expired patents - Author L J Green https://ljgreenauthor.com History and Steampunk Mystery Fiction Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:25:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.1 https://ljgreenauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/LJGreen_HistorialFictionAuthor-150x150.jpg expired patents - Author L J Green https://ljgreenauthor.com 32 32 Where Steampunk Stories Hide: Finding Fiction in Old Newspapers https://ljgreenauthor.com/steampunk-fiction/where-steampunk-stories-hide-finding-fiction-in-old-newspapers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-steampunk-stories-hide-finding-fiction-in-old-newspapers https://ljgreenauthor.com/steampunk-fiction/where-steampunk-stories-hide-finding-fiction-in-old-newspapers/#respond Sat, 19 Sep 2026 19:25:44 +0000 https://ljgreenauthor.com/?p=326 Collage of a 1905 Pennsylvania Avenue street scene in Washington, D.C., George Selden's 1895 road engine patent drawing, and a 1904 newspaper clipping, with the title Where Steampunk Stories Hide.

I do not invent the past, I eavesdrop on it. The research habit behind my newest Chrono Mystery Guild story, the machines that really did vanish, and five writers who start from the true thing.

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