The Haunting of Tram Car 015 is a 2019 Novella written by P.Djeli Clark, winner of 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2019
set in an alternate version of 1912 Cairo, Egypt, dominated by Steampunk technologies and magical creatures, where an organization, called the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, is tasked with monitoring the activities of otherworldly beings on the streets of Cairo, two agents of the Ministry of Alchemy, Senior Agent Hamed al-Nasr along with his young assistant, named Onsi, are tasked with conducting an exorcism to free a wagon of a Tram Line, possessed by a Demon ...
Tropes used in Haunting of Tram Car 015 include:
Alternate History: in 1879 an anti-colonial revolution took place in Egypt, against the British colonial rule of Egypt, a revolution, which occurred due to the fact that a group of Egyptian alchemists managed to summon an army of Djinn, who helped the revolutionaries Egyptians to defeat the British and drive them out of India, making Egypt an independent and sovereign nation as early as 1880 ...
- between 1880 and 1912, Independent Egypt experienced a great development and expansion in the scientific and technological field, with Cairo dominated by advanced and advanced Steampunk technologies
- in 1912, Egypt became a rich and powerful nation, very evolved and advanced in the technological field ...
Alternate History Wank: the Khedivate of Egypt or the Egyptian Empire of 1880 and here it becomes a technological power, dominated by advanced and advanced Steampunk technologies such as flying dirigibles and mechanical automatons, which has become able to compete and rival with the major European empires and the major European powers, the Egyptian empire has also become a power in the magical and alchemical field, being able to employ entire armies of Djinn ...
Gaslight Fantasy: an Arab and Egyptian version of this "Trope", set in Cairo ...
Magitek: Alchemy and magical creatures such as Djinn coexist with advanced technologies Steampunk, the Egyptian Society is dominated by a mixture of Science, Magic, alchemy and advanced technologies, for example, the Trams in Cairo are powered by the energy of Djinn holding "Possessed", Tram convoys ...
- in this alternate history, the Djinn really exist and coexist with humans in Cairo ...
- Magic and Alchemy and Islamic esotericism coexist together with advanced and advanced Steampunk technologies ...
Occult Detective: the main protagonist, Hamed al-Nasr, who works on behalf of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, a Ministry that deals with investigating and monitoring the crimes or offenses committed by the Djinns and Ghouls in Cairo, the Ministry is in charge of controlling and monitoring occult or supernatural or paranormal events, which happen daily in Cairo
Paranormal Investigation: the basic genre of this Work, merged and mixed with Steampunk and Fantasy, at the base of the Plot ...
Steampunk: Cairo in 1912 is dominated by evolution and advanced Steampunk technologies, including the "Boilerplate Eunuch" of Steampunk Robots, along with vehicles equipped with steam engines, created by the Djinn, since, most of the Steampunk technologies in Cairo, were created by the Djinn, after they invaded Egypt in 1879 ...
The Unmasqued World: in 1879, after the Sudanese mystic Al-Jahiz, together with some Egyptian alchemists, opened the portal to the world of Kaf, the human race discovered the existence of Djinn and magic, in Cairo in 1912, the human race coexists with Djinni and supernatural entities, accepting them as part of daily life, with ghosts and spirits, who can easily take possession of entire means of transport by infesting them ...
When Dimensions Collide: in 1879, the Sudanese mystic al-Jahiz through inventions, alchemy and witchcraft opened a space-dimensional portal between the world of humans and the world of the Kaf, the original world of the djinn, who sent the magic that has poured into our world. So now we have humans living alongside Djinn ...
Zeppelins from Another World: Airships became the largest vehicle and means of Air transport in Egypt in 1912 ...