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The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

Inspiration and information from the steampunk world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.

They are starting to reach the outside world (New on my nightstand: The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris.)

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Steampunk Book Trailer — The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel.

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Out now! The Janus Affair: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel— the audio book!

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Queen Victoria's Journals have been released. The Ministry will be checking that no mention of giant robots, burning airships or vampires are released (Supplied by Royal Collection Trust / © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2012)

"The madcap schemes and intricate plots are on par with classic whodunit mysteries. The story has amazing humor, non-stop adventure and action, and yes... romance!"

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Robin Schaufler These books look like fun

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Robin Schaufler These books look like fun

Something for Eliza to wear to San Francisco? (Fox watered silk, ribbon-weave gown, c.1895)

Tee Morris talks the Janus Affair book trailer and how to make a book trailer

A delicate shoe for Eliza's night on the town (Exquisite Silk Beaded Shoes with scalloped 4 button strap, 1890-95)

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"...a satisfying read wrapped up in a quintessential, elegant steampunk bow.."

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Wellington Thornhill Books and Eliza D. Braun discover a case file never meant for the Archives…at least not yet. Throwing caution to the wind, the agents go against convention and share their discovery with the æthernet…

An image of Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine shot by JR Blackwell. It curiously foreshadows the collaboration that was to become the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences

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Some places where Eliza would drag Wellington. "Cabaret du Ciel ("The Cabaret of the Sky"), a divinely themed bar where Dante and Father Time greeted visitors and comely ladies dressed as angels pranced around teasing patrons. As Morrow recalled, the evening's entertainment was presided over by God himself, who tossed holy water upon the boozy crowd"

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Steam punk wedding cake This is, quite frankly, too epic to eat.

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The Science Fiction Book Club is offering a hardback version of the Janus Affair.

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I literally have nothing to complain about here, and that is rare. That's a lot of praise for a book to live up to, but The Janus Affair is that rare novel, the one that manages to be delightful, zany, action-packed and original from inception to execution

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Eliza would most definitely approve!

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Feminist Analysis of Steampunk Literature - Senior Research Presentation- very proud to have Phoenix Rising used in this discussion...

by coldbritto

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by PJ Schnyder Phailin is not your typical personal guard to the King of Siam. This royal protector of secrets finds herself intrigued by a guest of the British Ambassador’s, the enigmatic John M. Alvey of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, and his quest for a swan possessing mythical powers… Also available on the Nook and Smashwords.

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The Ministry crest, designed by the uber-talented Alex White. Soon to be available on all sorts of objects.

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Agent Althea Galway, preparing for her first undercover operation... (Want to know more? Have a listen to Volume 1 and 2 of Tales from the Archives.)

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The interior of the hardback Russian version of Phoenix Rising. I think those are our names in Russian!

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Tee Morris Drop. Dead. Sexy. Comrade.

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Amanda Makepeace Pure awesome.

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Brad Pendergraph Yep... those are your names in Russian. Awesome to see @Tee Morris reduced to Tu (that backwards N is a double e sound). Which makes your name pronounced, "Peep" :)

The hardback Russian version of Phoenix Rising!

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Tee Morris I cannot LIKE this enough.

Good queen vic...or is she... (Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee "Scrapbook")

Eliza...the lady in red (Red Silk Evening Gown, 1890's)

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Thomas Willeford of Brute Force Leather, is playing Douglas in our book trailer. Yes, that is him, punching a tiger! (But in his defence the tiger was biting him....)

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Arthur Books welcomes home his son, Wellington, from the jungles and deserts of Africa. In his own manner, the invalid father bestows upon his heir all the pride and respect due to actions in the field. The returning war hero, though, has returned more than a decorated soldier in Her Majesty's Army; and Arthur collects on an investment spanning across decades.

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Quite Sophia's style (Jacques Doucet Velvet Evening Gown with Corded Trim c. 1895)

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African steampunk...this makes me think of Nathan Lowell's story.

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Have an American agent in mind for this dress (Printed dotted Swiss day dress with silk chiffon, silk taffeta, and cotton braid embellishments, by P. Barroin, French (Paris), c. 1897.)

Victorian-era prosthetic hand.

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The first episode of the free podcast anthology of the Ministry.

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Suffragists...don't forget them...

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Christine Maia-Fleres Everyone should read this and, as my old boss used to say "please be governed accordingly.

Eliza loves to swim, but not in this sort of thing.... (Beachwear. 1895)

Beware flying folk in the Janus Affair...

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50 years after a certain scene in the Janus Affair...

A lady that Wellington and Eliza meet in their travels in Book Three...

A little Victorian waif...but could she be part of the Ministry Seven??

Yes, I am working on a short story based on this group of rapscallions... ...and I'm using "rapscallion" as a term of deepest endearment.

In 1849 when a poet is murdered in the streets of Baltimore. The man behind the seemingly random murder manages to elude the law until — in 1889 — Agents Bruce Campbell and Brandon Hill track him down. The assassin, Mikael Scharnusser, gives the slip to the agents on revealing his “talent” and the madman’s intentions to bring down the House of Usher. Available also for the Kindle and all other electronic devices

If Eliza REALLY wanted to turn heads! (House of Worth Silk evening dress 1898-1900)

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A location for Book Three of the Ministry series. What perils could Wellington and Eliza face here??

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The Airship Award that Phoenix Rising received for best steampunk writing of 2011

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By Grant Stone. From the farthest edge of the Empire, New Zealand agents Lachlan King and Barry Ferguson are called to interview a recent arrival to Auckland’s prisons. An infamous gambler, according to the constable’s account, has turned himself into their custody, not for the safety of society but for his own. The Ministry steps in to uncover a man’s story of impressive luck, and more incredible vision. Also available on Nook and Smashwords

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Hardcover versions of Phoenix Rising are available from the Science Fiction Book Club

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Brad Pendergraph Awesome :)

One of the happy members of the Ministry with her very own hardback of Phoenix Rising.

A slightly fancier cape for Eliza (1895 Emile Pingat cape)

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Phil Rossi takes the Ministry to India where not all is at it seems. Also available on Amazon and Smashwords.

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