(originally published by the Lovecraft eZine)
24 hours hiatus
When tragedy strikes, words are useless.
Karavansara takes the day off, because it’s hard talking about adventure and far off lands in the face of meaningless atrocity and death.
We’ll be back online tomorrow – because adventure and dreams of far off lands and silliness might help someone take their mind off the horror.
Later.
Peace.
Friday Prompt: Young Adult?
Great illustration by Mehrdad Isvandi, and a great source of inspiration – a single image incapsulating a whole story.
Paul Bishop interviews Tommy Hancock… nothing’s better than this!
WRITE NOW: INTERROGATING THE MAN IN THE HAT
Dieselpunk is Pulp Misspelled
So, today is the International Dieselpunk Day.
Now, I love most of what’s been produced under the label of dieselpunk – possibly more than the catalog of the genre’s older brothers, cyberpunk and steampunk.
The reason is, to me, dieselpunk is just pulp misspelled… I even built a Pinboard on Pinterest, on the subject…
Also, because being less codified and clean-cut than standard steampunk, dieselpunk is, at the moment, freer and more open to creative approaches.
So, what am I going to do for the International Dieselpunk Day?
Well, I think I’m going to ramble a bit, taking a stroll through what I think about when I think dieselpunk…
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Great post from Atlas Obscura…
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