Think "Tales from the Crypt" after the crypt-keepers retirement, telling twisted bedtime stories to future lil skeletons. What if the crypt-keeper was your great uncle, and now he is babysitting? He tells Cursory Rhymes, of course!
Here is a sample:
Revenge of Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty fell from a wall, then rose from his grave vowing to kill them all. Blaming the world for the cause of his death, he hate and he ate until nothing was left. He swallowed the bodies of all he could find, until he had gobbled up all of mankind. Returning once more to the wall of his birth, he climbed to the top filled with nothing but mirth. With a leap and a laugh he fell back to the earth, knowing it would crack from the weight of his girth.
Diddles dark riddle
Hey diddle diddle, the cats been riddled, shot all full of lead. The cow hit the moon, which will hit the earth soon, and that damned laughing dog will be dead! Silverware, is self-aware, and frequently covered in red. And the fate of the plate, was to join Dumptys hate, as a place for the beast to be fed
Gaslamp Fantasy is also pretty close. In my universe Magic and Technology affect each others evolution heavily so both genres apply but then neither apply.
Any technology which would work here will work there, but because of the presence of Magic chances are no one spent the time and effort it took to invent the incandescent light bulb, not when EVERY mage can cast light, etc.
Flight doesn't exist in the traditional sense, Dragons own the skies, mankind need not apply. Lots of Magitek applications for rocketry though since the ancient Chinese had basic rocket tech.
Think "Tales from the Crypt" after the crypt-keepers retirement, telling twisted bedtime stories to future lil skeletons. What if the crypt-keeper was your great uncle, and now he is babysitting? He tells Cursory Rhymes, of course!
Here is a sample:
Revenge of Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty fell from a wall,
then rose from his grave vowing to kill them all.
Blaming the world for the cause of his death,
he hate and he ate until nothing was left.
He swallowed the bodies of all he could find,
until he had gobbled up all of mankind.
Returning once more to the wall of his birth,
he climbed to the top filled with nothing but mirth.
With a leap and a laugh he fell back to the earth,
knowing it would crack from the weight of his girth.
Diddles dark riddle
Hey diddle diddle,
the cats been riddled,
shot all full of lead.
The cow hit the moon,
which will hit the earth soon,
and that damned laughing dog will be dead!
Silverware,
is self-aware,
and frequently covered in red.
And the fate of the plate,
was to join Dumptys hate,
as a place for the beast to be fed