Chrishaun asked A.G. Carpenter:

Hello A.G., How do you define magicpunk? What aspects should it have and what keeps it from being something like mdoren fantasy or magical realism?

A.G. Carpenter For me, magicpunk is about a world (or worlds) in which magic functions as one of several technologies. It can either be used to hack the existing tech - using magic to run a boiler instead of steam, for example - or other forms of energy can be used to hack magic-tech.

The other tech doesn't have to be advanced, but it can be, and it's all visible. (Not like Harry Potter where the magic exists alongside Muggle technology but is kept hidden.) So, for me, magicpunk is an exploration of "What if magic could be treated like science?" along with the tropes that come with exploring scientific boundaries and the ethics and responsibility of that exploration.

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