Underneath the Arches is a combination of horror and steampunk, an evil Fagin type mechanical genius is taking children and turning them in to half child, half machine and sending them to work for him. It’s written as a child’s cautionary rhyme.

A Cautionary Rhyme for the Curious Child

A grating running down.

Deep below the ground.

Can hear the hiss and clank

The sewage vile and rank.

The man called Mr Find,

Because his lamps are blind.

To hand over their spoils,

Resuming gruesome toils.

Their rising steams foul smell

The grating smells like Hell.

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