Today The Infernal Detective launches on Amazon! Buy it now!
Book of Shadows
Still life photos by Amelia Bower of floral arrangements based on botanical spells? Eerie, gorgeous, inspiring. To see all the arrangements, click on the photo and you’ll see the next in the series (it isn’t obvious from the website).
http://www.ameliabauer.com/book-of-shadows
Marianne Stokes-Preindlsberger (Austrian painter) 1855 - 1927
La Jeune Fille et La Mort (The Young Girl and Death), ca. 1908
aka Death and the Maiden
Mini-Book Charm Giveaway: The Infernal Detective by Kirsten Weiss
A big thanks to Melissa’s Mochas, Mysteries and More for hosting a book charm giveaway as part of The Infernal Detective promotions. You can enter it here.
Rita Hayworth, Trailer of The Lady from Shanghai
Wacky Relatives and Other Wedding Woes... And a New Riga Hayworth Mystery
Thanks to Kassandra Lamb at misterio press for this terrific launch day blog! Book 4 in the Riga Hayworth series is here!
When my husband and I were planning our wedding a few of his, shall we say, less stable family members were being a bit problematic. For the sake of cordial relations with the in-laws I wonâ…
The Infernal Detective is Here!
More flying goats from the Compendium Maleficarum, 1608 (wood engraving).
Occult History
Wow. There is some really interesting stuff on Scribd.
I’ve got an old manuscript - a mystery with a Victorian British heroine set in the California Gold Rush. It honestly didn’t deserve to be published, but I’ve hung onto it, thinking I could revisit it someday. After all the fun at the Maker Faire, I’m wondering if I could make it steampunk. Or would that be heresy?
Anyway, this image is by Albert Robida, circa 1883, and is his imagining about what life would be like in the 20th century. With the fish-shaped airship, it seems rather steampunk to me!
So what do you think? Is the Gold Rush 20 years too early for steampunk? Or should I just make my own world and not worry about it?
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