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Gaming for Sanity (and a Laugh or Two)

October 15, 2013 by Tee Morris 6 Comments

Right now, checking Facebook and Twitter is truly a labor of love for my friends. I want to stay in touch with everybody, but the stuff coming through my feed is a lot to take in.

You probably heard the news but there’s a lot of shenanigans happening on Capitol Hill right now. And I mean serious shenanigans. I mean the kind of where the spoiled-brat kids aren’t just pouting on the playground over not getting their way, but the spoiled-brat kids are changing the rules of the playground games so everybody can be just as miserable as they are. It’s gotten so bad that even the upcoming season of The Deadliest Catch is being affected by it.

And it’s affecting craft breweries, so now, it’s personal.

But that’s not what this blogpost is about. [Read more…] about Gaming for Sanity (and a Laugh or Two)

A Steamy Treat for Tuesday…

March 22, 2011 by Tee Morris 2 Comments

Hey, everyone!

Just in case you missed the big launch last week, Pip and I premiered Tales from the Archives, a collection of short stories from the Victorian England of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. With original theme music composed and created by Alex White, we are featuring original steampunk short stories from…

P.C. Haring of Cybrosis
Starla Huchton of The Dreamer’s Thread
Helen H. Madden of Heat Flash
Phil Rossi of Eden and Harvey
Chooch Schubert of Chronicles of the Order:“The Destruction of Station One”
Jack Mangan author of Spherical Tomi
Nathan Lowell of Trader’s Tales: The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper
Valerie Griswold-Ford of The Apocalypse Cycle
Grant Stone, Sir Julius Vogel winner for numerous short stories

Last week, Pip kicked things off with “The Evil that Befell Samson” and this week we present the supernatural steampunk “Dust on the Davenport” by author O.M. Grey. [Read more…] about A Steamy Treat for Tuesday…

A little something for #SteamTuesday

March 15, 2011 by Tee Morris 1 Comment

Hey, everyone!

You might have heard about this on Twitter last week when Pip and I premiered the first episode of our anthology podcast (more on that in a moment), there is a pretty strong showing of steampunk on Twitter, and one writer in particular started up a movement that have become a weekly event I always look forward to on Twitter.

Meet Nancy Overbury, the creator of #SteamTuesday on Twitter.

Nancy is a graphic designer and artist located in Montreal, Canada, and has nursed over the past few years a passion for steampunk. She promotes on Twitter a variety of links — literature, film, art, fashion, music — you name it! If it’s steampunk and she hasn’t mentioned it on Twitter, you’ll find it on her blog.

So when Pip and I were trying to figure out when we wanted to drop episodes of Tales from the Archives, I immediately thought of Nancy’s special day on Twitter dedicated to steam, gears, and cog. Last week, the first episode “The Evil that Befell Samson” written by Pip Ballantine, went live:

It is revealed just how Miss Braun ended up being exiled from her native country, New Zealand, and working for the Ministry in its London Offices. It’s a tale of nefarious doings, stalwart ladies, and the sound of clockwork.

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With original theme music composed and created by Alex White, Tales from the Archives will be featuring original steampunk short stories from these talented authors:

O.M. Grey of Avalon Revisited
P.C. Haring of Cybrosis
Starla Huchton of The Dreamer’s Thread
Helen H. Madden of Heat Flash
Phil Rossi of Eden and Harvey
Chooch Schubert of Chronicles of the Order:“The Destruction of Station One”
Jack Mangan author of Spherical Tomi
Nathan Lowell of Trader’s Tales: The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper
Valerie Griswold-Ford of The Apocalypse Cycle
Grant Stone, Sir Julius Vogel winner for numerous short stories

You can subscribe on iTunes (and leave us a review there) or with your podcatcher of choice at the Ministry website. If you hear a short story you particularly like, go on and feel free to syndicate it on your own blog or podcast.

And make sure when you are on Twitter, give Nancy a tweet and consider tracking the #SteamTuesday for some incredible finds out there in the aetherwebs!