BRASS Episode 8: Untimely Discoveries

Cyril witnesses an unusual audition and Gwendolyn gets a tour of the back rooms of the Blackfire Club. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

BRASS Episode 6: Behind the Curtain

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Cyril is taken to the world of the theatre and meets Oscar Wilde, while a conversation takes place in a pitch-dark room. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

BRASS Episode 5: The Teachable Ape

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Gwendolyn and Lord Whitestone have a conversation in an unconventional location, and Lord Brass receives a friend in his laboratory. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

BRASS Episode 3: The Reception

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The Family are received by the Queen and Royal Consort and learn of the resurgence in London of the criminal underworld. Meanwhile Gwendolyn and Cyril meet the intriguing Lord Whitestone, and Crawford gets some news. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

BRASS Episode 2: Unavoidable Delays

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The Brass Family’s return to London turns out to be a bit of a sticky wicket, due to some trouble with an ambush. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Enter Carol!

As we count down to the launch of our Indigogo Campaign for the film “BRASS: Lair of the Red Widow,” we’re delighted that our efforts are being led by the newest addition to the Battleground Production Team, Carol Monahan. Carol is an experienced business executive and, sometimes, an actor. She is the Vice-President of Cheapass Games,  the Business Manager at … Read More

How White is Your Steampunk, or, What Color is Your Gurkha?

A couple of years back, I was talking to my friend Ron about the remarkable openness and diversity I’d just seen at a Steampunk convention, how they were so inclusive of age and alternate genders, so welcoming to people with disabilities, so celebratory of different body types. He smiled at my description then said, “It is remarkable. Sometimes you’ll even … Read More

Meet Us @ Portland’s GearCon

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We have been invited to present in Portland for GearCon 2015. Another steampunk specific convention on this ever growing circuit, GearCon celebrates this wild subculture of steam-powered machinery, ornate corsets, and a futuristic re-imagining of the past.  Last year, John gave a reading from his second novel currently in process, Percy & Reggie & the Sylphs of the Underearth (wicked … Read More