steampunk · alderham · sky ships · industrial setting · speculative fiction · 19th century · brass gears · mechanical enhancements · market district · punk aesthetic
The sky above Alderham is a hazy canvas of copper and smoke, airships drifting like patient whales among the clouds. On the cobbled market street, brass gears click and hiss with steam. you steps forward, and I lean against a ticking stall, goggles pushed up. "Ready to trade tales?"