The young adult novel Leviathan, published in 2009, is a good entry point for anyone interested in trying out the steampunk genre. It’s a great fit for the steampunk aesthetic, full of gadgets and amazing inventions that never were. The setting is in Europe, a few years past the Victorian Era in the nineteen-teens just […]
* Slogan is from a hat company advertisement, circa 1897 Hats were crucial to a respectable appearance for both men and women in Victorian times. To go bareheaded was simply not proper. The top hat, for example, was standard formal wear for upper- and middle-class men. Women’s hats were designed to match their outfits and […]
Today is our last day of our free Amazon promotion of my vampire story “Love at Stake.” Our friend Garvey is here to “goose” you into action. Or maybe he’s angry because people keep calling him “Gravy.” In any case, please download the ebook, give it a read, and leave a review on my page […]
We present Professor Ione D’s second post from her airship tour of Cuba. I apologize for my absence over the last week. My stay here in beautiful Cuba was unexpectedly extended. But that is a story for another day. My recipe I am sharing today is a Cuban Pork Roast. Sounds a little boring, no? […]
As you can see in the photo, it’s Halloween, that day when Jack Skellington’s brother Pat harnesses up his team of flamingos to bring lots of horrible gifts to all the bad little ghouls and banshees. It’s also time for us to announce the publication of our new short story “Love at Stake” about a […]
The third novel in our classics series is an award-winning 1983 novel by Tim Powers, a well-realized and vivid tale of time travel and supernatural intrigue. Though nominally a time-travel fantasy, it gets included in steampunk lists because of its setting – London in the nineteenth century. The action begins in 1983 when eccentric millionaire […]
It’s been a busy month at Nakota Publishing. We are preparing for the release of not one but two works of fiction on Amazon. The first is our new short story “Love at Stake,” an urban fantasy tale about a lonely vampire who decides to try that modern innovation, online dating. He meets an […]
