, I moved around a bit until I ended up in New Haven, Connecticut where I grew up.
I’ve been married to my husband for more than twenty years and have three amazingly intelligent and artistic children who outstrip me in every way possible.
I like video games, anime/ comics, reading, walking, Wii boxing, horror movies and zombies, and hanging out with my children.
I sew and along with my hus I work as an oncology nurse band, I maintain a pretty spectacuat a world renowned cancer center lar organic garden in my backyard. in Houston, Texas. I am an indie author with one published novel entitled An Unproduc My greatest love, aspiration, tive Woman. and avocation is writing. http://www.khaalidah.com I am a Muslim and I pray five times a day.
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steampunk to the attention of all Canadians through more conventional exhibits. Local efforts have included tea parties, photo-shoots on Parliament Hill, expeditions to carnivals and museums and mass costumed Known internationally as movie events. Countessa Lenora, Canadian Queen of Steampunk, Lee Ann Farruga is Steampunk Canada is a nathe founder of Steampunk Canada, tional organization to bring together a national organization bringing to- all steampunks across Canada. It is gether steampunks from across Can- a place for steampunks to find their ada. local groups, local events, artisans, and steampunk news. It provides a place for them to share their love of steampunk, to promote their local groups and to showcase their fine creations. It also works to educate the general public about this genre/community.
We are working to promote steampunk in a variety of venues including book signings, message boards, local events and conventions. We have brought steampunk to the attention of publishers and major media companies and we are campaigning to bring steampunk to the attention of all Canadians through more conventional exhibits. http://steampunkcanada.ca
Lee A. Farruga has many talents, lots of energy and, as Geeky Godmother, wants to help you achieve your goal, whether it’s organizing your home, editing your book for publication, promoting your project, or planning your event. With a wave of her sassy wand (and lots of elbow grease) your dream will come true, better than you can imagine! Founding member of Steampunk Ottawa and Founder of Steampunk Canada, a national organization bringing together local steampunk groups from across Canada. Promote this genre/community in a large number of venues including book signings, social media, local events and at conventions large and small. Conduct the genre and local groups to the attention of publishers and major media companies una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. and continueEltoInvestigador campaign toesbring
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resistance), claimed near total domination over his world. Our songs tell the tales of this land...from both sides. Our first EP, “Daemocog” was released in November 2013, and is available for free download from our Facebook page. The first song released from Daemocog:”The dishonorable death of the honorable Captin Vasilij” Thankfully, by the beginning of May, our ragtag group of misfits was finally brought together, and lo, Lies Of the Machine was formed. Centered around an alternate universe, where a ruthless warlord, nowadays just referred to as the Machine Lord (or “that damned rustbucket” by the Lies Of The Machine is the first steampunk themed rock/metal band of Hungary. The band was formed late spring of 2013 after a long and painful search for members. Why was it so long and painful? Because, whereas there were many musicians looking for a rock/metal band around that time, steampunk, as a musical genre (and actually, as whole) was quite unknown in our little country. Sure, there may have been a few people, who had some hazy ideas about what steampunk is (‘aren’t steampunks those fruity guys in those tall hats, with funny looking clothes? Ah, so lame...”), but the majority thought we want to create some kind of a twisted tribute to Sex Pistols.
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Members: Dauda Judit - Vocals Gubicza Klára - Keyboards and sampler Andó Gergely - Guitar, and booze! Csóré Milán - Bass Kristóf “Pitypang” Bence - Drums Buza “Don” Balázs - Voc, Harsh voc, general WTF on stage
Lisa Walker England specializes in original steampunk and fantasy adventure that blend serial storytelling and audience interactivity to explore epic worlds. In 2012, she launched her debut Rise of the Tiger, a 48-episode steampunk fantasy serial. In 2013, the serial spun off into AURELIA: Edge of Darkness, a collaborative A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lisa also blogs at lisawalkerengland.com, teaches on fantasyand steampunk-related topics, and is working on her second novel, a gaslamp fantasy. As time allows, she also cultivates an alternate life as Valuria T. Englehart, an unsuspecting spinster spy whose passion for intricate needlework helps her collects a few useful (and dangerous!) yarns in Her Majesty’s service.
Links: Website: lisawalkerengland.com Rise of the TIger: riseofthetiger.com Aurelia web show: theatrics.com/aurelia City Beast Studio: citybeaststudio.com
web show that cast its audience as characters, telling the next chapter of the story. A second season of AURELIA launched January 20, 2014, featuring new and returning volunteer actors from around the globe. With her friends at City Beast Studio, Lisa has also released the Aurelia Bestiary, a compendium of monsters, machines, and (steam-powered) mutants featured in the serial and show.
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A TV and feature film writer, Madeleine has recently discovered that writing comics is way more fun and cannot wait to do more. Winner of the Sloan Fellowship for screenwriting and numerous other awards while at UCLA Film School, she discovered Steampunk almost by accident. (A very happy accident.) Formerly a nationally ranked epee fencer, she has competed nationally and internationally. She is an avid reader of steampunk, science fiction, fantasy and historical military fiction. Madeleine lives with her rocket scientist husband, David. She will also be running a Kickstarter starting Jan. 21 to fund a print run of chapter three in the six issue mini-series.
She will be writing an article on Granville Woods, an African American engineer/scientist, who is a character in my steampunk supernatural webcomic BOSTON METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY. Boston Metaphysical Society is about an ex-Pinkerton detective and his spirit photographer partner who battle supernatural forces in late 1800’s Boston. Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/BostonMetaphysicalSocietyComic Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ mhollyrosing Google+: https://plus.google.
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So I think most steampunks stick to the groups, forums and sites they know and where their friends are. Action becomes digitally localized.
By Marcus R. Gilman When Kevin Steil, the Airship Ambassador, first contacted me regarding his initiative Steampunk Hands around the World I actually thought it would be some type of fundraiser, which of course it is not. Instead it is a brilliant idea aimed towards connecting steampunks around the globe and showing steampunk is a global movement. The brilliance lies in its simplicity, everybody can join in, provided they are on the internet which in this day and age is not an obstacle, especially not for steampunks, after all, our scene galvanized and formed on the web. This simplicity also means participation is free and need not be time-consuming, all it takes is a simple tweed hashtag #steampunkhands, tweeted during February 2014 and you are in.
ampunks in my experience operate locally, sometimes vehemently so. Then you sometimes meet at conventions, of which there are many in the USA but not so many elsewhere, between conventions, there is relatively little interaction or not as much as could be. Also, and again this is my experience, others may well have had different ones, the nature of the internet makes it easy to loose contact and miss the big picture. There are plenty of steampunk groups on Facebook and also several forums on the web in general. Nobody really has the time or the language skills to be active in all of them.
So, in a strange way, the internet right now separates us, not geographically but rather socially, or should I say tribally. You choose your tribe, the people you get along with best, which translates into a certain forum or group and you stay there. The Steampunk Hands around the World initiative is a step to remedy this situation, to get people into contact with new faces around the web and demonstrate how widespread steampunk is and that it is a global movement. If everything goes well, maybe this is the first of many those events. After all, Steampunk Hands around the World is ridiculously easy to participate in and only slightly more complex to organize. We could make this a yearly staple of the steampunk scene or maybe even do it twice a year. However, doing it too often may actually turn it into “just another event�, so it should not be done to frequently to keep it a special occasion. Another effect Steampunk Hands around the World could have, is of course inspire others to do something similar.
When Kevin took me into the planning group, it was already evident, So maybe, there will be regular his plan was going to work, almost evinternational hangouts on G+ in addiery member of the group (it was about tion to the tweetchat which is already a dozen then, but more were to come) happening. was from a different country and already covering every continent except Or maybe some of the peofor Asia and Africa and within two ple participating would be up for a days, someone from Japan joined. multi-national steampunk podcast. I think there are far too few iniWho knows what the future may bring tiatives like this around, simple things or where this initiative could lead in for everybody. Most of the time, dethe end. El Investigador es una spite the activities on the internet, ste-publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita.
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As a side note, one of Kevin’s aims was, as stated in the original email I received: “The basic idea is Steampunk Hands Around the World as some way to show that our community is indeed global, and the world is made a bit smaller and friendlier because of it.” Sadly, I have made the exact opposite experience in one particular forum while trying to promote this event: Ridicule, hostility and insults. Yes, just as it is with every community, steampunk, too, has its share of nasty people, trolls, bullies. Luckily, this has been the exception, everybody else I approached reacted positively, even with enthusiasm. So, let’s see how Steampunk Hands around the World works out, it is looking good already. Also, let’s hope this will only be the first of a series of events like this, for every steampunk around the globe, because this is a global subculture!
Marcus Rauchfuss is the author of the Traveler’s Steampunk Blog, and central coordinator of the European Steampunk Convention. He is also a minor Cthulhu Mythos scholar and his final thesis at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, was on the Cthulhu Mythos. Born in Germany, he thinks of “Nottingham” as his hometown, and is pan-European when it comes to promoting the steampunk scene. A life-long zeppelin enthusiast, Marcus first made contact with what he would later know as steampunk in the summer of 1992 through “A No-
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mad of the Time Streams” by Michael vestigador, Dieselpunks.org, and the Moorcock. He became more immersed Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. in steampunk after discovering music group, Abney Park in June 2008. On the 28th of September, 2012, just one day before the first In July, 2008, the Traveler’s Ste- European Steampunk Convention, ampunk Blog was set up, originally he celebrated a personal milestone: intended to be a steampunk-themed the publication of a non-fiction travel blog. Marcus’ involvement with book on steampunk, “Steampunkthe community has only grown ever kurz & geek”, which he wrote togethsince. er with Alex Jahnke of Clockworker. de. “Kurz & geek” is the first German Through the blog, he has made non-fiction book on steampunk, contact with steampunks around the which has won a German Fantasy globe and has become involved in sev- Literature award Deutscher Phantaseral other projects. Marcus is a regular tik Preis 2013 for best non-fiction. contributor to the Gatehouse Gazette and has also written articles for El In-
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If you want early notifications of upcoming titles, discounts, giveaways, and other fun you can subscribe to his new release mailing list. You can also find him on facebook and twitter as @mcoorlim. Email him at Coorlim@gmail.com – he’d love to hear from you. Quite the mouthful! Let’s Michael Coorlim is a postbreak that down. modern psychopomp, heroic wordsmith, freelance shaman, Taoscor I see it as my duty to guide dian Monk, and Master of Rowdy readers to the kind of media they Bliss. need to be consuming. Since I had so much free time, between job searches I wrote a short He also writes fast-paced sto I do my part by reviewing and story (Acceptance, later part of the ries about authentic people in fanrecommending well written and en- Grief collection) and sent it off to a tastic situations, plots with a twist gaging self-published books, and by magazine. of the surreal, set in worlds just a writing good books across genre. half-step from our own. They said that it was good, I try to provide fiction that’s “Brutal in a Lord of the Flies way,” They include the Galvanic fast-paced and character driven to but not what they needed at the moCentury steampunk series and the bring you to the story you need to ment. Grief apocalyptic short story collecbe told. You do the heavy lifting, tion. He dabbles in screenwriting, though; meaning is created in the I’d been reading about the loves indie video games, and can be mind of the reader. I just provide growth of self-publishing, so instead a bit of a foodie. Chicago’s a good you with a catalyst. of sending Acceptance off to anothcity for it. er fiction market and waiting anoth I’ve always wanted to be a writ- er few months for a response I up He also writes the indie-foer, but it’s taken me quite the har- loaded it to Amazon. cused book blog Book Nouveau. rowing journey to get to the point I’m at. I was destitute and homeless Within a week I’d made $10, You can find his fiction on when I started writing back at the so I wrote a few other stories, inAmazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apend of 2011, unable to find any free- cluding And They Called Her Spider. ple, and Smashwords. lance or temp work. January earned me $120, and in six
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If you’re a pessimist or a cynic, you’ll see the parts of your reality that reinforce those attitudes more than the parts that don’t.
Reality is my dance partner, and I embrace it, and while it can sometimes be terrifying it’s also exhilarating.
I choose to be a bit of an op- I inhale life and I exhale story. timist. Though some of the books Sometimes there aren’t any happy I write can be dark and disturbing, endings, and that’s okay, too. and I do have my moods, I don’t approach the universe like a hostile place I need to protect myself from.
months I was making enough to quit the job search, move off of my friend’s couch, and start looking for an apartment. While I do dance my spirit animal on a regular basis, I’m talking here about being a mediator and traveler between worlds. For our purposes we’ll focus on the fictive life of the mind and the oft harsh light of physical reality. Ideas come to me. I convert them into stories and make them available to readers. The cycle continues. Taoscordian Monk Part Taoist. Part Discordian. All Monk. Subjective reality is quite literally a matter of opinion. Our preconceived notions of the way the world works determines what sensory data we perceive as relevant, and that data is what makes up our inner model of El theInvestigador universe. es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita.
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for young people when I was 16. I can remember that prize and the motivation it gave to me as the starting point of my career. Back then, despite also write historical accounts, what obsesses to me was the more classic sci-fi, influenced mainly by Issac Asimov or Josué Ramos (Ferrol, 1987) Ray Bradbury; which took me, after http://tercerafundacion.net/biblio- reading “I, Robot” to what became teca/ver/persona/23606 into my first novella: “La última conspiración” (The last conspiration, edited by Atlantis), novella that I Since I was a little boy, I al- didn’t decide to publish until 2012. ways liked to read and to write. I remember I filled an entire notebook Meanwhile, I continued my with a lot of stories about the same education in the stories, publishing theme and protagonists when I was in some anthologies and specialabout 6 or 7 years old. ized magazines, and expanding my record of writing to other kinds of Back then, it was just a kid’s genres. entertainment and was unimportant so I got rid of that notebook. Now I 2009 was an important year know that was my very first novella. to me. Curiously, both stories of that time that I’m prouder were written With the passing of the years, that year: “Asimo”, sci-fi chosen by mi interest to write was renovat- Asociación Española de Fantasía, ed by the highschool, where I took Ciencia Ficción y Terror (Fantasy back the stories little by little until sci-fi and terror Spanish associaI won a historical literature contest tion), as one of the best of the year; and “Cyro”, terror, published on anthology “Monstruos de la Razón I” (Monsters of the reason volume I), with a list of author that still today make me feel vertigo.
distant voices, published by Seleer, 2012) and “Lendaria” (published by DLorean, 2013).
Inside Steampunk and with Paulo César Ramírez, also brought to light the first anthology series wrote by Steampunks and in Spanish, which I am the coordinator with Publishing house Tyrannosaurus Books: “Ácronos”; which second volume will be published this Febru But the most important of ary 2014. that year was to discover that one This is, no doubt, our biggest of my hobbies was called “Steam- goal in Steampunk literature. And, punk”. of course, from this association also Since then, I got involved came my “inevitable” inclusion in more and more into that genre, the team of regular writers of El Inpublishing two novellas of that one: vestigador, which I’m very happy to “Ecos de Voces Lejanas” (Echoes of work in since 2011.
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Of course, the Steampunk is also present in the soties I write. If my memory serves, I have eight published stories of this genre in various anthologies and at least three more in the process of editing, in order to be published next spring. Besides, I also write usually on my personal blog “MundoSteampunk.Net� trying to give a true reflection of the actual situation of the literature and the Steampunk Scene in Spain.
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I´m a Czech writer and illustrator, was born in spring 1987 in Ostrava. I write especially steampunk story ( for example http://palmknihy.cz/web/kniha/jupiter-6-steampunk-6040.htm ) and create steampunk jewellery and art. My home page is https://www.facebook.com/gabrielletaroka Where i have my articles and samples of work, including videos. I´m external editor from czech steampunk blog: http://www.steamzine.cz/ Born in 1987 in Ostrava. currently resides in Skalici u Frýdku - Místku . She graduated from Mendel University in Brno (study program for garden and landscape architecture). She began at an early age, writing poetry , which appeared ( and still appears occasionally ) in various collections . Entered into the public consciousness participation in the competition Gorge shadow of death in 2007 , which was 7 instead of the short story “The King of Ghosts” and in 2009 the first instead of the short story “ Dole” both under the pseudonym of Gabrielle Taroko . In 2011, it won in international competition Bestfiction ( AnimeSHOW in Bratislava ) 2nd instead of the short story “Darkness “.
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Lucasta who heir his knowledge to his daughter Harisia, the one who disappeared during the eruption of Chimborazo volcano. This is a long story but in a brief summary Harisia will look for Captain and his crew.
History: Early century 18th the Real Audiencia de Quito takes the control of the Ecutorial land when they were free from the Spanish domain, an era of political and social changes where civil wars were constants and the desires of freedom were high.
With the passing of time is involved in different troubles, Captain is pursued by many countries but in his adventures meet to those who will be part of his future crew. To realize his plans he met with them again, all of them have their own goals to reach, scores to settle and intricate histories but a common goal: to travel around the world with their Captain. This way was born the Kunturi Ship, named because of the bird emblem of the Andean Condor region. Kunturi means condor in quichua.
and looking for the innovation in our goals, we found Steampunk since 2012 developing the story of each character. From then on, we make different workshops of how to make your own weapons, clothes and had given conferences in cultural events.
In the middle of this era, Captain Albian Pinzon, fascinated by steam machines and its technology travels around the world looking for information thinking of revolution The year is 1873 and Kunturi’s the world. crew take off from Tierra de Fuego. In the story during the travels of Captain the characters stick Throughout his different together to the plans of the ship, Characters: stops, arrives to Ecuador, where most of them have their origins in proposes the construction of a Our group was born as a co- other countries since the idea is to steam powered Ship that could fly trough skies without being seen: The splay one called “Cosplayeros Qui- give the image of the world from Kunturi. His younger ideas and blue- to” during 2009, making different that era. Right now we are about 18 prints where left to Doctor Diethelm thems and presentations in the members, Harisia and Graifus are country. With the passing of years the representatives.
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Poison Garden was born with the aim of mixing modern rock/metaltendencies with Steampunkelements in order to create an original and evocative sound. That’s how a young couple spends the first two years of marriage; dominated by their creativity they try to express the word of steam which lies in their minds. During summer 2012, a well-experienced guitarist decides to take an active part in the project. Amazed by the potentiality of the tracks and fascinated by the plot that connects them, he involves a talented drummer.
The co-operation becomes so exciting to lead the band to the production of their first single Days of Steam - which has been officially presented on 30/31 March 2013 @ Steampact, The First Italian Steampunk Festival. Fully convinced that wearing a brown corset and a top hat is not enough to play retro-futuristic music, Poison Garden aims at releasing Steampunk from the framework of role-playing games
and comics fairs in order to introduce it in the everyday life of the rising century: a “street”Steampunk, a Neo Steampunk. www.poisongarden.it www.facebook.com/pgsteampunk
THE FIRST ITALIAN STEAMPUNK BAND Have you ever imagined what a gramophone would have played if rock was born two centuries ago? Poison Garden is the answer: a modern and aggressive sound sunk into the noise of a century that never was. PAST BEGINS TODAY.
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She’s a retronaut, seeker of lost memories in the coffers of a time that could have been. Spontaneous promoter of Retrofuturisms and Steampunk music in Latin-America. Founder of “Sociedad Steampunk Argentina”, “Sindicato Dieselpunk”, “Dieselpunk Argentina” and “Steamgoth Argentina”. Organizer of Steampunk/Dieselpunk events for “Argentina”. She’s member of the artistic collective Mercenarios de DIOS; she’s also dedicated to the analysis of the scene from different contexts and cultures where it could be developed. She’s from Buenos Aires, Argentina; her real name in Andrea R. Díaz Boglioli. Her interest in the scene led her to promote and revive the community of her country that was inactive with only 80 members back in 2011. From then on, the growth as continuous and make them able to establish a stable community with regular meetings, participating in various conventions and organizing their own events. Being their main goal to save the manners and lost elements of the history of their own culture, from the era in which the Steampunk is inspired, amalgam with the current era, considering herself as a “Retrofuturistic Maleva”, or a Steampunk with a twist of El Investigador es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita. Tango.
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Ray Dean was born and raised in Hawaii where she spent many a quiet hour reading and writing stories. Performing in theater and working backstage lead her into the delights of Living History that included Civil War Reenacting (18601865 America). Creating her own worlds through writing seemed the next logical step, Historical settings are her first love, but there is something heady about twisting the threads of time into little knots and creating new timelines to explore. There are endless possibilities that she is just beginning to explore. Her stories have appeared in ‘Shanghai Steam’ and ‘Steamfunk!’ Anthologies with more on the way.
www.raydean.net “My Ethereality” blog - “Fire in the Sky” in Shanghai Steam - “A Will of Iron” in Steamfunk! Anthology - “Folie a Deux” in All the Night-Tide (coming in 2014) - “Practically Perfect” in Kisses by Clockwork
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Ether n. the clear sky; the upper regions of air beyond the clouds
HISTORY OF A LAUNCH September 2013, a sunny afternoon in Bilbao. A good tea and better accompanied, Esteban García and Patxi Larrabe presented to the socity their new invention: NeoNauta Ediciones. The date wasn’t a random choose, it is the last day of EuroSteamCon Bilbao, in which both of them had contributed so much, giving their sweat and sleep hours in order to make it work.
By summer, will also wasn’t at the mercy of the e-read- ers’ devices. be published the anthology “Alambre de Letras” (Wire of NeoNauta Ediciones was Letters), a collection of tales born from the nostalgic for ad- inspired on The Great War in venture and emotions; definitely, order to make and obeisance because of the necessity of evade to this almost forgotten hisourselves, of diving into paper torical milestone. seas. In their books you’ll find There will be room for sci-fi, fantasy, mistery, western… and also Steampunk, zombies a lot of mud and some cogs and games, because everyone has too. dreamt at least once on recreate the adventures of their favorite NEONAUTA book’s heroes. EDICIONES’ TEAM Their first literary bet will be “Reward”, a novel wrote by Esteban García, Draftsthe writer and artist Paulo César Ramírez who will give a lot to talk man, decorator, photograabout to the fans of weird western pher, carpenter and connoiswith Steampunk twists. Through- seur of studies in architecture, out February will be released the engineering and publicity. universe of “Reward” and its peAutonomous pro and culiar characters on the Publish- founder of his own construcing house’s web. tion company. Esteban is a passionate fan of comics, role playing games and board games.
In 2011 co-founded But, what is this pair “Turno a turno” (Round by of restless creatives pretendround) an ambitious blog ing whit their new publishing about the world of board house? NeoNaute Ediciones games and late 2013 go on wants to be a bridge between board into the rocket of Neoyesterday and today, giving the Nauta Ediciones. opportunity to the artists from today to feel a little like yester Patxi Larrabe, Comday’s, saving old formats such puter profession. Writer, role as the paperback, the feuilleton playing gamer and musician or the trading cards, symbols vocation. of an era in which imagination El Investigador es una publicacion con tematica retrofuturista de distribucion gratuita.
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Unconditional fan of the retro, underground and the low budget, restlessly looking for the missing link between role playing games, pulp literature and heavy metal.
and also won the contest “Amanecer Pulp” (Pulp Dawn) organized by RelatosPulp.com with his story “La Zarpa Roja contra la amenaza de los hombres-lagarto” (The Red Claw versus the threat of Lizard-men).
In 2013 beggins to conSoon will be published his tribute with the Steampunk magazine “El Investigador, story “Eslabones Anónimos”
(Anonimous links) on the third collection of the publishing house Planes B dedicated to Gaslamp Fantasy. Nowadays is member of the independent artistic collective “Mercenarios de DIOS” and crosses the space on board of NeoNauta Ediciones’ rocket as first mate and scientific officer. *** As a publishing house, in NeoNauta Ediciones want to be in touch with authors who like to create adventures in a pulp or popular stile, no matter the genre: sci-fi, fantasy, war, western, mistery, spies, Steampunk, terror, etc. Send your proposals to info@neonautaediciones.com and they will contact you.
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She believes firmly that political correctness is more crippling than common sense and should be ingested in small doses... With that in mind, she’d like to present a world and characters that are three-dimensional and engaging. Suna Dasi, the founder of Steampunk India, considers herself a direct product of the British Empire. Her ancestors left Madras in 1861, on a British East India ship, bound for the Caribbean as indentured workers. Her grandfather was born on a Scottish-owned sugar, banana and coconut plantation in St. Vincent, and raised a Hindu. He was eventually released from his born status and married a native girl from the Dutch Caribbean. Steampunk India is currently brought to you from Edinburgh, Scotland. Suna Dasi wanted to write Indian Steampunk because she wanted to read it. As there was a lack of the characters and settings she wished for most, she began developing plot lines and people until they were clamouring to be written down.
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She enjoys lacing her fiction with strong female protagonists, a lively dollop of general irreverence and some inevitable social commentary. The photo gallery on her website is her way of working out certain characters that exist in the alternate India she is giving shape. Suna Dasi is very pleased to be involved in Steampunk Hands Around the World, as she thinks the breaking of both taboos and boundaries is a always a good idea.She will be contributing by uploading an exclusive Valentine’s Day story on her site on the 14th of February and will also re-release the video she made for EuroSteamCon in 2013. In this video she was asked to speak about what Steampunk means to her and it is extremely relevant to the central aim of the Steampunk Hands project.
Steampunk India can be followed on: www.steampunkindia.com www.twitter.com/SteampunkIndia www.facebook.com/SteampunkIndia www.steampunkindia.wordpress.com
Events... We organize events to promote steampunk culture in a twoways movement:
What is the Steam Rocket ?
1 bring it to unexpected places so a broader audience can discover it
It is a young but busy organization, adding up more than ten 2 bring unexpected/new/faevents and many partnerships in mous events to the community so it less than two years. can be surprised and have fun
Steam Rocket is a non-profit Doing so we actively particorganization that was launched in ipate to the french speaking ste2012. ampunk community, trying to see Its objective and will are to things bigger - and different. promote culture and in particular Steampunk culture, through event Curiosity, open-mindedness organization and showcasing of art- and sense of fun are the fuel we rely on to explore new horizons ! ists and crafters.
We try to make them as immersive as we can, so the audience is litterally speaking transported to a different place and time ; visitors are fascinated, and steampunks feel at home.
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To do so we work with professional set decorators on a regular basis, and of course with semi-professional and professional actors of the community. ‌ and crafters We think that Art is artists, before anything else. As Steampunk movement is based on Art, Creation and the talent of the ones that create, crafters and artists are the core of Steampunk. Consequently it sounds logical - and fair – for us to promote artists as much as we can, so they can reach bigger renown. For fun ! The first event we organized was the opening stage of the SteamTour in 2012, a french event that gathers steampunks in three differents places each year. We engaged this first edition with a whole week-end of animation : picnic next to the Eiffel Tower, visits of museums and flea-market, and gigs of Victor Sierra and Frenchy & the Punk on a river boat.
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Next we co-organized showcase projects in international events such as Japan Expo, Geekopolis Jules Verne Adventure Festival and Medieval Fair in Paris to promote Steampunk to new audience, each time being a real success. Now we are scheduling a new Steam Tour stage with Abney Park for 2014 Spring, and we will do our best to make it a great moment.
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Goth and steampunk also turn up in the mix, as does anything else they run into. Both have worked separately in their respective fields.
Thomas and Nimue Brown share a love of gothic decay, poetry, wild landscapes and strange creatures. They have been collaborating for years, brought together initially by a publishing house. In the summer of 2009 they launched The Hopeless Vendetta – a weekly newspaper charting life on the fictional island of Hopeless. The Browns are collectively influenced by Robert Holdstock, The Hopeless, Maine graph- Neil Gaiman, Lord Dunsany, the ic novel series is now published by pre-Raphelites, folklore and the Archaia Entertainment. modern druid tradition.
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Tom has created covers for Professor Elemental and Cavan Scott (among many others) Nimue writes poetry as Brynneth Nimue and other fiction under a pen name. They are at their happiest and most creative when collaborating; inspiring and challenging each other to test abilities and ideas to the limits. http://www.archaia.com/ archaia-titles/hopeless-maine/ http://copperage.deviantart.com/ http://druidlife.wordpress.com/
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Steampunk since 2009. Since 2011 commanding the web “Cabaret de Medianoche” were weekly releases new podcasts, and news -almost dailyabout the dark cabaret, alternative country and steampunk.
CABARET DE MEDIANOCHE that could fusion gotic culture with musicals, so does with dark BIOGRAPHY cabaret which was becoming into
“Cabaret de Medianoche” (Midnight cabaret), in its first incarnation, was born and died in a fleetingly way in early 2009 in order to illustrate the Dark Cabaret festivities we carried out periodically at the disco Demonix in Barcelona. Since 2011 with our own domain, came back with a brand new podcast and emissions in different free broadcasts in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, a news blog and more festivities, concerts and events.
XAVI QUERO Interested on fantasy and sci-fi in the middle of 90s, to discover the world of fantasy and steam from the role playing game “Castle Falkenstein” by Mike Pondsmith made him to fall in love with the Steampunk. Also the crash with culture, gothic music and Broadway’s musicals drove him to begin as a dj in 2001 and since 2007 with dark cabaret; this is the kind of music
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Victor Sierra answer some ways been very important to us. questions about Steampunk Why is the steampunk com Why is steampunk import- munity important to you? ant to you? We’re on the same page with In the first place as I often many people. We collaborate with answer steampunk found us and many steampunk artists, writers, not the other way around. Don’t musicians, and probably will with be mistaken I’m not boasting or painters and stage designers in being preposterous. The fact is we the future. were steampunks before we knew it. So to encounter this exciting and liberating aesthetic movement has changed our lives, suddenly we are no longer alone and it’s such an inspiring environment for us. Retro-futurism (of which steampunk is a category) has al-
But above all I’m so happy when our audience is touched by our music and our videos. We have other projects too which are top secret, which we are sure our audience will enjoy. What benefits do you see others and yourself gaining from being part of the community? The Steampunk community is in a state of continual reinven-
And we communicate a lot with the community all around the world through social networks. The steampunk community knows no borders. Why are you so active in the community, creating what you do?
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Because I can’t do otherwise! It’s some kind of a cool disease I’ve got. As soon as we’re done with an album or a single I already have new songs composing in my mind and to be honest sometimes it’s rather tiring.
tion because of the level of artistry do as much as we do in them. and genius that exists out there.
and that my mind was working in the right creative direction and in a way that pleases me.
It would be rather unusual if I didn’t find out about something new – let’s say – every week at least -- some new contraption, some new review, etc.
How has steampunk affected, changed, enhanced your view We have many projects with of the world, the people in it, and many people and naturally our place evolves as our audience your place in all of that? grows. So in that sense yes, it en I wouldn’t say it has changed hances our possibilities --it broad We swim in very rewarding anything for me. It has confirmed ens our horizon. seas and I hope that the commu- my ways of viewing the world have nity finds inspiration in what we always been out of the ordinary How has steampunk, and the community, affected you personally? I am more confident. Until I found about steampunk and the steampunk community we felt isolated. Now and then I feel a sense of release -- like I’m free from restrictions because contrary to many other cultural environments steampunk isn’t limited by stupid rules and such. Sky is the limit dude! If you could package it as a gift and give it to others, what is your personal best, happiest, favorite moment in your involvement in steampunk? Obviously our gigs in the USA at Steampunk World’s Fair. I wish every convention in the world having the same success. 4000 people! It was a dream come true for us.
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editorial design numbers of El Was honored to create the Investigador, also i researcher image of mexico steampunk, i and tarnish the image of Uncle work making some illustrations chutuhllu with comic strip for advertising campaigns Messie Thulluh. in my city ...
Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen , excuse me no closer to shake hands , but from the darker corner in the eagle’s nest , is where you have the best viewing angle. Sometimes have had other names battle as Gorgonzola666, the nameless ninja, but lately I answer the call to Mr Xpike, they call me Mr. for the reason that I have become old, have 36 years and 14 years in the business. I’m a decent family man, married with responsibilities, 4 cats and a dog ... but make no mistake, I will always have the pen ready to action. I belong to the Mercenary Legion , and I am responsible for giving the collective image , I ‘m in the search of images and concepts primarily for the development of this magazine in their hands , I make logos and corporate identity of the group and am responsible for the most
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by the way, i’m originally from Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico and currently reside at the border, Tijuana Baja California.
Excuse my English, but I can hardly speak my native language, thank google translate to facilitate the work.
To see my work as both a If you want to know my hideous face only searches the mercenary and foreign agent , archive of mercenaries and on visit my deviant art gallery : you can see me on the cover of http://mrxpk.deviantart.com/ http://xpk.tumblr.com/ the first issue of our magazine. I’m not the social type so I leave the rest of the external work to my comrades in arms, but I’m not closed to external collaboration.
and some direct contact , someone disappear or just a comment they can direct their pigeons to email: gorgonzola666@gmail.com
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by N. Inmunsapá There are Steampunk all over the world, from artists who contribute with their pieces to fans who are captivated by aesthetics, clothes, stories and freedom to develop creativity that offers the Steampunk. Some years had already passed by since K. W. Jeter coined That’s why when Kevin D. Steil the word “Steampunk”. Trough all himself invited me to participate this time, Steampunk has been de- into a project that has the goal of veloping and growing up further show that our community is global, on the literary genre in which be- able to be reunited and to minimize gan, reaching other artistic slopes distances trough Internet, I just as diverse and varied as the imagi- couldn’t refuse. nation and creativity owned by any No one of those few firsts conof its creators. vened by Kevin had the clear idea of the project would look like; not Nowadays and since more even Kevin himself, with all the than five years internet has became experience he has partica enabling environment for the ipating in convenSteampunk to grow up, to develop tions and writitself and to fasten in the taste of thousands of people around the world. Steampunk is not limited to Victorian London which is its main inspiration, is not even limited to United States of America, where year by year hundreds of persons attend to different conventions in different cities around the country.
ing news from all over the world on his blog Airship Ambassador, knew how could it be. The very firsts who attended the call only knew that the name of the project was “Steampunk Hands around the World” and that we were there with the strong desire to give our hands to take forward the idea. Little by little the group was growing up, every member invited to someone else, people interest on the project and on the Steampunk.
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awareness on other expressions from different countries to people who are already in the movement. Recalling in particular that, even Steampunk exists as a hobby, the most important thing is people who make it work; from craftsmen, graphic artists, musicians, writers, promoters and analysts to every single san from all over the world. Steampunk Hands Around The World had reunited people from countries so different from each other such as Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Scotland, Spain, United States, France, Hungary, England, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Uruguay the sole purpose of shaking hands and show the world what Steampunks can do when friends gather and will does exists.
On January 7 the press release started its route from various sites, being published in English, Spanish, German and French; this managed to attract more people with the desire of being part of an
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unprecedented event in the history of Steampunk around the world. The intention behind all this is not only to promote the Steampunk and show it to those who don’t know about it yet; but also raise
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