Welcome

...to The Gatehouse. Since 2006 this website has provided a gateway to the world of steampunk online; and to dieselpunk, since 2007. We offer articles, galleries, a well-staffed blog and one of the oldest steampunk communities on the web, the Smoking Lounge.

When this website started, the number of websites and blogs dedicated to steampunk was very small indeed. Dieselpunk was practically unheard of at the time and our content in the area was mostly limited to picture galleries. Instead this section features exclusively articles nowadays; for the more graphic stuff, head over to our blog: the true gateway to steampunk and dieselpunk today.

Since July 2008, The Gatehouse also publishes an online magazine every two months, the Gatehouse Gazette. Filled with genre-related articles about history and fashion, interviews, fiction and reviews, the Gazette has become an undeniable voice in what is now no longer an obscure genre of science fiction but a movement that spans wordwide.

Our community, the Smoking Lounge, has always been part of the dynamic of The Gatehouse. Several of its members came to contribute to the magazine while oftentimes, features at the blog are inspired by posts made at the forums. New members are always most welcome; please, consider joining us.

—Ottens