Alternate History

Steampunk stories, actually the entire notion, rely completely upon reimagining history. The entire thing got started by reimagining Victoria era Britain (with a sci-fi twist), but it’s grown to include other countries and places, usually within a 100 to 200 year  framework. […]

Steampunk Tarot

A match made in heaven, surely. Tarot is, if nothing else, a potent collection of archetypes, capable of being reimagined, redesigned and reinterpreted ad infinum. Steampunk of course specializes in stamping it’s aesthetic upon anything it meets. You’d think there’d […]

The Tango

Since the Steampunk Opera makes consistent use of and plays with the tango,  i did a lot of online exploration of it, and as it’s truly a deep and rich style,  it’s worth doing a post on. The Narrator’s songs are all […]