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Chris Chelser:
As an enthusiast of both dark fiction (e.g., Lovecraft) and underwater adventure (perhaps inspired in my youth by subsurface film, "The Abyss"), I wonder how you came up with the idea to combine these aspects (and quite effectively so) in your flash fiction story, "Payload". Could you share something about this?
Chris Chelser
Oh, that is a good one! I loved "The Abyss", but that wasn't what inspired "Payload."
Years ago, I saw the complete version of "Das Boot", a German TV-series about an U-boat during WWII. The feature-length film by the same name is rather well known, but the full miniseries is 6 hours of (at times literally) crushing tension and heart-wrenching drama.
That story left a very strong impression. So when I was looking for a story angle on the Seven of Clubs tarot card, I decided to make the 'clubs' torpedoes and try to capture the terrifying, claustrophobic atmosphere of a submarine under siege.
Thank you for asking :)
Years ago, I saw the complete version of "Das Boot", a German TV-series about an U-boat during WWII. The feature-length film by the same name is rather well known, but the full miniseries is 6 hours of (at times literally) crushing tension and heart-wrenching drama.
That story left a very strong impression. So when I was looking for a story angle on the Seven of Clubs tarot card, I decided to make the 'clubs' torpedoes and try to capture the terrifying, claustrophobic atmosphere of a submarine under siege.
Thank you for asking :)
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