More Steampunk Writing Prompts

1. "Have you ever flown an airship before?" Collin asked.
    "Of course not, " scoffed Annabelle.  "But how hard could it be?"

2.  Already she had seen more wonders than she thought possibles:  a calculating device powered by sunlight, a doll that talked if you pulled a string on its back and a coin minted in the 21st century.  And this was only her first time attending an Anachronism Society meeting.

3.  If I had a shilling for every time someone tried to replace me with an automaton," remarked the Queen to her adviser.  "The last one didn't even look like me.  My nose is nowhere near that big."
     Unfortunately for her adviser, he did not stifle his laugh in time.

4.  After the third Clockworks Master was killed, the Duke insisted that Inspector Nightjar be assigned to the case.