Monday, February 11, 2008

THE NEW STEAM AGE: A 100-WORD STORY

Steampunk Desktop
Image: Sean Slattery.

Doctor Rauchfisch stood over the basin, trimming his muttonchops carefully with his straight razor. He rinsed. A splash of bay rum and he strode out, clapping on his top hat and walking-goggles.

Dodging the press of Stanleys and Vapormatics that clogged the street, he arrived at his office and rode the hydraulic lift to the seventh floor.

Taking a polished mahogany case out of his desk, he unfolded it, snapping the steam hose into the wall outlet. Rapidly clicking clockwork signaled the Difference-Engine’s readiness.

He smiled. Life was so much easier since the invention of the World-Wide Steam-Powered Computational Network.

[Read more about Steampunk here.]

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