"I say, Watson, Mrs. Hudson is quite taken with Edison's latest iteration of the rotating incandescent lamp. What did she say it was called again?" [Watson checks notebook.] "Funkytown." #humor #sherlock #watson #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury

"On the evening before my birthday, I took a long, thoughtful walk near a deserted farm. It put me into a melancholy spirit and reminded me that all things are fleeting. The eternal "now" is all that is real." #steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #1800s #19thCentury

Bronze statue of Joseph Snell and James Sawyer, the founding fathers of the City of Snellville, GA. The town was named in 1879. #victorian #history #Georgia #1800s #19thcentury

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before; But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token... "The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe, 1848 #poe #raven #poetry #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #horror

"A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens, 1843. Another excellent production. @atlshakespeareco.bsky.social #Dickens #Christmas

Here's my latest dark and tragic Victorian short story. It's taken me a long while to find the strength to finish this, so I hope you like it. 🩶 #Victorian #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtqia #women #feminism #history #shortstories #fiction #goth #gothic #PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈 medium.com/@emory.cleme...

"I fear my estimation of Modern Fashion has taken a blow. Mrs. Russell insisted that gentlemen in the Arabian quarter went without hat or cravat when dining out. I liked the fancy shirt but felt naked after trying her husband's tailor." #cosplay #victorian #fantasy #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage

This remains a cinematic triumph. #shakespeare #muchado youtu.be/_z3Pfq49wYA?...

'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December; And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.' The month of our dark friend, the Raven, is upon us. For don't we all just seek surcease of sorrow from our books? #BookologyThursday #poe #gothic #books #booksky #december

Jeremy Brett Image from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", S1.E5 ∙ The Abbey Grange, 1986 #sherlock #mystery #murder #whodunit #victorian #1800s #19thcentury

"Accustomed as I was to my friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he." -Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia" #sherlock #victorian #mystery #disguise #fanart

"While recovering from Red Fever, as the southerners call it, I let my whiskers advance of their own accord. They did not disappoint me, though my clean-shaven barber clucked unhappily upon each visit." #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #victorian #cosplay #costume #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage

Credit: Stephen Beale Source: @steampunk-explorer.com

"Mr. Russell invited me to his little-used Savannah cottage. When I looked in his stable, I found a fine gelding and a steamer bike. His new ethermobile was being delivered next week. 'We're living in the future, Kolby!' He said with a vast smile." #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #gildedage #1800s

Kolby 1861: "During my travels in the southern United States, I was asked to brief the Georgia Guard on my experiences the various Asiatic militaries, giving special attention to Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese forces. They presented me with a field jacket as a memento." #steampunk #cosplay #1800s

Kolby, 1857: "In the depths of a Pakistani forest, an ancient imam showed me an ancient text. He called it a kitab al-hikma, a book of wisdoms. Inside, he said, was all we need to know about the Wildman of the mountains." #steampunk #fantasy #victorian #Yeti #sasquatch #Bigfoot #Pakistan #fiction

Did you know? In the Victorian era, the kingdoms of Britain and Hanover were suddenly split. Hanover law, forbade women from inheriting its crown. So while Victoria became Queen of Great Britain, the throne of Hanover passed to her deeply unpopular uncle, Ernest Augustus. #Victorian #history

"As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts." -Herman Melville, "Moby-Dick or, The Whale", 1851 #ocean #sail #Melville #sea

very Dickens in both the 'gone blind without any notice' (Wills was he assistant magazine editor) and Christmas Eve in Whitechapel

"I returned to the Russell home, a palace and art gallery in one, on Tuesday for a ball and midnight supper. When I noted the mourning ring on Mrs. Russell's alabaster hand, she gave a feline smile and said, 'My husband's old associate met an untimely end.'" #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #mourning

[From Kolby's memoir dated December 1851...] "For last year's birthday, a student brought me a journal made from Mastodon leather. This year, she sent another from her family's ranch. The tooling was exquisite." #steampunk #gothic #victorian #gentlemen #Mastodon #leather #fantasy #fiction

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." -Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice", 1813 #Austen #1800s #19thcentury #literature

There is nothing better for boils than a poultice of bread and water, linseed and scraped carrots.

ANKLES!!!

"The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world." --Henry David Thoreau, "Cape Cod" #ocean #sea #Thoreau

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -- Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora", 1841

"Two nice girls" are far from ‘nice’ in permitting strange men to speak to, and actually “walk with you"!

"I waited several weeks to write about this, and I am still not certain how embarrassed I should be." www.tumblr.com/drmartinkolb... #fantasy #fiction #steampunk #seer #fortuneteller #tarot #1800s #19thCentury #gothic #crystalball

Tonight's cinematic indulgence... The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series 1994) - IMDb share.google/hH6gc0UcmHrk... #sherlock #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #mystery #crime

"Daniel Koloman, designer of the new Ether Pistol, met me for beers at a new place called Broke Baton Brewing. Each crate of hops bore an uncanny image that looked just like Koloman (after he's had a few)." #beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian

I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours. -- Lewis Carroll #steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury

"I remember seeing a doll in a window while I traveled through the Ardennes with the Belgian Science Contingent. 'More silly toys for ze rich ladies in America,' Dr. Labock said with unabashed disdain." #doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage

Kolby, 1861: "I was pleased to meet the military attaché and diplomatic command as I crossed the Indian border into Nepal." Credit: Clara Blackheart Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho... #steampunk #cosplay #costume #military #fantasy #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #vintage

"I found an odd carved totem while touring Appalachia during our American Yeti expedition. One local said it had been in her family for decades." #victorian #fantasy #fiction #Bigfoot #sasquatch #Yeti

Credit: Craig Jenkins Source: steampunk-explorer.com/articles/pho... #steampunk #gothic #goth #whitby #fantasy #convention #cosplay #costume #victorian

166 years ago, on the 12th of November 1859, Jules Léotard performed the first flying trapeze routine. The one-piece garment he invented was named after him. Léotard had passed law exams at age 18 before becoming a professional gymnast and died at age 32, presumably due to smallpox. #otd #history 🗃️

"A small Appalachian town claimed to have a 'hairy wild man' in a cage. Thinking it might be an American Yeti, we detoured to see for ourselves. Alas, it was a sad bear with mangy fur. I left in disgust. Somehow, the bear 'escaped' that same night." #freakshow #fiction #Yeti #sasquatch #fantasy

Invective [in-VEK-tiv] (adj.) - Of, relating to, or characterized by, or using abusive language, bitter sarcasm, etc. - Vituperative; denunciatory; censoriously abusive. (n.) - Vehement or violent accusation; censure, or reproach, especially of a bitterly abusive, insulting, or sarcastic kind.

"I enjoyed a brief stop in Munchen at the end of their month-long beer festival. Wonderful country with raucous, happy people." #beer #octoberfest #Germany

bbc.com/news/article... #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #teaparty #wonderland #history

when you're a Victorian editor, who's commissioned some travel writing about Covent Garden, but left the image selection to the guy in the office with the laudanum habit

Nevermore. youtu.be/guEuZMwdhY4?... #poe #raven #poem #victorian #1800s #19thcentury

This article and photograph were found by Kolby biographer Eliza Grant. The article is from the Mirror Lake Informer, Sunday, October 14, 1849. #fiction #fantasy #victorian #1800s #19thCentury #yeti #bigfoot #sasquatch

Crackers #baseball #Atlanta #victorian #history #nonfiction

153 years ago, on the 5th of November 1872, Susan B. Anthony and fourteen other women voted in the American presidential election. Anthony was later fined 100 dollars and responded :"I shall never pay a dollar of your unjust penalty." She never did. #otd #history🗃️

Refuse to Be Amused Source: New York Herald, Aug 23, 1885, page 8. 1/ And then Narragansett had an individuality of its own, and was a jolly summer resort, where a great deal of fun was to be had for very little money. #gossip #society #gildedage #newspaper #victorian #1800s #19thCentury

"The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy #pocketwatch #cosplay #victorian #steampunk #costume #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #Halloween

Alice: How long is forever? White Rabbit: Sometimes, just one second. -Lewis Carroll #steampunk #cosplay #victorian #costume #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #wonderland #pocketwatch

The veil is thin tonight. #steampunk #cosplay #costume #Halloween #spooky #gothic #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage

Happy Halloween! May your adventures bring shivers (or candy). #steampunk #cosplay #victorian #ghost #Haunted #Halloween #1800s #19thcentury #seance #gildedage #costume #larp #fantasy