Loader robots of Dallas and Hell's Bend

A Ruscon loadeer bot at rest on the docks of Hell's Bend

Dallas managed to continue as a key port, connecting the Mississippi River network, along with the American breadbasket in the Midwest, to the Eastern Seaboard and Hell's Bend. Hell was built over the ruins of Helen Bentley Port outside Baltimore, and became a renowned independent city state that had an outside influence over shipping thanks to its small but technologically advanced navy.

Selene: City of Vampires and Ghouls

More images from the dark and mysterious City of Ghouls and Vampires. All images created using Midjourney, the AI renderer. Most were then embellished in ProCreate.

Product of ghoul medical necroengineering

Ghoul necroengineers at work in plastic sheeting, for theirs is a messy task

Helmet of a Selene warrior in sealed day armour

The latest vampire fashions in the city; they tend towards the flamboyant for all genders

A rejuvenated ghoul sits up after extensive necrosurgery, feeling refreshed... and hungry

A vast underground atrium; tall chambers were used to reduce feelings of claustrophobia

Security staff in sealed day armour; often as not, surface patrols would be undertaken by familiars or ghouls, rather than vampires

Ghouls with gurneys, awaiting the arrival of the raiding cruiser with fresh meat for the underground necromills

One of endless subsurface hallways. Many are marked with signs that are outside of the visual range of humans, but visible for vampires and ghouls

Dinner wear for a ritual live prey meal

Dinner parties tended to be lively affairs featuring desperate prey and plastic or other non-staining materials

A vampire-ghoul hybrid in the latest fashion. Interbreeding was initially frowned upon, but necroengineering made it possible with the use of forced surrogacy

CIty of Vampires

Cryptic glyphs adorn the windowless buildings of Selene, which is often shrouded in mist during the day. The mist is not entirely... natural.

Selene, the city of ghouls and vampires, is located behind a perceptual field in the Mojave Desert. Created by infectious bionitic viruses during The Fall, the vampire elite now feeds upon abducted human chattel; the ghouls use their remains for parts in their quest to build perfect golem husks for their consciousnesses to inhabit. 

Ghoul surgeons playing mix match with body parts

A new creation

The ghouls specialize in macabre medical tech, but much of it is unsuitable for export. The nanotechnology industry is strong with several vampire houses, who have powerful wizards, but the city itself is resource poor. Few human communities wish to trade with a city state of, essentially, intra-species predators, so goods are obtained by proxies, theft or unscrupulous AI intermediaries.

A stylish ghoul in line for a new husk to inhabit

A ritual feeding hall.

A quiet street... during the day.

Red is the favourite colour in Selene.

Red neon lighting is common in the underground labyrinth

The city is unusual in that few buildings have windows; like an iceberg, most of it is under the surface. The architecture is unusually ornate brutalism, embellished with glyphs to convey vampire house status. 

Humans are kept in pens; food markets open after dusk and close at midnight, but the blood bank is open 24 hours. Feeding is tightly regulated: every banquet must have a CDT (Corpse Disposal Team) of ghouls present, by law. Feeding chambers are sealed for easier hosing down after meals. 

A ritual feeding chamber, sealed for easy drainage after the meal

The city is eerily serene during the day; security is provided by familiars, synthetics (androids) and automatons. 

A member of House Kronysk of Selene. Selenites like to dress sharp.

The Selene Defense Force fields a multi-environment Atlas Cruiser, which is used to extort the ‘Seleneblut', or blood offering, from regional farming communities. Humans are abducted directly in raids further afield; some effort is made to keep the location of the city secret. 

All of these images were made with Midjourney (and some editing in ProCreate). 

Dressed for a night on the town, hunting humans. Called Helos, it is a ritual in which humans are set free throughout the city. Those who last until sunrise are pardoned. The rest... are lunch.

Creatures from the world of Magnum Thrax Part 2

 The post apocalypse world of Magnum Thrax and the Amusement Park of Doom is filled with all manner of strange creatures.

The majestic tortibear, which will fiercely defends its nest.

Unspeakable horrors emerged from the depths after the apocalypse; some welcomed them as the new overlords.

Peliwalri are ornery but adorable.

The horned giraffe of the Midwest plains.

A bionitic flying shark, kept aloft on utility fog. Technowraiths would use more evolved iterations as mounts.

The explosive rooster. Don't antagonize them.

An adorable bipid examines a button camera set on a rock.

The three eyed frog is almost impossible to sneak up on; it's eyes remain open even when sleeping.