#dreadpunk

[karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard]

Project Announcement - - September 17th Release

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2023/08/17/project-announcement-cover-reveal-september-17th-release/

(WARNING SOME MINOR SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ ‘DOCTOR JACK‘)

Okay, it’s time to spill the tea on my next publishing project.

Three years ago, I wrote a sequel of sorts to my first book Doctor Jack & Other Tales – specifically Doctor Jack. The story was first written for the Deadsteam II anthology published by Grim and Grimmer Books in 2021.

The story is now out of the anthology’s exclusive print contract, so I’ve decided to add it to my ‘Year of Short(er) Stories‘ and will be the last I will publish this year.

Blood Ties is a novellette, which is set directly after Jack/James’ final scenein Doctor Jack, when he boards a boat at the London docks (the last scene in his point of view), on a ship on it’s way to South Australia.

Blood Ties is the first in the James Findlay Journals series, and follows his continuing story, and will be published in both eBook and paperback formats. Originally, it was only scheduled for eBook release. (After Ingram Spark removed the set up fee, it’s now feasible to publish it as paperback.) It has a darker, gaslamp feel, more in keeping with the original Doctor Jack story.

Release date: 17th September, 2023, with the official launch at Adelaide Steampunk Aetherfest (tbc). Preorder available from 1st September direct from author via my website shop, and available to purchase at Adelaide Steampunk Aetherfest.

Book cover reveal coming soon.

[eseneca]

DeadSteam II now available!

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Happy Halloween! Perhaps you would like to indulge the spirit of the season with some fresh horror?

The return of the delightful fusion of steampunk and horror, dreadpunk, with an extra dose of dread, is now available in ebook format! Find my story "Cecilia" therein on page 72. Please enjoy! And if you have not yet checked out the first DeadSteam, my short story "Harvesters" is also featured there as well.

[atomic-insomnia]

For the potential AU question, how about a Victorian AU, you know with balls, fancy big outfits and all, an 80s AU aaand a post apocalyptic AU. I gave you 3 so that you can choose :3.

thanks!

i will probably come back for the 80's and post-apocalyptic au's, but i actually drew a victorian au a long time ago but never uploaded it! it was inspired by the sort of dark/gothic/melodrama victoriana like sweeney todd, crimson peak, penny dreadful etc

-this takes place vaguely in "london," not the real place but the grimy, perpetually overcast, singing and dancing jack-the-ripper style place of sweeney todd & the like. everyone has magic powers, often of the sort that has terrible cost to their own health & sanity the more they use it

like these , with nothing "normal" in between

Amelia contacts real ghosts through her crystal ball (containing the skull of a mysterious someone...) which act according to her orders, so that it looks to anyone else like she's moving things through telekinesis or learning things about other people's activities through extra-sensory perception; she's started hearing the ghosts all the time even when she's not intentionally calling them up.

makoto paints pictures which affect the real world, either predicting future events or being able to paint an object and then just reach into the picture and take it out as a real object; she's working on painting life-like animals and people and trying to turn them into real living creatures which is slowly turning her into a sort of doctor frankenstein mad scientist (except, an artist instead of a scientist).

rolls royceton acts like a rich swell but can transform into a huge monstrous creature like the hulk/jekyll and hyde; he intentionally does it to fight/threaten people so as to build territory for his gang but it's started happening out of his control.

vinny was supposed to be executed for theft...and it didn't work; he's essentially a zombie that is still thinking and feeling and doesn't understand it at all but is too scared of dying for real to try to "fix" it.

-various murder mysteries happen through magic or strange dramatic circumstances (no one gets shot with a regular gun for normal murder reasons; it's always some rare poisoned dagger or bizarre curse or something), which amelia & co solve (or technically solve, by getting someone to reveal what's happening)

-a lot of the world revolves around the powers people have & what that means for people of different social classes or genders or ethnicities--a wealthy girl who can blow people up with her mind wouldn't do such a rude thing in society, it's unladylike! a street urchin who can heal people with their hands is probably just using that as an excuse to pick pockets, you know how those people are... as a result, a lot of those murder mysteries are something ironic, like a kindly old grandma whose cookies force people to mind their manners or else be poisoned because manners matter more to her than murder. it's the sort of place where if someone jumped off a bridge, everyone else would judge them like an olympic diving competition

-the characters first meet at a masquerade ball all wearing masks and different clothes, where a murderer is hiding by changing costumes. there should be an exploration through the crypts of an ancient cursed church, a mysterious carnival full of actual magic and deadly games, a theater with a ghost directing (and possessing) the living actors to have the Perfect Performance(TM), twisting back alleys where you could find anything (literally anything) for sale or might get murdered or simply disappear; gothic-steampunk-esque vibes...

-this has gotten more grim than the request implied haha, but i think there's an element of a group of selfish, sometimes callous people coming together in a found-family way and realizing that they want to be better than that and eventually either working to be better people or tragically failing because the terrible things they've done in the past have come back to haunt them. like most of the story would be somewhere between horror and dark comedy, but the final act would actually be life or death for the main characters

[spiced-wine-fic]

[pfritz21]

Saw this image shared on a Facebook group and it game me an idea:

That’s just what we need, a medieval “Untitled Goose Game”.

“It is a beautiful day in a 12th century European village, and you are a terrible Pygmy dragon…”

Original source was a page called “Dreadpunk = Gothic Horror”.

[darkspicyevanstan]

⚡️ Literary Forms ⚡️

View the Literary Forms below the cut!

Cozy Mystery

Crime Fiction

Epistolary Fiction

Ergodic Fiction

Fantasy Fiction

Arthurian Legend

Dark Fantasy

Contemporary Fantasy

Epic Fantasy

Fantasy Romance

Grimdark

High Fantasy

Historical Fantasy

Low Fantasy

Portal Fantasy

Romantic Fantasy

Romantasy

Science Fantasy

Sword and Sorcery

Urban Fantasy

Feghoot

Gothic Fiction

Contemporary Gothic

Dark Academia

Gothic Fantasy

Gothic Horror

Gothicpunk

Gothic Romance

Gothic Surrealism

Midwestern Gothic

Southern Gothic

Urban Gothic

Historical 

Creation Fiction

Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Rome

Medieval Era

Renaissance Era

Victorian Era

Age of Sail

Regency

1600s

1700s

1800s

1920s

1930s

1940s

World War I

World War II

Vietnam War

Cold War

Western

Horror

Alien Horror

Camp

Comedy Horror

Cosmic Horror

Creature Horror

Eldritch Horror

Erotic Horror

Fantasy Horror

Found Footage

Lovecraftian

Monster

Paranormal Horror

Parasitic Horror

Psychological

Slasher

Supernatural Horror

Urban Horror/Legend

Punk Fiction

Aetherpunk (Magic Punk)

Apunkalypse

Anthropunk (Furpunk)

Atompunk

Biopunk

Bitpunk

Bronzepunk

Castlepunk

Cattlepunk

Clockpunk

Cyberpunk

Decopunk

Desertpunk

Dieselpunk

Dreadpunk

Dungeonpunk

Elfpunk

Flowerpunk

Formicapunk (Casette Futurism/Modem Punk)

Hopepunk

Lunarpunk

Nanopunk

Oceanpunk/Piratepunk

Solarpunk

Silkpunk

Steampunk

Stonepunk

Tidalpunk

Satire

Speculative Fiction

Alternate History

Apocalyptic Fiction

Avant-Garde Fiction

Bangsian

Bizarro Fiction

Climate Fiction

Dystopian Fiction

Magical Realism

Post Apocalyptic

Science Fiction

Slipstream

Space Opera

Supernatural Fiction

Utopian Fiction

Weird Fiction

Thriller Fiction

[carpeossa]

if you get this, answer w/ three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs. anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog!

Questions for ME?

Happy ghoul noises

Random fact 1: I used to be on Tumblr as MicrobiologyMajor, but I closed my account then because my studies were consuming my time and Tumblr was a distraction. Which was a bad idea because it led to burn out due to my lack of work-life balance. But I’m back with a new name and a new outlook on life!

Random fact 2: I love infectious disease, it’s my Roman Empire. I thoroughly enjoy researching how disease has influenced history and has shaped our modern society. I eventually want to start a channel talking about it, which will probably be next year or the year later; COVID completely ruined my five year plan so I’m trying to rebuild it with what resources I have. 

Random fact 3: I love gothic architecture. I find it fascinating and it’s slowly becoming my new hyperfixation. However, my personal style is dreadpunk. Think the style love child of Tim Burton and Guillermo del Toro. I love the aesthetic in both director’s movies with more preference towards Guillermo del Toro.

Thank you so much for sending the ask @lhenn!

Stay deadly, Ghoulie!

[sethshead]

"Neils Vergouwen - Dinosaurs had feathers

"OMG my worst nightmare."

h/t Dreadpunk = Gothic Horror

[leannareneehieber]

"But we loved with a love that was more than love— I and my Annabel Lee—"

Edgar Allan Poe portrait medal with beautiful blackened brass Victorian woman’s silhouette on vintage white filigree frame...

Only one available via Torch and Arrow

[eseneca]

DeadSteam Release Date

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Some updates to share.

First, the release date! October 1st. Pre-orders can be placed on the website now, and for those who use GoodReads, added to your shelf. The anthology will be available both in paperback and hardcover for those who prefer it (I'm partial to hardbacks myself).

And for something else to spread about, here is the brand new book trailer! Please watch and share!

Find my story “Harvesters” within. Amazon link.

[karen-carlisle-off-the-artboard]

Deadsteam II

https://karenjcarlisle.com/2021/10/31/deadsteam-ii/

There’s a new anthology out today, just in time for Halloween. Deadsteam II is the second dreadpunk/steampunk anthology by Grimmer & Grimmer Books, with thirteen more dark stories.

I was asked to join the ranks of fellow returning authors, James Dorr, Bryce Raffle, Ross Smeltzer, C.C. Adams, E. Seneca, and Rob Francis, and David Lee Summers, as well as welcoming new authors to the fold. This time, I have a longer short story; , following Doctor Jack/ James Findlay (The Adventures of Viola Stewart) after he boarded that ship to Australia. (Haven’t read it, check it out here: eBook/ Paperback

Just when you thought the nightmare was over, what was dead comes crawling back from the beyond. We warned you not to open that fateful tome. But you just couldn’t resist, could you? Back with more chilling tales of the dark and supernatural, the anthology of dreadpunk, gaslamp, and dark steampunk returns to haunt you with mummies, witches, vampires, gorgons, ghosts. The second installment in the DeadSteam series from Grimmer & Grimmer Books, DeadSteam II promises an even darker, grimmer gothic than the first offering. DeadSteam II includes stories by DeadSteam alumni David Lee Summers (Owl Dance, The Brazen Shark), Karen J Carlisle (The Adventures of Viola Stewart), Bryce Raffle, Ross Smeltzer, C.C. Adams, E. Seneca, and Rob Francis, while also introducing newcomers to the DeadSteam series. If you should sense someone lurking down by the river, some thing creeping through the forest, a sound from the attic, a strange pattern in the wallpaper that shouldn’t be there, a cold gust of wind on your neck…don’t look back. Just run. Run as far as you can But know this…we’re still here.

Where to buy your copy:

Kobo / Amazon/ and other online stores. You can find the first Deadsteam anthology here.

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[wormwoodandgallshop]

Join Wormwood & Gall after dark on November 17th

at The Morris-Jumel Mansion in NYC to celebrate the anticipated release of Leanna Renee Hiber’s Latest, The Eterna Solution, the final installment in The Eterna Files series. Spend the evening socializing with glamorous guests in New York City’s oldest haunted house. Indulge in complimentary wine and refreshments as you enjoy a reading from the author herself. Brose Mr. Wormwood’s latest curated collection of vintage jewelry inspired by the book. Don your most striking mourning attire and you just might catch the hosts’ eyes and win the costume contest. -Doors open at 6:30pm 

-Admission is $15 that goes towards supporting the museum. -Free absinthe to the first 15 guests over 21 years of age.

[0bfvscate]

I get angry at myself because I LOVE the unremorseful mixing of modern culture with dread and magic, our Romantic ancestors would be proud, but I feel like all the content I try to produce is just a little too normal

Like I came out here to write a book about fairies making punks question the very nature of reality and all I really got was a bunch of gay punks crying about their feelings and punching stuff