LEDFEATHERS (Stephen Graham Jones) Stories weave themselves togehter in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. Past and present, boys and girls, parents and children. Long lost lovers. Everything is connected.
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From the game thread:
Dear Museum Colleagues,
I was informed earlier today of a mix-up in the availability of the Etruscan Antiquities Room for our Gala Dinner. Renovations are scheduled to begin sooner than expected, and preparations to clear the room will begin immediately.
Part 2 – Please assist in these last minute changes by suggesting other possible…
“Mother and Child” is a short story from Langston Hughes’s collection of stories “The Way of the White Folks”. Such a powerful voice!
One of my earliest memories is when my parents took me to the London Transport Museum - and among the trains and buses, I was enchanted by a series of Art Deco underground posters along the walls.
Perhaps that's where my interest in Dieselpunk started. Before the genre existed, it was present inside me, as an…
When she first went to Ireland, Ombretta was fascinated with the tales of the Morrigan. This goddess of the earth, protector of kings, but also caller of death, destroyer of warriors.
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A mystery is always fun. Here are a few things you might want to do with this one
Head over to the Etsy thread of the…
THE TRUMPET (Damian Fredericks) – In 1920s New York, a cornetist is willing to do anything to become famous. And the Devil knows how to tempt him.
One morsel review: A fantasy story historically set in the Twenties, this is a smart intuition, executed with more than a few uncertainties. The Trumpet Damian Fredericks --------------------------------------- Genre: dieselpunk --------------------------------------- While trying to avoid the police on the street at night, a jazzman comes across a tramp who gives him his trumpet in exchange…
From the game thread:
Dear Museum Colleagues,
You and a guest are cordially invited to attend our Annual Gala Dinner as a fundraiser for the expansion of the Museum’s artifacts collection. Cocktails will be served at 6:30 pm in the Museum Garden Atrium. A formal dinner will follow at 8:00 pm in the Etruscan Antiquities Room.
Ombretta was…
“The Dain Curse” is one of Dashiell Hammet’s most peculiar noir detective stories, involving allucination… and possibly ghosts
I’ve just joined a team on Etsy that organises a mystery. That’s right and that’s the reason why I joined them. They have a very unique way to create treasuries, giving them such a form that will actually tell some kind of story. They call themselves The Museum of Made and Found and generally act…
The first case of Troubleshooter Mick Trabble involves a kidnapped leg and a lot of memories he doesn’t want to rememeber
One morsel review: Well-informed dissertation about life of the new youth of the Roaring Twenties. Maybe a bit too wordy, but very interesting.
The Damned and the Beautiful
American Youth in the 1920s
Paula S. Fass
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Genre: social history
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The book presents a portrayal of family life, with special regard to the education of young people in Victorian/Edwardian Eras. It…