My name is Sherlock. Not kidding, it's my real name. Actually it's my family name. I come from the Sherlock family. And when I was a boy, I was told by everyone I met at school, that my name was shared by a famous character from the 1800s, Sherlock Holmes.

 

Now, when I was growing up I discovered Dr.Who and started reading the related books. This passion for reading and stories led me to University and I became a writer. One day I finally realised, Dr.Who is really Sherlock…

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Morality—this is a tricky issue, but specifically with regard to the subject in the sense of morality plays, as in good versus evil, bad guys/girls versus good guys/girls. Steampunk, as a genre, relies particularly heavily on this sort of interaction in its plots, but then so do most speculative genres to a great degree. Still, with Victorian settings so often prevalent in Steampunk tales, that particular time’s concepts of right and wrong, good versus evil, often have to figure very… Continue

Steampunk is gaining steam and lots of it. More and more, we science fiction and fantasy authors are being “pressured” to consider writing in this genre, to jump on that particular train (“locomotive?”). Why? Well, Steam­punk is spreading and in some rather incredible ways. And there is no point in getting “steamed” about all this, because Steampunk seems to be here to stay for the foreseeable future. Okay, so I’ve probably pushed the puns to death here, but let’s be… Continue

At the moment of impact, I wasn’t surprised when a life flashed before my eyes.  I just expected the life to be my own.

The silver Porsche must have been doing eighty when it hit black ice.  I couldn’t swerve, couldn’t get out of the way.  There was nowhere to go as the Porsche whipped around, skidding toward my little car.  Headlights rushed toward my windshield, flooding everything with brightness, obliterating the night.  And then I was – someplace else.  A home that once belonged…

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Well ... I think they're fun, anyway.  Beta-readers for my Past Lives Trilogy will recognize some of these.

Pollution:  Most homes burned coal in their…

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A is for Alchemy, Science's emo elder brother

B is for Brass

C is for Corsets, or Cyborgs, or cyborgs in corsets

D is for Damask, Decanter, and Daguerreotypes

E is for Engine, steam of course…

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Hello All,

I have just joined this fine group and look forward to meeting other Steampunk creators.  I thought it might be helpful to post an interview I have just completed with the Conselho Steampunk from Brazil as a way to share what I'm up to.  Who else in this group is working in a crossover between Steampunk and elements of Gothic Horror?  Would love to see other projects and ideas happening in the Aethersphere.  In case…

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