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* ColdIron: [[spoiler: The shapeshifting, baby-eating, tram-possessing al can be defeated by any sharp piece of iron.iron, even one as small as a sewing needle. Once the spirit is wounded, it must obey the command of the one who inflicted the injury. Hamed and Onsi vanquish the al by stabbing it with a knitting needle.]]
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''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'' is a 2019 novella written by [[Creator/PDjeliClark P. Djèlí Clark]], Creator/PDjeliClark, taking place in the same AlternateHistory MythPunk version of Egypt as his previously published ''Literature/ADeadDjinnInCairo''.
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* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Sheikha Nadiyaa performs is designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's wishes are met. She offers to attempt the ritual on the aerial tram car [[spoiler: but it fails because the car isn't possessed by a regular spirit with unfinished business -- it's hosting an "al," which is a kind of bogeyman that doesn't want anything except to eat babies]].
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* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Sheikha Nadiyaa performs is designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's its wishes are met. She offers to attempt the ritual on the aerial tram car [[spoiler: but it fails because the car isn't possessed by a regular spirit with unfinished business -- it's hosting an "al," which is a kind of bogeyman that doesn't want anything except to eat babies]].
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* EatsBabies: [[spoiler: The spirit haunting the tram car is an al. Alk are evil spirits that eat babies, even going so far as to attack pregnant women to get to the fetus.]]
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* EatsBabies: [[spoiler: The spirit haunting the tram car is an al. Alk [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_(folklore) Alk]] are evil spirits that eat babies, even going so far as to attack pregnant women to get to the fetus.]]
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''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'' is a 2019 novella written by [[Creator/PDjeliClark P. Djèlí Clark]], taking place in the same AlternateHistory MythPunk version of Egypt as his previously published ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo.''
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* OccultDetective: In their role as Agents of [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction The Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities]], Hamed and Onsi undertake investigations into crimes and misdemeanors involving supernatural entities and magical elements. The novella focuses on their attempt to identify and dispel a supernatural entity that's haunting the public transportation system.
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* OurGeniesAreDifferent: Djinn are powerful, nigh-immortal beings capable of casting magic. Their realm, or the Kaf, was once separated from the realm of man -- it was the first of the supernatural planes to be brought into contact with the realm of man, and Djinn have lived openly among mankind for the past 40 or so years. If Sheikha Nadiyaa's claim of her family having worked with the Djinn Jizzu for generations is true, then Djinn were present in the realm of mankind long before the Kaf was opened.
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* RitualMagic: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Sheikha Nadiyaa performs has certain material components to it, like the application of kohl to a possessed person (or tram car, in this case) and the inclusion of musical pieces and dance steps, but those area means to an end. The dance is meant to allow Nadiyaa and her companions to identify the type of aggrieved spirit that's doing the possessing, with each rhythm and pattern meant to "reverberate with" and draw out certain types of supernatural entities.
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* RitualMagic: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Sheikha Nadiyaa performs has certain material components to it, like the application of kohl to a possessed person (or tram car, in this case) and the inclusion of musical pieces and dance steps, but those area means to an end. The dance is meant to allow Nadiyaa and her companions to identify the type of aggrieved spirit that's doing the possessing, with each rhythm and pattern meant to "reverberate with" and draw out certain types of supernatural entities.
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* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Sheikha Nadiyaa performs is designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's wishes are met. She offers to attempt the ritual on the aerial tram car [[spoiler: but it fails because the car isn't possessed by a regular spirit with unfinished business -- it's hosting an "al," which is a kind of bogeyman that doesn't want anything except to eat babies]].
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Several decades before the start of the narration, a wandering mystic opened a gateway to the realm of Djinn and other mythical creatures. Since then, spirits and magical beings previously relegated to the realm of myth have begun to appear more freely in the human world. Angels, Djinn, and other supernatural entities are a part of every day life.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Several decades before the start of the narration, a wandering mystic named al-Jahiz opened a gateway to the realm of Djinn and other mythical creatures. Since then, spirits and magical beings previously relegated to the realm of myth have begun to appear more freely in the human world. Angels, Djinn, and other supernatural entities are a part of every day life.
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%%* SexShifter: Sheikha Nadiyaa's family has "adopted" a Djinn who shifts between presenting as an incredibly beautiful woman and a distractingly handsome man. Though Hamed is unsettled by the Djinn's fluid presentation and not knowing how to refer to them, the Djinn has worked closely with Nadiya's family for generations and is comfortable freely shifting their presentation around Nadiya and her staff.
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* {{Fembot}}: Fahima is a sentient automaton who has had her chassis modified to look more feminine -- this includes a custom torso and a beautiful faceplate.
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* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: As Fahima explains it, there are only a few "Boilerplate Eunuchs" who seem to contain the inherent spark of life, the awareness of their own individuality, or the desire to surpass their programming. Even so the idea of sentient automatons who might demand things like wages, time off, or the right to vote (even if they are only a tiny fragment of the total population of boilerplate eunuchs) seems to [[JustAMachine distress Hamed]].
* HauntedTechnology: The titular tram car is haunted by a spirit that started to attack passengers.
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* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: As Fahima (who is herself an automaton with a measure of self-awareness) explains it, there are only a few "Boilerplate Eunuchs" who seem to contain the inherent spark of life, the awareness of their own individuality, or the desire to surpass their programming. Even so the idea of sentient automatons who might demand things like wages, time off, or the right to vote (even if they are only a tiny fragment of the total population of boilerplate eunuchs) seems to [[JustAMachine distress Hamed]].
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Soon, however, Agents Hamed and Onsi are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with [[TheSuffragette suffragettes]], secret societies, smuggling rings, and [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming sentient automatons]] as they a race against time to protect the city from an unknown supernatural force.
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The place is Cairo, the time is 1912, and the case is the apparent haunting of an aerial tram car. As the city simmers beneath the summer sun and the nation readies for a vote that could grant suffrage to half the population, two men are deployed to dispatch whatever spirit, spook, or specter is interfering with the public transportation system: Agents Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities]].
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The place is Cairo, the time is 1912, and the case is the apparent haunting of an aerial tram car. As the city simmers beneath the summer sun and the nation readies for a vote that could grant suffrage to half the population, two men are deployed to dispatch whatever spirit, spook, or specter is interfering with the public transportation system: Agents Agent Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities]].
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''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'' is a 2019 novelette novella written by [[Creator/PDjeliClark P. Djèlí Clark]], taking place in the same AlternateHistory MythPunk version of Egypt as his previously published ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo.''
Chapter 1 of the novella is currently [[https://www.tor.com/2019/02/07/excerpts-the-haunting-of-tram-car-015-p-djeli-clark/ available as a preview]] on publisher Tor's website.
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* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Alba suggests Hamed and Onsi look into Sheikha Nadiyaa performs is designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's wishes are met.
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->“Good morning, unknown being,” he said in loud slow words, holding up his identification. “I am Agent Onsi and this is Agent Hamed of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities. We hereby inform you that you are in breach of several regulations governing paranormal persons and sentient creatures, beginning with Article 273 of the criminal code which forbids trespass and inhabitation of public property owned by the State, Article 275 on acts of terrifying and intimidation of citizens…”
-->-- Chapter 1, Onsi Youssef performs a Ministry Standard Greeting on an unidentified spirit
''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'' is a 2019 novelette written by [[Creator/PDjeliClark P. Djèlí Clark]], taking place in the same AlternateHistory MythPunk version of Egypt as his previously published ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo.''
The place is Cairo, the time is 1912, and the case is the apparent haunting of an aerial tram car. As the city simmers beneath the summer sun and the nation readies for a vote that could grant suffrage to half the population, two men are deployed to dispatch whatever spirit, spook, or specter is interfering with the public transportation system: Agents Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities]].
Soon, however, Agents Hamed and Onsi are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with [[TheSuffragette suffragettes]], secret societies, smuggling rings, and [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming sentient automatons]] as they a race against time to protect the city from an unknown supernatural force.
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!!Tropes Found in ''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'':
* AllMythsAreTrue: Several decades before the start of the narration, a wandering mystic opened a gateway to the realm of Djinn and other mythical creatures. Since then, spirits and magical beings previously relegated to the realm of myth have begun to appear more freely in the human world. Angels, Djinn, and other supernatural entities are a part of every day life.
* AlternateHistory: In the world of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo'' as in ''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'', the sudden widespread manifestation of Djinn and other magical creatures and paranormal powers allowed Egyptian forces to resist British colonial rule in the late 1800's, establishing an independent state far earlier than in real life (where the independent Kingdom of Egypt was established in 1922, but continued to exist under a state of British occupation until 1956). Djinn, "angels", and various other mythical creatures are [[AllMythsAreTrue now part of everyday life]] throughout the Kingdom of Egypt and beyond -- institutions like Oxford and Harvard have even set up departments dedicated to the study of the paranormal. Embracing the {{Magitek}}/ {{Steampunk}} creations of the Djinn has made Egypt a leading cultural and economic power, with Cairo being compared to London and Paris in terms of influence and importance on the world stage.
* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Alba suggests Hamed and Onsi look into designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's wishes are met.
%%* BenevolentGenie:
* ContinuityNod:
** Onsi expresses excitement when he learns that Hamed was in the same graduating class as Agent Fatma (the protagonist of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo''), and wonders over the mysterious nature of her latest case (the events of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo'').
** Both the characters of Siti and Agent Fatma el-Sha’arawi make an appearance. "Siti" is the codename that Abla uses, while Fatma appears at the end of the story to catch up with Hamed.
%%* CultureChopSuey:
%%* DemonicPossession:
* DisguisedInDrag: Hamed and Onsi disguise themselves [[spoiler: as heavily pregnant]] women with long dresses, heeled shoes, [[HidingInAHijab and veils]] in order to draw out [[spoiler: the al haunting the tram]].
* EatsBabies: [[spoiler: The spirit haunting the tram car is an al. Alk are evil spirits that eat babies, even going so far as to attack pregnant women to get to the fetus.]]
* ElectromagneticGhosts: [[spoiler: The al haunting the tram car is able to affect the car's {{Magitek}} inner workings, enabling the specter to control the tram's speed and direction.]]
* {{Fembot}}: Fahima is a sentient automaton who has had her chassis modified to look more feminine -- this includes a custom torso and a beautiful faceplate.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities.
* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: As Fahima explains it, there are only a few "Boilerplate Eunuchs" who seem to contain the inherent spark of life, the awareness of their own individuality, or the desire to surpass their programming. Even so the idea of sentient automatons who might demand things like wages, time off, or the right to vote (even if they are only a tiny fragment of the total population of boilerplate eunuchs) seems to [[JustAMachine distress Hamed]].
* HauntedTechnology: The titular tram car is haunted by a spirit that started to attack passengers.
* HidingInAHijab: The disguises Hamed and Onsi have tailored to draw out [[spoiler: the al]] include fashionable hats with gauzy veils that hide their faces. These veiled hats are mentioned to be a stylish accessory for fashionable women of the city, allowing the upper classes to follow the latest Parisian trends while maintaining their modesty.
%%* JustAMachine:
* {{Magitek}}: The advanced technology that makes Cairo a prosperous metropolis is {{Steampunk}} on the surface, but run by magical circuitry programmed into it by the Djinns who created the systems.
%%* {{Mythpunk}}:
* OneSteveLimit: Djinn never reveal their real name when dealing with mortals, instead using the names of mountain ranges, towns, or rivers to refer to themselves. When Abla asks if the djinn named Zargos she knows is the same Zargos that works at the Ministry, Hamed tells her they're probably not the same.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent:
%%* RitualMagic:
* SeeThruSpecs: Spectral Goggles, specialized eyewear that allows ministry agents to perceive the supernatural.
--> He reached into his coat to pull out the small leather case where he kept his spectral goggles. The copper-plated instruments were standard Ministry issue. They fit like eyeglasses, though the pronounced round green lenses were far wider. Onsi had removed his spectacles to slip on his own pair. Eyesight mattered little when it came to the spectral world—which appeared the same to everyone in a haze of startlingly vivid, luminescent jade.
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%%* TheSuffragette:
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler: The al can be neutralized with any sharp piece of iron -- be it a dagger, a pair of scissors, or even a needle. Once the al has been pricked or stabbed it must obey the commands of the person who injured it.]]
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: Although they're only mentioned briefly at the beginning of the book, the zeppelins docked at Ramses Station add to the {{Steampunk}} flavor of the work.
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->“Good morning, unknown being,” he said in loud slow words, holding up his identification. “I am Agent Onsi and this is Agent Hamed of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities. We hereby inform you that you are in breach of several regulations governing paranormal persons and sentient creatures, beginning with Article 273 of the criminal code which forbids trespass and inhabitation of public property owned by the State, Article 275 on acts of terrifying and intimidation of citizens…”
-->-- Chapter 1, Onsi Youssef performs a Ministry Standard Greeting on an unidentified spirit
''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'' is a 2019 novelette written by [[Creator/PDjeliClark P. Djèlí Clark]], taking place in the same AlternateHistory MythPunk version of Egypt as his previously published ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo.''
The place is Cairo, the time is 1912, and the case is the apparent haunting of an aerial tram car. As the city simmers beneath the summer sun and the nation readies for a vote that could grant suffrage to half the population, two men are deployed to dispatch whatever spirit, spook, or specter is interfering with the public transportation system: Agents Hamed Nasr and his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef of the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities]].
Soon, however, Agents Hamed and Onsi are exposed to a new side of Cairo stirring with [[TheSuffragette suffragettes]], secret societies, smuggling rings, and [[GrowBeyondTheirProgramming sentient automatons]] as they a race against time to protect the city from an unknown supernatural force.
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!!Tropes Found in ''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'':
* AllMythsAreTrue: Several decades before the start of the narration, a wandering mystic opened a gateway to the realm of Djinn and other mythical creatures. Since then, spirits and magical beings previously relegated to the realm of myth have begun to appear more freely in the human world. Angels, Djinn, and other supernatural entities are a part of every day life.
* AlternateHistory: In the world of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo'' as in ''The Haunting of Tram Car 015'', the sudden widespread manifestation of Djinn and other magical creatures and paranormal powers allowed Egyptian forces to resist British colonial rule in the late 1800's, establishing an independent state far earlier than in real life (where the independent Kingdom of Egypt was established in 1922, but continued to exist under a state of British occupation until 1956). Djinn, "angels", and various other mythical creatures are [[AllMythsAreTrue now part of everyday life]] throughout the Kingdom of Egypt and beyond -- institutions like Oxford and Harvard have even set up departments dedicated to the study of the paranormal. Embracing the {{Magitek}}/ {{Steampunk}} creations of the Djinn has made Egypt a leading cultural and economic power, with Cairo being compared to London and Paris in terms of influence and importance on the world stage.
* BanishingRitual: Downplayed -- the Zār ritual that Alba suggests Hamed and Onsi look into designed to placate the spirit possessing or haunting a person, with the hopes that the spirit will move on if it's wishes are met.
%%* BenevolentGenie:
* ContinuityNod:
** Onsi expresses excitement when he learns that Hamed was in the same graduating class as Agent Fatma (the protagonist of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo''), and wonders over the mysterious nature of her latest case (the events of ''A Dead Djinn in Cairo'').
** Both the characters of Siti and Agent Fatma el-Sha’arawi make an appearance. "Siti" is the codename that Abla uses, while Fatma appears at the end of the story to catch up with Hamed.
%%* CultureChopSuey:
%%* DemonicPossession:
* DisguisedInDrag: Hamed and Onsi disguise themselves [[spoiler: as heavily pregnant]] women with long dresses, heeled shoes, [[HidingInAHijab and veils]] in order to draw out [[spoiler: the al haunting the tram]].
* EatsBabies: [[spoiler: The spirit haunting the tram car is an al. Alk are evil spirits that eat babies, even going so far as to attack pregnant women to get to the fetus.]]
* ElectromagneticGhosts: [[spoiler: The al haunting the tram car is able to affect the car's {{Magitek}} inner workings, enabling the specter to control the tram's speed and direction.]]
* {{Fembot}}: Fahima is a sentient automaton who has had her chassis modified to look more feminine -- this includes a custom torso and a beautiful faceplate.
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities.
* GrowBeyondTheirProgramming: As Fahima explains it, there are only a few "Boilerplate Eunuchs" who seem to contain the inherent spark of life, the awareness of their own individuality, or the desire to surpass their programming. Even so the idea of sentient automatons who might demand things like wages, time off, or the right to vote (even if they are only a tiny fragment of the total population of boilerplate eunuchs) seems to [[JustAMachine distress Hamed]].
* HauntedTechnology: The titular tram car is haunted by a spirit that started to attack passengers.
* HidingInAHijab: The disguises Hamed and Onsi have tailored to draw out [[spoiler: the al]] include fashionable hats with gauzy veils that hide their faces. These veiled hats are mentioned to be a stylish accessory for fashionable women of the city, allowing the upper classes to follow the latest Parisian trends while maintaining their modesty.
%%* JustAMachine:
* {{Magitek}}: The advanced technology that makes Cairo a prosperous metropolis is {{Steampunk}} on the surface, but run by magical circuitry programmed into it by the Djinns who created the systems.
%%* {{Mythpunk}}:
* OneSteveLimit: Djinn never reveal their real name when dealing with mortals, instead using the names of mountain ranges, towns, or rivers to refer to themselves. When Abla asks if the djinn named Zargos she knows is the same Zargos that works at the Ministry, Hamed tells her they're probably not the same.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent:
%%* RitualMagic:
* SeeThruSpecs: Spectral Goggles, specialized eyewear that allows ministry agents to perceive the supernatural.
--> He reached into his coat to pull out the small leather case where he kept his spectral goggles. The copper-plated instruments were standard Ministry issue. They fit like eyeglasses, though the pronounced round green lenses were far wider. Onsi had removed his spectacles to slip on his own pair. Eyesight mattered little when it came to the spectral world—which appeared the same to everyone in a haze of startlingly vivid, luminescent jade.
%%* {{Steampunk}}:
%%* TheSuffragette:
* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler: The al can be neutralized with any sharp piece of iron -- be it a dagger, a pair of scissors, or even a needle. Once the al has been pricked or stabbed it must obey the commands of the person who injured it.]]
* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: Although they're only mentioned briefly at the beginning of the book, the zeppelins docked at Ramses Station add to the {{Steampunk}} flavor of the work.
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