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Posts published in May 2013

World’s First Audio Recording: 1860

Love this. 1860?!  http://boingboing.net/2011/12/15/the-worlds-first-audio-recor.html http://www.anecdote-du-jour.com/le-premier-enregistrement-de-voix-au-monde-date-de-1860/

Writing projects and Babbage Fiction Press

Would anyone care to collaborate on a longer piece, perhaps in parallel with this year’s Tales project? Set it in New Babbage, of course; I write from…

Tale from New Babbage: The Phantom Coach @ 7p

Tonight, the sultry Scotsman of New Babbage, Victor Mornington, reads a ghostly tale of the northern moors. The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards is…

Attention Blog-a-holics!

It’s come to my attention that some folks here are not familar with the term “Mary Sue.” Evreyone has Mary Sue’d at some time in…

Now Wot?

Mr. Dark an’ thet Popplefot fella wos ‘aving a very animated conversytion.  It sounded loike they wos talkin’ about a large order of pigs but…

April 27 – The Missing (Part 2)

“So who in Babbage would be able to restore his body?” Bookworm mused.  “Or did Janus just take it so it would be on hand…

April 27 – The Missing (Part 1)

Bookworm stirred out of sleep as a knock at her door finally registered.  She raised her head groggily and said, “Yes?” The door opened, and…

Street vendors: the Muffin Man

“The muffin man, who traditionally bore his ware on his head, and the signal of his approach – the ringing of a handbell – was…