The Machen Bachen

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A tale of how the Machen Bachen came to be.

What If... Buford had been Prince Ark?

Lucas Merriweather Buford

An alternate path where the Antiford you know was shaped by a different set of world building rules and Arkham Ravenholm ran for his life as exiled prince.

Website Updates for 2021

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Quite a lot of website work has been done, both features and content, this year, so here's a rundown of it all.

The Facade

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A young man is disturbed by the glance of a woman he passes by on his way to work in Argenstrath.

But it's probably nothing.

Reputation Precedes You

Lieutenant Joel Arnett and Lucas Merriweather Buford

Lucas M Buford receives a visit from Judge Sandoval.

Diplomacy

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Lucas Buford discovers the role the Technocracy wants him to play, and encounters an old acquaintance is stuck in the middle of it just as much as he is.

Buford Automaton Character Guide

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A run-down of who's who in Buford Automaton.

10th Anniversary Video

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, Abigail Beatrix Cormac, Captain Leo Swift, Astrid Westergaard, Lieutenant Joel Arnett, The Emperor of Prush, Ely Ograg, Gilbert Melker Wrathchild, Theodore Emelior Beem, and Lady Serena Delgado

Members and Friends of our community celebrate our 10th anniversary

Intro To Steampunk / Live Q&A - 2020

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

A steampunk beginner's guide and Antiford group Q&A performed for the Jewelry City Steampunk Virtual Festival 2020

Virtual Meeting July 2020

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Meeting online in July 2020.

Video chat discussions

Statement On Racial Justice

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

The official position of the Citizens of Antiford: that Black Lives Matter.

Trainwreck of a Story

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, Abigail Beatrix Cormac, Captain Leo Swift, Astrid Westergaard, Lieutenant Joel Arnett, The Emperor of Prush, Gilbert Melker Wrathchild, Mildred 'Milly' Morteus, Theodore Emelior Beem, and Rosalind Ferch

Pieced together via a party game.

Antiford Summary 1800-1900

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A summary of the major events and characters from the first decade of writing by the Antiford community.

There was an event where this was originally presented, along with a short workshop.

B.I.T. Course Guide for 1900/1901

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The courses available for the two semesters of the school's first year.

Story Covers

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Art pieces created for use as story covers.

Lars' Gift

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The day that Lars gave Lucas the keys to the automatonics kingdom.

Antiford in the News

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

Here are the news articles / notable mentions on other websites where Antiford has been featured.

Lucas's Art Challenge Entry

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My progress on the orr art challenge

Doing it digitally with Krita

Anton Goratukh

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Vibranni-Leagues Dirtball Player

Sky-Whale Ale

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Brewer Brothers on a desert adventure full of comedy and shenanigans.

Originally pitched for the Adventure Collection.

Photobooth Photos Available

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The photobooth page is now available for viewing photos taken at events by the Steampunk Photobooth.

Gizmos & Gadgets Book: Writers Guide

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A guide to writing for our next community book project: a story collection of historical/steampunky tech-oriented tales.

Into The Underground

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Lucas & Esther go on a fancy double-date with Meredith & Tea to the famous restaurant, "The Underground".

Written for the Food Flash Fiction Challenge.

Listeners Anthology

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An experiment in abstract storytelling.
This is a series of musical imagination prompts.

Tiff In Town

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The order don't always get along with each other...
especially handsome CEOs and door kicking, "airship commodores".

Website Update: Timeline View and Location Filter

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Quick description of the new features when browsing the library.

The SS Hollow Nimbus

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The Airship crew from the flash fiction, The Cabin Girl.

Laefundloum

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The ancient myth of when Skret tricked Gorrn into Warring with the Other Gods.

A Halloween-like holiday is named after this tale.

Summer of Steam 2018

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

Casual steampunk events throughout New England this summer.

The Story Behind: Buford's Mechanical Hand Prop

Lucas Merriweather Buford

The history and process of creating the iconic prop.

The Order of The Badger

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

The origins of our modern subversive organization, the Order of the Badger.

Canonical World Building

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A little guide to help in understanding the community's process for shared world building.

The Cabin Girl

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Prush pirates try to perform a perilous plunder. Cabin girl Zula does her best to prove her worth as a pirate.

Written as a part of the Airship Flash Fiction.

Labelling Library Content

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A rundown of the label types we currently have, to remind and inform everyone as what they mean and are used for.

Watch City Steampunk Festival 2018

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Another great steampunk festival in Waltham MA.

Rebranding as Citizens of Kuu

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On this fine April Fool's morning, we've finally made the switchover official.

Buford's Multimedia Entry

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Entry for the Multimedia Challenge on Lucas M Buford.

Discovery Day

Lucas Merriweather Buford and Gilbert Melker Wrathchild

The Order of the Badger decides to attend the Discovery Day celebrations and hear the technocrat announcements.

What’s announced will change Antiford forever.

Flash Horror

Lieutenant Joel Arnett and Lucas Merriweather Buford

As the sunlight dwindles in Antiford, the light of the moons illuminate the horrors of the world.

A Library Fine Comes Due

Theodore Emelior Beem and Lucas Merriweather Buford

Lucas Merriweather Buford comes to the Science and Technology Library in Gearford and learns the importance of returning books on time and paying his fines.

This was submitted for the Horror Flash Fiction Challenge.

Be A Cog And Turn

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An awful tale sung around the bars in Antiford.

Arid Antiford

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A somber song sung in the west of Antiford.

Automaton Builders

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Little rap about making them steam-powered mechanical folk.

Penny-Roarscha Publishing House

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Publishing house know for a series of cheap horrors and local tourism guides.

The Storm That Lit Fires

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Prequel to Masquerade Mayhem in which Buford's bad luck leads to terrible decisions.

On Time Travel and Inter-Dimensionality

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An explanation of our policy on Time Travel and Inter-Dimensional travel.

Good Technocrat Challenge

Lucas Merriweather Buford and Dayntie Feoil

Flash fiction challenge to write a protagonist that works for the Technocracy or truly believes in their philosophy.

The Prush War of Imperial Reclamation

Lucas Merriweather Buford and The Emperor of Prush

The war where Diederich Eirck VonKresser reclaimed his imperial heritage and conquered the Confederacy in Prush.

Moving Forward

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Lucas decides it's time for Bob to get an upgrade, Esther to cheer up, and his intern to stop making so many mistakes.

Takes place after Lunch With Esther and at the same time as Across The Pond.

Antiford's First Prime Minister

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

A new development, a villainous character enters stage right.

This character is intended for all members to use.

Demons

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Lucas recalls adventures past while waiting for an acquaintance to help him journey once more. 

Next Book Projects

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

Our next community publishing project plans after our Adventure collection.

Open For Business!

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

Announcing the Antiford Bazaar, our store.

The Adventure Collection Campaign

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

Our Badger's Challenge stories are featured in a book we're kickstarting.

Mayberry Demon

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A young vibranni rapper from the streets of Gearford tells it like it is.

Well Island Journals

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A Kuuvian scientist takes a team on an expedition to collect hard knowledge about Well Island.

Cog Railway 360

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Here's the 360 photos we took at the Railway to the Moon event on Mount Washington NH.

Waiting for Julian

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A young Lucas waits anxiously for his father to get home.

Watch City Festival 2016

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A few photos and post-mortem

Auld Lang Syne

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Lucas looks to close out a crazy 1895 with his friends.

Across the Pond

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Meredith spends some months in Kuu in search of a script-scroll writer for the Fallinbannao office.

Replacing Button

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

The Order of the Badger's their adventures after the infamous Charles Button incident.

The Phantom of Black Leaf and Earl

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A millyard man's amazing journey into what's possible with a day off and a bit of tea.

Court with the Emperor

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Lucas meets with the Prush Emperor to sell him war machines.

Lunch With Esther

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Lucas catches up with his late wife's sister over lunch.

Poetry and Blood

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This is a typical evening for William Bittersworth the deviant poet.

Hello Jacques

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Every year, Lucas attempts to build a third-instinct automaton. This is a story of success from the eyes of the creation.

Timothy's Garage

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A mechanical engineer and his gear-head wife finish their steambike.

This was done for the Short Story Challenge.

Specks of Paint

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Elin spends her Lieday by the sea.

A Short Story Challenge story.

Mechanical Daughter

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Meredith's life gets complicated all at once when a deal with the Grande Theatre puts Adele in a starring role.

The Death of Monopoly

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A new automaton is born that could change everything one day, but new business rivals threaten to change everything far faster than that. 

Land of the Ice and Snow

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Lucas is trying to find the missing townfolk of the sleepy town, Falinnbannao, with help from the crew of the Gazelle. 

Auto-Marie

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Lucas reminisces about the courtship of his youth.

What May Come In The Sands

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A small tale of Lucas stranded in the desert.

Review: A Busy Writer's Guide

Lucas Merriweather Buford

I review a series of books written to help writers, especially those who work on fiction as opposed to the formal writing one does in school.

2015 NHTI Fall (Game) Jam

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, Abigail Beatrix Cormac, and Lieutenant Joel Arnett

Announcing our game jam

New SoundCloud Audiobook Feature

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Announcing a new feature that allows you to make your own audiobook alternative to our text-to-speech feature.

Antiford Unhinged

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A series of creepy, unreal stories

The 1883 Antifordian Revolution

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

A reference to the Antifordian Revolution.

Kuuvian Folklore

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Some folk tales and stories of the people who live in Kuu, a wintery nation in the north of Paorr.

Machen Bachen 2015 Post-Mortem

Lucas Merriweather Buford, Phinneus Caractacus Cromwell, and Abigail Beatrix Cormac

How it went, what new things have come about, and what we may be thinking for next year.

Copper in the Grime

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Solve a short mystery in Gearford's underbelly, told in the second person. Your name and that of your lover are gender neutral, so imagine them as you like.

Ink version here: copper-in-the-grime.ink 

Buford's Automatons

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Here are some drawings of my automatons

Antiford Community Spotlight

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A video series where community members volunteer to talk about themselves and what they do.

Canon / Encyclopedia (Mailto) buttons

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For those having trouble with the new buttons for canon approval and encyclopedia suggestion.

Antiford, 4th Edition

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A quick guide of the new features on the website as it transitions from version 3 to 4.

Encyclopedia Day April 2014

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Saturday, April 19th - 10:30am The Bridge Cafe on Elm St, Manchester NH
We're going to get together and talk canon and work out our world together, again!

Google Hangout Meeting

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Online video chat meeting.

Captain Leo's Death Defying Stunts of Splendor

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Captain Leo doing crazy stuff in the air.

Glass Octopus Competition

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Leading up to Machen Bachen 2013, we held a contest to create the best Glass Octopus piece.

Where We Are And Are Going

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Welcoming new members, talking about the community's presence both online and off, as well as describing our vision of the future.

Take a Breath

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A song of one (or two) who has struggled.
Simultaneously fired up and worn by the hectic race of life.

Encyclopedia Day July 2013

Lucas Merriweather Buford

Sunday, July 14th - 11am The Bridge Cafe on Elm St, Manchester NH
We're going to get together and talk canon and work out our world together!

Character Suggestions

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A list for people struggling with character creation on what types of characters we could don't see people use yet.

Air City Experience

Lucas Merriweather Buford

A fantastic account of a rewarding and amusing happening. 

Air City Expedition '13

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Come to our panels and enjoy the great steampunk atmosphere this convention.

Public Beta

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Update on the site's new look and workings for the 2013 Public Beta.