Ladies and gentlemen. For your edification and delight I present to you Michael's Marvellous Medley of Steampunk plot elements. It is a list of headings and subjects. Just cruise through it and pick bits that look interesting.
I hope you can make use of it – and if you come up with anything to add to it let me know so we can update the master list.
Michael
Victorian/Steampunk Plots
Things
Airship
Animal
Armoured Vehicle
Artificial Womb
Bathysphere
Bridge
Channel Tunnel
Crown Jewels
Drugs
Fuel
Gun
Gunnery System
Liner
New Alloys
Plague
Powered Armour
Propellant
Pyramids
Rocket
Secret Plans
Submarine
Tunnelling Machine
Vaccine
Vehicle
Warship
Secrets & Mysteries
Architecture
Disappearance
Mysterious Pregnancy
Paternity
Secret Marriage
Disasters
Earthquake
Landslide
Tsunami
Volcano
Flood
Hurricane
Tornado
Comet/Meterorite
Weather
Blizzard
Weird Science
Atomic Power
Babbage Engine
Brain Transplant
Chimera
Cloning
Cryonics
Cyborgs
Death Ray
Gold from the Sea
Invisibility
Memory Copying
Mind Control
Mind Reading
Monkey Glands
Poison Gas
Radar
Radio
Resurrecting the Dead
Robots
Soul Transfer
Spiritualism
Stargate
Super Bomb
Super Explosives
Super-Soldier Serum
Tanna Leaves
Uplifting Animals
Location
Abandoned Mine
Antarctica
Channel Tunnel
Dam
Fortress
Iceberg
Mountains
Prison
Secret Island
Sewers
Underground Railway
Unexplored Territory
Laudable Activities
Espionage
Archaeology
Love
Nefarious Activities
Adultery
Assassination
Bigamy
Bio War
Espionage
Forgery
Grave Robbing
Kidnapping
Murder
Piracy
Rape
Substitution (Doppelganger)
Theft
Supernatural Creatures
Vampires
Werewolves
Selkie
Groups & People
Aliens/Lost Race
Anarchists
Communists
Cult
Fenians
Freemasons
French Spies
Jacobites
Jesuits
Ku Klux Klan
Mad Scientist
Mediums
Mormons
Popish Plot
Racists
Rebels
Rogue Military Intelligence
Sorcerers
Theosophists
Motives
Conquer the World
Coup de'tat
For Love
Nationalism
Patriotism
Profit
Racism
Stat a War
Terror
Treasure Hunt
Vehicles
Airship
Bathysphere
Landship
Locomotive
Powered Armour
Rocket
Spacecraft
Steam Conveyance
Submarine
Tunnelling Machine
Warship
Creatures
Ape Man
Chimera
Cloud Creature
Degenerate Human
Dinosaur
Extinct Species
Known Animal
Legendary Creature
'Monstrous' Species
Monstrous Specimen of Known Animal
Morou
'Patchwork' Monster
Unknown Species
Medical
Animal
Artificial Womb
Brain Transplant
Chimera
Cloning
Cyborgs
Drugs
Invisibility
Memory Copying
Mind Control
Mind Reading
Monkey Glands
Plague
Poison Gas
Resurrecting the Dead
Soul Transfer
Super-Soldier Serum
Tanna Leaves
Transplants
Uplifting Animals
Vaccine
Weapons
Animal
Disease
Gun
Harpoon
Poison Gas
Rocket
I hope you can make use of it – and if you come up with anything to add to it let me know so we can update the master list.
Michael
Victorian/Steampunk Plots
Things
Airship
Animal
Armoured Vehicle
Artificial Womb
Bathysphere
Bridge
Channel Tunnel
Crown Jewels
Drugs
Fuel
Gun
Gunnery System
Liner
New Alloys
Plague
Powered Armour
Propellant
Pyramids
Rocket
Secret Plans
Submarine
Tunnelling Machine
Vaccine
Vehicle
Warship
Secrets & Mysteries
Architecture
Disappearance
Mysterious Pregnancy
Paternity
Secret Marriage
Disasters
Earthquake
Landslide
Tsunami
Volcano
Flood
Hurricane
Tornado
Comet/Meterorite
Weather
Blizzard
Weird Science
Atomic Power
Babbage Engine
Brain Transplant
Chimera
Cloning
Cryonics
Cyborgs
Death Ray
Gold from the Sea
Invisibility
Memory Copying
Mind Control
Mind Reading
Monkey Glands
Poison Gas
Radar
Radio
Resurrecting the Dead
Robots
Soul Transfer
Spiritualism
Stargate
Super Bomb
Super Explosives
Super-Soldier Serum
Tanna Leaves
Uplifting Animals
Location
Abandoned Mine
Antarctica
Channel Tunnel
Dam
Fortress
Iceberg
Mountains
Prison
Secret Island
Sewers
Underground Railway
Unexplored Territory
Laudable Activities
Espionage
Archaeology
Love
Nefarious Activities
Adultery
Assassination
Bigamy
Bio War
Espionage
Forgery
Grave Robbing
Kidnapping
Murder
Piracy
Rape
Substitution (Doppelganger)
Theft
Supernatural Creatures
Vampires
Werewolves
Selkie
Groups & People
Aliens/Lost Race
Anarchists
Communists
Cult
Fenians
Freemasons
French Spies
Jacobites
Jesuits
Ku Klux Klan
Mad Scientist
Mediums
Mormons
Popish Plot
Racists
Rebels
Rogue Military Intelligence
Sorcerers
Theosophists
Motives
Conquer the World
Coup de'tat
For Love
Nationalism
Patriotism
Profit
Racism
Stat a War
Terror
Treasure Hunt
Vehicles
Airship
Bathysphere
Landship
Locomotive
Powered Armour
Rocket
Spacecraft
Steam Conveyance
Submarine
Tunnelling Machine
Warship
Creatures
Ape Man
Chimera
Cloud Creature
Degenerate Human
Dinosaur
Extinct Species
Known Animal
Legendary Creature
'Monstrous' Species
Monstrous Specimen of Known Animal
Morou
'Patchwork' Monster
Unknown Species
Medical
Animal
Artificial Womb
Brain Transplant
Chimera
Cloning
Cyborgs
Drugs
Invisibility
Memory Copying
Mind Control
Mind Reading
Monkey Glands
Plague
Poison Gas
Resurrecting the Dead
Soul Transfer
Super-Soldier Serum
Tanna Leaves
Transplants
Uplifting Animals
Vaccine
Weapons
Animal
Disease
Gun
Harpoon
Poison Gas
Rocket
