Kew Gardens, a fairytale
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Last published Fri, Apr 22, 2016
Welcome to "Kew Gardens" , a victorian fairytale, mystery and steampunk science-fiction/fantasy.
It is based primarily on the "Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew" in London, England. Yet there is some alternative history in this tale, as it is more of a mysterious fairytale than anything.
Expect to see many strange and wondrous things in this version of Kew Gardens, an almost "wonderland" like place, where science in this alternate Victorian universe makes many things much more possible than they were in our world...and there might be a bit of magic at work here...or is it perhaps nature itself?
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