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The first attempt I made at writing fiction, it was intended to be a fictional retelling of the story of Jack the Ripper. I’ve always had a morbid fascination with true crime and Jack the Ripper in particular. I’ve discussed on the Blog Hop in the past about the struggles I had with this and that it continues to languish in the dust.

Since then, I’ve worked on steampunk novels, which touches on facets of the Victorian era. I’ve considered introducing a character based on another Victorian London figure, Spring-heeled Jack, so there’s no reason why the Ripper can’t put in a showing. That said, I’ve never entirely shunned the idea of returning to a historical fiction novel around the story of Jack. Now I think about it, maybe there’s a story to be written for him in a steampunk universe…