Performers
Welcome to the home of our Steampunk Artificers- makers of all shapes and sizes of entertainment, available for you to ogle over. You will find musicians, bands, wandering minstrels and opera singers, comic and graphic artists, mind-readers and fire-eaters, writers and authors, dancers and performers! Stay on the sharp lookout for information on our programming, discussions, games, amusements, and salons!
We thank everyone who has helped us make this steampunk festival something uniquely amazing! We still have a few more performers we’re going to be announcing, but the 2010 event schedule is rather well full up. If you, yourself, perform, and would like to be put on our list for a reminder email for the 2011 event, please message the Performer’s Team at steamfairperformers@gmail.com. Mention in your subject line the SPWF 2011 Performers, then tell us who you are, what you do, an email and website, and what you do that’s steampunk!
Please note, as a festival, we offer compensation only in the form of: food, admission to all 3-days of the event, grand and glorious good times, and the enticing camaraderie of our amiable staff.
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The Steampunk World’s Fair is happy to include:
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The incomparable Professor Elemental! A resident of the Sceptred Isle, he is travelling from his native Great Britain to make his very first appearance here in the New World! A pioneer of Pith-Hop, the Professor is known, among other things, for the song and video “Cup of Brown Joy“.
The good Professor will be taking many roles at our humble gathering, including judge in the Mad Scientist’s Competition at our Sunday Mad Science Fair, and host of the tea we have named in his honor. With his extraordinary gift of rhyme, his dazzling charisma as a performer, and his ability to look damn good in a pith helmet, we will excuse the man his slight, humourous, and completely, completely harmless eccentricities. Though if you see him coming your direction carrying a skull and muttering darkly to a grapefruit, it is not inadvisable to leave the immediate vicinity with some great haste.
Callooh callay! M@ McNiss and Holly Brewer’s HUMANWINE shall be lending their mesmerizing talents to our humble stages! The muzik of the New England-based band is fluid and changing with each line up, often showcasing their eco-anarchist stance against a plastic and non-renewable lifestyle in modern or near-future settings. Their latest album, Mass Exodus, was released just this past October! The story-songs of the album strip away a few more veils from their elusive ‘Vinland’; a land filled with riddles, keys, captains, seafarers, makers, breakers, dissenting masses, a drug hazed public, caustic self appointed leaders, a cog turned YerYerOwn called 01, and their journey through a forbidden city of the enjoyeurs to the door of the Veil Nil. HUMANWINE is here to remind us that we are all a stone’s throw away from shedding our self-imposed chains!
What can we say about Jake von Slatt that hasn’t already been said? I guess you’re going to have to check out his Steampunk Workshop for yourself to see all the crazy mods he’s done on cars, keyboards, cellphones and guitars, tutorials on etching brass, and the amazing blog of updating awesomeness! Jake has been interviewed all over the place, including appearing on G4 Underground and Make TV. Jake will be bring down the converted Bus as well, so be sure to pencil in some time for the tours. We’re looking forward to having him with us!
Black Tape for a Blue Girl is a dark cabaret musical group. Their live work is passionate, melancholic, and powerful. I really agree with Sepiachord.com about how this music gets ahold of you: these are insinuatingly captivating songs, which seep out of a rare show and plant themselves in the back of the listening mind.
Veronique Chevalier, steamy chanteuse, Queen of Quirk, speakeasy performer par excellence, grew up traversing the globe, attending 13 different schools, and is truly a Woman of the World(s). Coming to us from the exciting and untamed Wild West (that is, California)–she is essentially indescribable; she does so very much, so very brilliantly, and so…uniquely. Personally, I am fond of this video of hers, involving the ideas of Camus and the words of a famous deceased American. We are thrilled to have the winner of the Los Angeles Music Awards’ “Best Independent Cabaret Artist” here with us in lovely New Jersey. See more of her career, including her modeling, musical journalism, and variety show, here. Joining Veronique will be joined by Seth Bedford & Miss Gertrude The Accordion. Seth is a New York-based composer, arranger, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and visual artist.
Madame Ximon is a performance and fine artist, dancer, and model with an eclectic manifestation of other talents. Fascinated by installation art and occasionally participate in its creation, Madame Ximon is a geek with social skills but a geek nonetheless! Thus, it should not surprise anyone that she is also the Creative Director for the TempleCon retro-futurist gaming convention in Providence, RI, combining steampunk, dieselpunk, and decopunk style with stellar gaming events in a luxurious social setting. Madame Ximon is not to be missed, and would likely let you buy her a glass of absinthe if you asked ever so nicely!
Tom Brown will also be on hand for all your Lovecraftian, gothic, and steampunk art needs! As an artist, illustrator, writer, Gothic Mangaka and the founder of Copper Age, we are delighted that he can join us. Though Tom is elusive and mysterious, we do know that he lives in the USA, drinks copious amounts of coffee, and spends too much time thinking about demons. We have surmised that, he’s heavily influenced by Manga while still owing a great deal to Western artistic traditions. His beautiful New England gothic style has found a home through collaboration with English author Brynneth N. Colvin on the “Hopeless, Maine” graphic novel stories and webcomic. Give her a read!
Katie Kat is an all around good egg, but more than that she is a steamy opera singer, a dedicated and passionate performer and scholar. This lyric soprano graduated from Moravian College with a B.Mus. in vocal performance. Her operatic performances have taken her across the country and to Italy! She has studied with many influential teachers including Nicco Castel of the Metropolitan Opera. Her recent roles include Mozart’s, Cosi fan tutte (Despina), Purcell’s Fairy queen (Night, The Plaint), Gian Carlo Menotti’s The Telephone (Lucy), Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (Belinda), and The Wizard of Oz (Glinda). Armed with her boom box, she has set out to educate the general public about this incredible art form rich with passion and history.
Coming to us from Connecticut, we have historian and steampunk author/speaker G. D. Falksen. In addition to being a noted figure in the steampunk subculture, G.D. writes fiction spanning various genres including pulp adventure, spy-fi, science fiction and fantasy. You may have read his work in Steampunk Magazine, The Chap, or Egophobia! You can find The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday over on Tor.com and his adventure serials An Unfortunate Engagement and The Mask of Tezcatlipoca at Steampunk Tales. When he’s not studying or writing his fiction, G.D. can be found blogging for Tor.com and working as the lead writer for the video game project AIR: Steampunk. He is currently being represented with Dystel and Goderich Literary Management, and we wish him and his first novel- which takes place in his Cities of Ether setting- the best of luck!
Brigid Ashwood, a steampunk artist and sculptor of “winged things and improbable machines”. Her love affair with the emotion and beauty of the human(oid) face and form has been expressed in many mediums; her favorites being Egg Tempera, Graphite, Silverpoint – and most recently in the luminous tones of the digital palette. She is greatly influenced by the Steampunk and Clockpunk aesthetics, the engineers in her family, fairytales and World mythology. Brigid’s work is collected internationally, featured in exhibits around the country as well in three books, and in several international magazines. As she regularly attends festivals and conventions, Steampunk World’s Fair is honored to have her among our inaugural artificers!
Eli August will be bringing his zeal and energy to our audience all the way from Madison, Wisconsin! With songwriting that mines memories of past regrets and failures to create melancholy aural set pieces, Mr. August’s music carries “the sobering notion that life may never be as good as it once was, but there is still reason to carry on”, songs full of sincere passion and dark redemption wrapped with a tangible urgency. His music will be joining us to say one thing: If the outlook seems bleak and the path dark, remember we are in this together!
Bringing light-hearted, playful banter to the masses, we have for your amusement Felice the Dancing Wench! Having performed in Egypt and in support of the Troops, this Connecticut resident celebrates the traditions of numerous global communities in order to promote the health, happiness, and personal growth of each member, as well as encourage community spirit. Felice will be performing diverse Middle Eastern dances and promoting programs in basic movement of bellydance, including Turkish, Greek, Brazilian and Lebanese traditions. Have you been Wenched today?
All you burlesque fans, get ready! We are ever so pleased to announce that the lovely men and women of Happy Hour Burlesque have agreed to jump, shake, dance, and tastefully take their clothes off for you! The Western Massachusetts based troupe is what happens when the founders are allowed to let their minds wander. Their acts come from a wide range of skills including drag, bellydance, flags, hoops, contortion, bad humor, stupid human tricks, and tassels. Being a motley collection of freaks and geeks, Happy Hour primarily performs at gaming and fandom conventions, which very well may be their justification to buying more costumes to find new fun things to do with.
To add to our music collection, we are bringing from New York the steam-goth band Platform one! Platform one is a blend of a darker old world and a future of dimly lit dance halls, bringing together ant arena of influences! With their guitars, percussion, and live performance, they keep audiences guessing and dancing. So get up off your feet!
Aubrey Calliope of Dallas, Texas based band Trick! A 20 year vet to performing solo and with bands, Ms. Aubrey has toured across the country with Trick, and recorded and performed original material in Los Angeles for 8 years. Now based in Central Pennsylvania (at State College), she is focusing on the steampunk convention scene! In September 2008, she was pleased to be a featured solo performer at “The Asylum Steampunk Convival” in Lincoln, UK at the Empire Ball, sharing the stage with Ghostfire and The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing.
What fair would be complete without a little… fire-breathing!? Thusly, we have for you the death-defying stunts and skills of Mr. E, The Alaskan sideshow freak! Mr. E’s vaudevillian stylings will charm and delight you as he eats, breathes, and plays with our world’s most purifying and destructive element. You won’t be able to avert your eyes, my friends!
Then there’s Matt DeBlass: singer, multi-instrumentalist, collector of folk songs! Based in central New Jersey, Matt’s wide-ranging musical interests have taken him from the pubs of New York to the street corners of Edinburgh. His performances often feature a diverse array of genre, from tender Celtic airs, rollicking pub songs and the occasional gleefully bloodthirsty murder ballad mixed in with stripped-down renditions of modern songs. You’ll find Matt all around the Steampunk World’s Fair, playing an equally multifarious collection of instruments, including the wire-string harp, mandolin, guitar and bodhran.
Fresh off their breath-taking Anime USA performance, The Clockwork Dolls have allied themselves with our steampunk family! Cedric, Allison, and Helene will be bringing their epic Neo-Victorian orchestral act to our halls, music that follows an intense story of tragedy, drama, and comedy framed nicely with operatic vocals, live violins, and more orchestral instruments that you could shake a stick at. Go on, we dare you to find a stick large enough to shake at them!
The Absinthe Drinkers have spawned catchy, original pop-funk-rock songs from works of literature both ancient and modern! The Drinkers have funkified Baudelaire, punkified Shakespeare, and rockified a number of modern writers. The Drinkers also project original video during live shows, completing the facial orifice stimulation trifecta—they’re still working on smellivision.
When Professor E.R. Darclyffe is around, the most unusual things happen: Thoughts are read. Spirits communicate (or at least are drank). And everybody has an unforgettable time. A performer since the age of 12, Prof. Darclyffe has amazed and delighted audiences from Red Bank to Shanghai with magic, music and mystery. At the Steampunk World’s Fair, he will bringing enchantment to our halls with a mind-reading mechanical marvel and a special séance to contact the ghost of Nikola Tesla!
Coming to us from Tuscon, AZ, at long last we can announce to you The Mission Creeps! With musical tales of desert-highway depravity told by guitars, drums, theremins, and accordions, James Arr, Miss Frankie Stein, and Jeff DiDay have a sound akin to The Cramps meets Tom Waits. The Creeps have been praised for making music the way Tarantino makes movies- millions of ideas put together reminding us of what we love in music. Honky-tonk, horror-surf, sea chanteys and rockabilly included!
Professor Epsilon has spent years working with the magical forces of nature, and through his strenuous research he has unlocked their secrets. Epsilon’s Elixers contain his special blend of secret ingredients that produce amazing effects. Watch as he and his assistant demonstrate their amazing abilities! Whether you are a sky pirate who needs supplies for your next adventure, or just a noble who finds yourself feeling a little under the weather, you will wonder how you ever survived without Professor Epsilon’s Elixers.
Do a quick google-image search of “steampunk” and we guarantee you’ll find an image from Outland Armour! The Georgia-based fabrication and production company terrorizes the steampunk world as “The Outlanders”, feared pirate crew of the H.M.S. Amaranth. In addition to their pirates and massive arsenal of steampowered gadgets, weaponry, and armor, The Outlanders will be bringing along their latest costumes- Steampunk Star Wars. The crew will be participating in several events throughout the weekend, including discussions and workshops on steampunk costuming and fashion.
Local favorites This Way to the Egress is an ever-evolving musical engine of organ grinders, cave dwellers and sin catchers! With twisted show tune cabaret and gypsy punk improv, this three piece ensemble is frequently joined on stage by fire–breathers, contortionists, blockheads and other curiosities in a displays of the “Old-Vaudevillian Days”. Their performances are filled with foot stomping, tambourine clapping, and xylophone skeletal rib playing, contorting notes of musical mayhem into twisted antics and audience participation!
Ladies and germs, we are honored and delighted to announce that Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys will be part of the evolving musical events at Steampunk World’s Fair! Walter Sickert’s musical alchemy has a “curious blend of mischief and morbidity” garnishing their “ominous doom-folk with the theatricality of a demonic circus troupe.” The band’s past performances have included storytellers, fire-eaters, glass-eaters, contortionists and their broken toy army. Combining the cello sweet melodies of bands like Rasputina and the bizarre hard-edged stage antics of Marilyn Manson with the man in black presence of Johnny Cash, Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken toys are a dance death folk ride in the mouth of a Kraken all the way to hell… and back in time for tea.
Coming to us from Brooklyn is prolific author CJ Henderson! You may have heard of his Piers Knight supernatural investigator or Teddy London occult detective series. Or maybe you read “Baby’s First Mythos” to the kiddies before bedtime. CJ has also written hundreds of short stories and comics, as well as thousands of non-fiction pieces. (We weren’t kidding when we said prolific!) He will also dance like a monkey for a nickel. Ask him yourself when you see him at the fair, or just go visit his website and read a few free short stories before you meet him (you don’t really want to see him dance–trust us). CJ will also be premiering a brand new book at the show, first time on sale anywhere. And yes! It shall be filled to the brim with steampunky goodness!
For those of you who take your steampunk with an Asian twist, look no farther than Akiko Meigetsu and Li Izumi, The Comiku Girls! Traditional and webcomic artists, cosplayers, and Japanese cultural panelists, they are also steampunks and pirates of the very best kind! In addition to discussions on Victorian Japan, the Girls will be bringing to you their famed Japanese Tea Ceremony and demonstrating how to properly put on a Kimono and Yukata (a nearly hour long process!). For you steampunk Asian ball-jointed doll owners, they will be discussing these beautiful, endlessly customizable dolls and hosting a meet-up. So bring your tiny friends along for the weekend to say hello to The Comiku Girls!
Care peek at your future through the bottom of your tea cup? Or learn how to divine through the petals and colors of a flower? Then don’t miss the dashing lady of the transmundane, Miss Amy Blackthorn. Formally trained in Horticulture, Herbalism, and agriculture, somehow all of that “higher education” didn’t stamp out her love for the arcane, occult, and mysterious! It also didn’t dampen her plans to figure out a way to have her plant friends help her take over the world. For now, Amy is content to let her esoteric studies be of service to others in their own plans. Until those pesky world domination kinks are worked out, she’s here to teach, write her book, and keep up her advice column “Of Green and Glass” for Thorn Magazine. We’re pleased to have her joining us!
One of the favorites in the local steam scene and regular at our ‘Clockwork’ dance night is Psyche Corporation! Fairytale Cyberpunk Darkwave in a corset, Psyche Corp. seeks to combine a society drenched in decadence with the dearest dreams of science-fiction enthusiasts, namely life-extension and virtual reality servers full of wonderful nightmares. Hailing from a future dominated by neurotechnology, dendritic Internet connections and direct dream-downloads, Psyche Corporation is part of an early subliminal marketing initiative for a popular dream-manufacture company of the same name. The Shadow Queen, herself, is a golden-voiced, silver-tongued siren whom we are certain will delight you.
Have you admired the leatherwork of the SAW sequels or REPO! The Genetic Opera? Then you’re a fan of this man: Adam Smith! Former graphic artist, goldsmith, and watchmaker, Adam is one of the most respected makers of handcrafted leather costume and prop pieces in the film industry. As his steampunk alter-ego, Phineas Phlensing, Esq., he is a gentleman of questionable and shady background, a dinosaur big-game hunter, and a tinkerer and inventor. Harnessing electrical aether, gunpowder and raw metal in equal measures, do not be fooled by his easy and likable demeanor. He WILL trick you into purchasing his tavern beverages for him.
Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum’s road to steampunk started with a leaky roof on their newly purchased Victorian home and a local stage prop of a Time Machine and ended with their own Victorian Home Restoration company, ModVic! They authentically restore historic homes back to their original beauty, charm and character while sensitively modernizing it for today’s living. Members of the ModVic crew will be joining us to discuss what exactly is steampunk architecture and design, and help put you on track to bringing steampunk into your own home! (Special note from Bruce! “Do you have pictures of your DIY Steampunk Home ideas and projects? Want ModVic to share them with other attendees during our discussions? You can email pictures to bruce@modvic.com to share! See you there!”)
Luke Reynolds, the dashing gent you see here surrounded by lovely steam-ladies, is a historian specializing in 19th century military history and gentlemen’s fashion. Somehow while obtaining degrees from Trinity College Dublin and Hunter College, he had time to serve in the armies of His and Hers Imperial Britannic Majesty, the Second Russian Empire, and the Continental Congress. He denies allegations that he will serve anyone for money, instead claiming that while his honour cannot be bought, it can be molded! Over the years, Luke has spoken on issues as ranging from Victorian sport, the offensive potential of the waltz, philosophy of fantasy, and every aspect of history, ever. He resides in New York City, where he is slowly building an ivory tower of his very own.
Feel free to kiss and tell at Marah Fellicce’s workshops! The New Jersey artist and activist behind the KissNotes project will be teaching the science, history and culture of kissing. A kiss expert since 2004 and featured lecturer @thekinkacademy, Marah has presented her kiss class to audiences in New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Louisiana, Vermont and Massachusetts. She is planning to finish research in 2010 is to publish a kiss-and-tell book on the subject. Marah’s other recent projects include an installation of living lawn furniture on Governors Island, and Performance Art with Project Porchlight. Her interdisciplinary approach to art, performance and craft has been featured in the Nonsense List, Red Bank Monitor, and Edible Jersey.
Master jewelry smith and maker of wondrous metal objects, SteamSmith (aka Mark Eliot Schwabe) journeys to us from Vermont! SteamSmiths’ education was both familial and formal, supplemented by his travels throughout the eastern regions. Ultimately, he discovered the secrets that allow him to cajole, coerce and convince metals to take the shapes dictated by his will. He earned his Si Fi bona fide along the way by creating Star Trek & Star Wars sculptures for Rawcliffe Pewter, coveted by many collectors. He has now discovered enlightenment and devotes this considerable skill and energies to the creation of things Steampunk. SteamSmith will share some of his secrets with us, demonstrating brass and pewter working techniques. So check him out for airship brooch/pins, necklaces and other wondrous objects!
Adding to our literary wonders is Emilie P. Bush. Former Host of Georgia Public Broadcasting`s Georgia Gazette, Emilie released her debut Steampunk novel, Chenda and the Airship Brofman, in late 2009. This is an adventurous tale with a feminist twist. Her current project, Chyptid, is a modern mythological fantasy set in New York City. She is also working on a follow-up to Chenda. Emilie lives and writes in Atlanta, where she is the Queen of Steam at CoalCitySteam.com.
If you’re a fan of vintage photography, Tsirkus Fotografika’s RA Friedman is your man! RA began his career as a fine art photographer in Philadelphia 2005 with on-the-street project “Negative Energy”, which succeeded in using up a cache of Polaroid film frozen since the 1970’s. He has also installed a giant camera obscura in an abandoned church spire and done itinerant portrait shoots for non-profits, which led to the creation of Tsirkus Fotografika. RA will be available at his booth for shoots with old-style silver instant film, hot lighting and a camera that dates from the 1940’s! So swing by his vintage photo shoots. You can learn about the goings-on of primitive photo equipment while you have taken your own piece of personal history to treasure for generations!
World-renowned quester of curiosities, Dr. Raja El Moeme Slickshill shall be joining us to show off his most rare of collections. Fascinated with the strange and unknown and encouraged by his experiences with Barnum’s Scudder’s Museum, he roams the continents in search of rare and unusual artifacts with a decidedly monstrous bent. These adventures were first rewarded when he discovered the petrified heart of the vampire Drăculea, in the possession of a peasant goat herder in the Carpathian countryside. The doctor currently resides in northern New Jersey, and regularly exhibits his modern sideshow at conventions and local circuses. He is also an avid sculptor and artist, and when time allows, he records electronic music. Be sure not gaze in wide wonder at his collection of monstrous remains of antiquity!
Before passing from this plane in 1880, Emperor Norton, I, revealed to his followers that he was no ordinary mortal man, but instead a manifestation of the absurd and unusual forces of the universe. He offered them the chance to follow him on his crusade to unsettle and disturb that which had become bland and banal. A grand parade ensued and continues on through time and space, bringing in its wake a glorious commotion that encourages all to join in the jubilation and make of this world what they will. Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band is the progeny of this bizarre cavalcade. They dance at the edge of reason, sing the song of society’s fringe and drum out whatever din you are called to march to. Emperor Norton is not dead; he is waiting to be awakened in each of us.
We are pleased to announce the Honor Amongst Thieves Circus Sideshow, the cutest little traveling sideshow this side of the Mississippi! (They don’t really know what’s on the other side and wish to not come off as presumptuous.) Their repertoire includes all of the most death-defying, stomach-turning acts of 1922: The Human Block Head, Ladder of Swords, Glass Walking, Fire Manipulation, The Bed of Nails, Escape Arts, and… Juggling while taking care of personal hygiene! Egads! All performed live on stage by Elliott Inman, Jersey Lilly, and Geoffrey Spooner.
Get ready to cavort with transatlantic adventurer, scandalous stage performer, and recovering mad scientist Violet Haberdasher! Ms. Haberdasher is also the author of the Knightley Academy series, a new children’s series set at a boarding school for knights during the Victorian Era! Violet holds degrees in Victorian literature and the history of medical ethics, lives in a moldering old townhouse filled with dented suits of armor, and never travels anywhere without her pet pocket watch. Along with reading from her own novel, Violet will be hosting our larger author reading, a croquet picnic, and might possibly find herself in a writer’s duel- quite literally!
Joining our line-up of sideshows, we present to you Dr. Zanzibar’s Olde City Sideshow! An ever changing repertoire of acts and spectacles- Fire Eating, Sword Swallowing, Bug Eating, Glass Walking, The Human Blockhead, and impromptu live theatre- Dr. Zanzibar and his sideshow’s “children” (all grown up these days, of course!) are sure to astonish! We look forward to their intricate arts.
Do you like a little bit of horror with your neo-Victorian reading? Then Clay and Susan Griffith have the book for you! Vampire Empire: The Greyfair- a steampunk fantasy coming from PYR Books in 2010- is set in a neo-Victorian world where vampires destroyed the great industrial nations of the north. Now bold new human kingdoms of steam and steel are rising in the deserts and jungles to face the vampire hordes. Of course, Clay and Susan don’t just write weird steampunk novels. Their prodigious comic book resume includes The Tick and the new Victoriana adventure Allan Quatermain and the Lord of Locusts. They are coming to New Jersey to read cheerfully from Vampire Empire and give random thoughts on how to collaborate creatively and stay married at the same time.
And all of you Dreadites can rejoice: we, of course, have The Penny Dreadfuls of S.S. Icarus to interact with you throughout the weekend! These pirates have been flying their sky-ships all over the US making the skies a little less safe for everyone… especially themselves. Joining us will be the crews of the S.S. Icarus, The Orgia, and Our Lady Most Fair!
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Don’t forget to visit our Library of Lost Literature, hosted by Weird Tales Magazine! It will feature readings and events by, in addition to the above authors and writers:
Ben H. Winters, coauthor of two steampunk-flavored books in the bestselling Quirk Classics line: 2009’s Jane Austen horror mashup Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, and the forthcoming 19th-century Russian robot epic Android Karenina. He lives in Brooklyn.
Ekaterina Sedia, is the author of the acclaimed 2008 steampunk novel The Alchemy of Stone and the editor of the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology Paper Cities. A native of Moscow, she now lives in South Jersey.
Leanna Renee Hieber, author of the bestselling 2009 Victorian fantasy novel The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker and its forthcoming spring 2010 sequel, The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker. She lives in New York City.
Genevieve Valentine, author of the forthcoming steampunk fantasy Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti and a regular blogger for Tor.com and Fantasy Magazine. She lives in New York City.
John Gregory Betancourt, founder of Wildside Press, publisher of Weird Tales (the world’s oldest magazine of strange and fantastic literature) and the forthcoming Steampunk Classics line of great turn-of-the-century science fiction and fantasy. He lives in Maryland.
and Stephen H. Segal, the Hugo Award-winning creative director of Weird Tales magazine and the new editor at Quirk Books, publisher of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. He lives in Philadelphia.
COMING SOON:
JM Renfield & HM
The Slomski Brothers
The Emperor of the Red Fork Empire
What Time Is It, Mr. Fox?
Coyote Run
and others!
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Questions, comments, concerns? Contact us today!
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ALPHABETICAL LIST:
The Absinthe Drinker – Adam Smith – Amy Blackthorn – Aubrey Calliope * Ben H. Winters – Black Tape for A Blue Girl – Brigid Ashwood * CJ Henderson – Clay and Susan Griffith – The Clockwork Dolls – The Comiku Girls * Dr. Slickshill * Ekaterina Sedia – Eli August – Emilie P. Bush – Emperor Norton’s Stationary Marching Band – Epsilon’s Elixers * Felice the Dancing Wench * G.D. Falksen – Genevieve Valentine * Happy Hour Burlesque – Honor Amongst Thieves Circus Sideshow – HUMANWINE * Jake von Slatt – John Gregory Betancourt * Katie Kat – Kyle Cassidy * Leanna Renee Hieber – Luke Reynolds * Madame Ximon – Marah Fellicce – Matt DeBlass – The Mission Creeps – Mr. E – ModVic * Olde City Sideshow – Outland Armour * Platform one – Professor Elemental – Professor E.R. Darclyffe – Psyche Corporation * RA Friedman * S.S. Icarus/The Penny Dreadfuls – SteamSmith – Stephen Segal * This Way to the Egress – Tom Brown – Tsirkus Fotografika * Veronique Chevalier – Violet Haberdasher * Walter Sickert & The Army of Broken Toys