A Vaguely Menacing Steampunk Alphabet – F To K

I bet you’re thinking, “If the Dark Lord is doing a strange Steampunk alphabet in honor of Gilt and Fanfare, it should probably start with “A-E”.

Or at least, I, for one, am thinking that. But I can’t find those pages right now. So this is what you get.

F –

Behold the Forest,
the home of Nymphs and Dryads
And their strange and genteel marriages,
And multifarious triads.

G –

Now Greed is not limited
To misers Neo-Victorian
But without them, how would we get the treasure vaults
To cast half of our stories in?

Greed, O Greed, thou art Good
Your lack would be sorely missed
And we’d no longer get to be sadistic
Towards Oliver Twist.

H –

H is for Heroes, and
The challenges which flummox ’em
Heroes? You can keep ’em all.
‘Cause none of us can stomach ’em.

I –

I is a puzzle; who am I?
A simple story-winder.

Chase me not, for long you’d regret
Being the story-finder.

J –

For Pirates, “J” is for Jolly-Boat
A name slightly mis-tuned
For it’s the boat they put you in
When you’re being marooned.

K –

K is for Knowledge,
Which you’re about to have lacked
Because what ever ending once was here
With a my writerly blade, I’ve fiercely hacked.

Good luck!


My name is Jeff Mach (“Dark Lord” is optional) and I build communities, put on events, and make stories come into being. I also tweet a lot over @darklordjournal.

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Jeff Mach is an author, playwright, event creator, and certified Villain. You can always pick up his bestselling first novel, "There and NEVER, EVER BACK AGAIN"—or, indeed, his increasingly large selection of other peculiar books. If you'd like to talk more to Jeff, or if you're simply a Monstrous Creature yourself, stop by @darklordjournal on Twitter, or The Dark Lord Journal on Facebook.