Category Archives: Steampunk

ANTHOLOGY UPDATE — MORMON STEAMPUNK

Posted on April 2, 2018 by David

The OFFICIAL deadline for submissions has passed. If you and I already talked about having extra time or a later deadline, no worries, keep working. If you’re close, and still want to submit, message me and let me know. We’ll … Continue reading →

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – ANTHOLOGY OF MORMON STEAMPUNK

Posted on January 2, 2018 by David

As you may know, my novel CITY OF THE SAINTS is an action adventure steampunk romp set in a steam-powered Kingdom of Deseret in the year 1859. Someday, I will revisit that specific setting. In the meantime, I’m happy to … Continue reading →

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City of the Saints in the Humble Bundle!

Posted on April 7, 2016 by David

The year is 1859. US Army agent Sam Clemens rides west in his amphibious steam-truck, the Jim Smiley. His mission is to get the unruly Kingdom of Deseret, with its air-ships and its rumored phlogiston guns, into the looming conflict … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: The Alyscrai

Posted on October 21, 2015 by David

Steampunk luxuriates in the self-bestowed freedom to mix any influence, aesthetic, period, pseudo-scientific or fantastic element, and literary or historical character it wishes into its brew and distill therefrom a tale. The Alyscrai pushes the envelope in its wide-ranging and … Continue reading →

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Airships of Camelot

Posted on July 20, 2015 by David

Rob Wells is branching out into Indie publishing with his forthcoming novel Airships of Camelot! I think this is a great thing — as the industry changes, I think many professional authors will have fingers in various kinds of publishing … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf: Beasts of Tabat

Posted on April 5, 2015 by David

Cat Rambo’s Tabat is a fantasy steampunk city riven with tensions. In the annual hieratic gladiatorial contests, Winter has had a long winning streak, and the city’s folk are tired of short springs. The Duke’s ancestor promised a democracy after … Continue reading →

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What Is Steampunk? (Storymakers)

Posted on April 27, 2014 by David

This weekend I taught at LDS Storymakers, an annual writing conference held in Utah. I taught on the subject of Steampunk, and I won’t share all my slides, in case I get invited to teach the same material again, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Conventions, Steampunk | Tagged Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, K.W. Jeter, LDS Storymakers, Neal Stephenson, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Steampunk Scholar, The Wild Wild West, Tim Powers | Comments Off

What Is Steampunk? (Air-Ships Today)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by David

Looks like the zeppelin is making a comeback. Me, I’m still holding out for the Phlogiston Gun.

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What Is Steampunk? (Pictograms)

Posted on February 19, 2013 by David

A date in the 1860s puts this pictographic advertisement for a lottery square in City of the Saints territory. I don’t think I’ve seen pictograms figure into a steampunk novel yet. I may have to work one into the second … Continue reading →