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Utter genius - the steampunk story editor
Aug. 13th, 2008 12:19 pmFound by clicking around: The Steampunk Story Generator
I particularly like story two: 'nostalgia for a past that never was' is practically the story of my life. I like the caveat at the end of the last story, too!
It begins with a brusque man in a decaying palazzo. This person meets a laboratory assistant and together they encounter a difference engine and chains. The story winds up in the lamplight and features gears. The overall narrative concerns the nature of how we know what we know.
The story begins in a greenhouse, when a quixotic American newspaper editor and an intelligent sidekick meet because of clockwork mechanisms. It features nostalgia for a past that never was. The protagonist is motivated out of professional ambition.
The story begins in a large city, when a beefy yet intelligent man and a benevolent mastermind meet because of the breaking of someone's reserved exterior. It is a quest story. The antagonist is motivated out of loyalty to the throne.
The villain of this piece is a Briton, while the hero is a big man. The plot begins with opposites attracting in a dance hall. The ending includes elements of a samurai lord who funds terrible research and primitive robots driven by Babbage-style programing cards.
Your story begins with the Sultan's upholsterer in a post office. The villain is a lady novelist who also has a familiar. Plot elements include a rusty propeller and poetry in different styles (only if the author can write good poetry).
I particularly like story two: 'nostalgia for a past that never was' is practically the story of my life. I like the caveat at the end of the last story, too!
It begins with a brusque man in a decaying palazzo. This person meets a laboratory assistant and together they encounter a difference engine and chains. The story winds up in the lamplight and features gears. The overall narrative concerns the nature of how we know what we know.
The story begins in a greenhouse, when a quixotic American newspaper editor and an intelligent sidekick meet because of clockwork mechanisms. It features nostalgia for a past that never was. The protagonist is motivated out of professional ambition.
The story begins in a large city, when a beefy yet intelligent man and a benevolent mastermind meet because of the breaking of someone's reserved exterior. It is a quest story. The antagonist is motivated out of loyalty to the throne.
The villain of this piece is a Briton, while the hero is a big man. The plot begins with opposites attracting in a dance hall. The ending includes elements of a samurai lord who funds terrible research and primitive robots driven by Babbage-style programing cards.
Your story begins with the Sultan's upholsterer in a post office. The villain is a lady novelist who also has a familiar. Plot elements include a rusty propeller and poetry in different styles (only if the author can write good poetry).