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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"Mr. Russell's French engineers devised a method of running a parallel series of steam coils around a huge ether core to create the world's fastest (and largest) locomotive. Named 'Le Monstre,' it reached 87 MPH on the first try!"
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #train #locomotive #1800s #19thCentury
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #train #locomotive #1800s #19thCentury
December 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Mr. Russell's French engineers devised a method of running a parallel series of steam coils around a huge ether core to create the world's fastest (and largest) locomotive. Named 'Le Monstre,' it reached 87 MPH on the first try!"
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #train #locomotive #1800s #19thCentury
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #train #locomotive #1800s #19thCentury
"On day 17 of the American Yeti expedition, we stabled overnight in a small town in Georgia. The denizens were quite keen to hear our opinions of their local mascot. Upon careful questioning, none had actually seen it."
#Bigfoot #fantasy #fiction
#steampunk #victorian #sasquatch #1800s
#Bigfoot #fantasy #fiction
#steampunk #victorian #sasquatch #1800s
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"On day 17 of the American Yeti expedition, we stabled overnight in a small town in Georgia. The denizens were quite keen to hear our opinions of their local mascot. Upon careful questioning, none had actually seen it."
#Bigfoot #fantasy #fiction
#steampunk #victorian #sasquatch #1800s
#Bigfoot #fantasy #fiction
#steampunk #victorian #sasquatch #1800s
100g of industrial goodness. And flammable too!
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
100g of industrial goodness. And flammable too!
"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
"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
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
"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
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora", 1841
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora", 1841
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora", 1841
-- Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora", 1841
"Daniel Koloman, designer of the new Ether Pistol, met me for beers at a new place called Broke Baton Brewing. Each crate of hops bore an uncanny image that looked just like Koloman (after he's had a few)."
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
"Daniel Koloman, designer of the new Ether Pistol, met me for beers at a new place called Broke Baton Brewing. Each crate of hops bore an uncanny image that looked just like Koloman (after he's had a few)."
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
#beer #ale #brewery #fiction #fantasy #steampunk #victorian
I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I'm not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
-- Lewis Carroll
#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #lewiscarroll #costume #cosplay #vintage #victorian #gothic #1800s #19thcentury
"I remember seeing a doll in a window while I traveled through the Ardennes with the Belgian Science Contingent. 'More silly toys for ze rich ladies in America,' Dr. Labock said with unabashed disdain."
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"I remember seeing a doll in a window while I traveled through the Ardennes with the Belgian Science Contingent. 'More silly toys for ze rich ladies in America,' Dr. Labock said with unabashed disdain."
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage
#doll #victorian #1800s #19thcentury #vintage #toy #gildedage