Dr. Martin Kolby
@drmartinkolby.bsky.social
Member of the Royal Explorers Society, past president (1836-1840) of the King's Geographical Institute, Order du Chevalerie. Currently studying madness among dispersed populations in Appalachia.
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"The undefeatable Mrs. K, a rich divorcee who shed scandal as efficiently as a Canvasback sheds water, was never lacking in charm, wit, or a salacious bit of gossip. She was a staunch friend and a formidable adversary."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #lady #palace
"The undefeatable Mrs. K, a rich divorcee who shed scandal as efficiently as a Canvasback sheds water, was never lacking in charm, wit, or a salacious bit of gossip. She was a staunch friend and a formidable adversary."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #lady #palace
"I say, Watson, Mrs. Hudson is quite taken with Edison's latest iteration of the rotating incandescent lamp. What did she say it was called again?"
[Watson checks notebook.] "Funkytown."
#humor #sherlock #watson #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
[Watson checks notebook.] "Funkytown."
#humor #sherlock #watson #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
December 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"I say, Watson, Mrs. Hudson is quite taken with Edison's latest iteration of the rotating incandescent lamp. What did she say it was called again?"
[Watson checks notebook.] "Funkytown."
#humor #sherlock #watson #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
[Watson checks notebook.] "Funkytown."
#humor #sherlock #watson #fiction #victorian #1800s #19thCentury
"On the evening before my birthday, I took a long, thoughtful walk near a deserted farm. It put me into a melancholy spirit and reminded me that all things are fleeting. The eternal "now" is all that is real."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #1800s #19thCentury
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #1800s #19thCentury
December 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"On the evening before my birthday, I took a long, thoughtful walk near a deserted farm. It put me into a melancholy spirit and reminded me that all things are fleeting. The eternal "now" is all that is real."
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #1800s #19thCentury
#steampunk #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #gildedage #fiction #1800s #19thCentury
Bronze statue of Joseph Snell and James Sawyer, the founding fathers of the City of Snellville, GA. The town was named in 1879.
#victorian #history #Georgia #1800s #19thcentury
#victorian #history #Georgia #1800s #19thcentury
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Bronze statue of Joseph Snell and James Sawyer, the founding fathers of the City of Snellville, GA. The town was named in 1879.
#victorian #history #Georgia #1800s #19thcentury
#victorian #history #Georgia #1800s #19thcentury
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token...
"The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe, 1848
#poe #raven #poetry #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #horror
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token...
"The Raven", Edgar Allan Poe, 1848
#poe #raven #poetry #victorian #cosplay #fantasy #horror
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens, 1843.
Another excellent production.
@atlshakespeareco.bsky.social
#Dickens #Christmas
Another excellent production.
@atlshakespeareco.bsky.social
#Dickens #Christmas
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"A Christmas Carol", Charles Dickens, 1843.
Another excellent production.
@atlshakespeareco.bsky.social
#Dickens #Christmas
Another excellent production.
@atlshakespeareco.bsky.social
#Dickens #Christmas
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Here's my latest dark and tragic Victorian short story.
It's taken me a long while to find the strength to finish this, so I hope you like it. 🩶
#Victorian #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtqia #women #feminism #history #shortstories #fiction #goth #gothic #PRIDE 🏳️🌈
medium.com/@emory.cleme...
It's taken me a long while to find the strength to finish this, so I hope you like it. 🩶
#Victorian #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtqia #women #feminism #history #shortstories #fiction #goth #gothic #PRIDE 🏳️🌈
medium.com/@emory.cleme...
The Adulteration of Sweetness
Emilia wove each daisy with such patient care that the little chain soon appeared as perfect as anything nature herself had fashioned. She…
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November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Here's my latest dark and tragic Victorian short story.
It's taken me a long while to find the strength to finish this, so I hope you like it. 🩶
#Victorian #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtqia #women #feminism #history #shortstories #fiction #goth #gothic #PRIDE 🏳️🌈
medium.com/@emory.cleme...
It's taken me a long while to find the strength to finish this, so I hope you like it. 🩶
#Victorian #lesbian #sapphic #lgbtqia #women #feminism #history #shortstories #fiction #goth #gothic #PRIDE 🏳️🌈
medium.com/@emory.cleme...
"I fear my estimation of Modern Fashion has taken a blow. Mrs. Russell insisted that gentlemen in the Arabian quarter went without hat or cravat when dining out. I liked the fancy shirt but felt naked after trying her husband's tailor."
#cosplay #victorian #fantasy #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#cosplay #victorian #fantasy #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
December 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"I fear my estimation of Modern Fashion has taken a blow. Mrs. Russell insisted that gentlemen in the Arabian quarter went without hat or cravat when dining out. I liked the fancy shirt but felt naked after trying her husband's tailor."
#cosplay #victorian #fantasy #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#cosplay #victorian #fantasy #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
Much Ado About Nothing (9/11) Movie CLIP - A Strange Love (1993) HD
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December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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'Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.'
The month of our dark friend, the Raven, is upon us.
For don't we all just seek surcease of sorrow from our books?
#BookologyThursday #poe
#gothic #books #booksky #december
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.'
The month of our dark friend, the Raven, is upon us.
For don't we all just seek surcease of sorrow from our books?
#BookologyThursday #poe
#gothic #books #booksky #december
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Jeremy Brett
Image from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", S1.E5 ∙ The Abbey Grange, 1986
#sherlock #mystery #murder #whodunit #victorian #1800s #19thcentury
Image from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", S1.E5 ∙ The Abbey Grange, 1986
#sherlock #mystery #murder #whodunit #victorian #1800s #19thcentury
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Jeremy Brett
Image from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", S1.E5 ∙ The Abbey Grange, 1986
#sherlock #mystery #murder #whodunit #victorian #1800s #19thcentury
Image from "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", S1.E5 ∙ The Abbey Grange, 1986
#sherlock #mystery #murder #whodunit #victorian #1800s #19thcentury
"Accustomed as I was to my friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he."
-Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
#sherlock #victorian #mystery #disguise #fanart
-Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
#sherlock #victorian #mystery #disguise #fanart
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Accustomed as I was to my friend's amazing powers in the use of disguises, I had to look three times before I was certain that it was indeed he."
-Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
#sherlock #victorian #mystery #disguise #fanart
-Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Scandal in Bohemia"
#sherlock #victorian #mystery #disguise #fanart
"While recovering from Red Fever, as the southerners call it, I let my whiskers advance of their own accord. They did not disappoint me, though my clean-shaven barber clucked unhappily upon each visit."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #victorian #cosplay #costume #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #victorian #cosplay #costume #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"While recovering from Red Fever, as the southerners call it, I let my whiskers advance of their own accord. They did not disappoint me, though my clean-shaven barber clucked unhappily upon each visit."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #victorian #cosplay #costume #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #victorian #cosplay #costume #1800s #19thcentury #gildedage
Credit: Stephen Beale
Source: @steampunk-explorer.com
Source: @steampunk-explorer.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Credit: Stephen Beale
Source: @steampunk-explorer.com
Source: @steampunk-explorer.com
"Mr. Russell invited me to his little-used Savannah cottage. When I looked in his stable, I found a fine gelding and a steamer bike. His new ethermobile was being delivered next week.
'We're living in the future, Kolby!' He said with a vast smile."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #gildedage #1800s
'We're living in the future, Kolby!' He said with a vast smile."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #gildedage #1800s
November 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Mr. Russell invited me to his little-used Savannah cottage. When I looked in his stable, I found a fine gelding and a steamer bike. His new ethermobile was being delivered next week.
'We're living in the future, Kolby!' He said with a vast smile."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #gildedage #1800s
'We're living in the future, Kolby!' He said with a vast smile."
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #gildedage #1800s
Kolby 1861:
"During my travels in the southern United States, I was asked to brief the Georgia Guard on my experiences the various Asiatic militaries, giving special attention to Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese forces.
They presented me with a field jacket as a memento."
#steampunk #cosplay #1800s
"During my travels in the southern United States, I was asked to brief the Georgia Guard on my experiences the various Asiatic militaries, giving special attention to Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese forces.
They presented me with a field jacket as a memento."
#steampunk #cosplay #1800s
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Kolby 1861:
"During my travels in the southern United States, I was asked to brief the Georgia Guard on my experiences the various Asiatic militaries, giving special attention to Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese forces.
They presented me with a field jacket as a memento."
#steampunk #cosplay #1800s
"During my travels in the southern United States, I was asked to brief the Georgia Guard on my experiences the various Asiatic militaries, giving special attention to Indian, Pakistani, and Nepalese forces.
They presented me with a field jacket as a memento."
#steampunk #cosplay #1800s
Kolby, 1857:
"In the depths of a Pakistani forest, an ancient imam showed me an ancient text. He called it a kitab al-hikma, a book of wisdoms. Inside, he said, was all we need to know about the Wildman of the mountains."
#steampunk #fantasy #victorian #Yeti #sasquatch #Bigfoot #Pakistan #fiction
"In the depths of a Pakistani forest, an ancient imam showed me an ancient text. He called it a kitab al-hikma, a book of wisdoms. Inside, he said, was all we need to know about the Wildman of the mountains."
#steampunk #fantasy #victorian #Yeti #sasquatch #Bigfoot #Pakistan #fiction
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Kolby, 1857:
"In the depths of a Pakistani forest, an ancient imam showed me an ancient text. He called it a kitab al-hikma, a book of wisdoms. Inside, he said, was all we need to know about the Wildman of the mountains."
#steampunk #fantasy #victorian #Yeti #sasquatch #Bigfoot #Pakistan #fiction
"In the depths of a Pakistani forest, an ancient imam showed me an ancient text. He called it a kitab al-hikma, a book of wisdoms. Inside, he said, was all we need to know about the Wildman of the mountains."
#steampunk #fantasy #victorian #Yeti #sasquatch #Bigfoot #Pakistan #fiction
Reposted by Dr. Martin Kolby
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, the kingdoms of Britain and Hanover were suddenly split.
Hanover law, forbade women from inheriting its crown. So while Victoria became Queen of Great Britain, the throne of Hanover passed to her deeply unpopular uncle, Ernest Augustus.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, the kingdoms of Britain and Hanover were suddenly split.
Hanover law, forbade women from inheriting its crown. So while Victoria became Queen of Great Britain, the throne of Hanover passed to her deeply unpopular uncle, Ernest Augustus.
#Victorian #history
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, the kingdoms of Britain and Hanover were suddenly split.
Hanover law, forbade women from inheriting its crown. So while Victoria became Queen of Great Britain, the throne of Hanover passed to her deeply unpopular uncle, Ernest Augustus.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, the kingdoms of Britain and Hanover were suddenly split.
Hanover law, forbade women from inheriting its crown. So while Victoria became Queen of Great Britain, the throne of Hanover passed to her deeply unpopular uncle, Ernest Augustus.
#Victorian #history
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very Dickens in both the 'gone blind without any notice' (Wills was he assistant magazine editor) and Christmas Eve in Whitechapel
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
very Dickens in both the 'gone blind without any notice' (Wills was he assistant magazine editor) and Christmas Eve in Whitechapel
"I returned to the Russell home, a palace and art gallery in one, on Tuesday for a ball and midnight supper. When I noted the mourning ring on Mrs. Russell's alabaster hand, she gave a feline smile and said, 'My husband's old associate met an untimely end.'"
#fantasy #gildedage #fiction #mourning
#fantasy #gildedage #fiction #mourning
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"I returned to the Russell home, a palace and art gallery in one, on Tuesday for a ball and midnight supper. When I noted the mourning ring on Mrs. Russell's alabaster hand, she gave a feline smile and said, 'My husband's old associate met an untimely end.'"
#fantasy #gildedage #fiction #mourning
#fantasy #gildedage #fiction #mourning
[From Kolby's memoir dated December 1851...]
"For last year's birthday, a student brought me a journal made from Mastodon leather. This year, she sent another from her family's ranch. The tooling was exquisite."
#steampunk #gothic #victorian #gentlemen #Mastodon #leather #fantasy #fiction
"For last year's birthday, a student brought me a journal made from Mastodon leather. This year, she sent another from her family's ranch. The tooling was exquisite."
#steampunk #gothic #victorian #gentlemen #Mastodon #leather #fantasy #fiction
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
[From Kolby's memoir dated December 1851...]
"For last year's birthday, a student brought me a journal made from Mastodon leather. This year, she sent another from her family's ranch. The tooling was exquisite."
#steampunk #gothic #victorian #gentlemen #Mastodon #leather #fantasy #fiction
"For last year's birthday, a student brought me a journal made from Mastodon leather. This year, she sent another from her family's ranch. The tooling was exquisite."
#steampunk #gothic #victorian #gentlemen #Mastodon #leather #fantasy #fiction
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
-Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice", 1813
#Austen #1800s #19thcentury #literature
-Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice", 1813
#Austen #1800s #19thcentury #literature
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
-Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice", 1813
#Austen #1800s #19thcentury #literature
-Jane Austen, "Pride and Prejudice", 1813
#Austen #1800s #19thcentury #literature
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There is nothing better for boils than a poultice of bread and water, linseed and scraped carrots.
November 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
There is nothing better for boils than a poultice of bread and water, linseed and scraped carrots.
Reposted by Dr. Martin Kolby
