@Emerson - Not always, but it's hard to write about history without a little darkness and the period chosen for Death Machine? Definitely tragic and morbid.
Tag the YWS'er who you'd most like to have backing you up if you were stranded on a desert island.
The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings. It is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth. — Kate Chopin, The Awakening
