TOC: Steampunk II: Steampunk Reloaded
Mentioned in passing a few days ago, merits more attention. Jeff VanderMeer has posted the table of contents for his and Ann VanderMeer’s upcoming anthology
Steampunk Reloaded:
Original stories:
- Ekaterina Sedia, “Two Short Excerpts from the Russian Book of the Improbable”
- Jeffrey Ford, “Dr. Lash Remembers”
- Matthew Cheney, “Confessions and Complaints of a True Man”
- Ramsey Shehadeh, “The Unbecoming of Virgil Smythe”
- Vilhelm Bergsoe, “Flying Fish (Prometheus)”, translated by Dwight R. Decker
- As well as contributions by Fabio Fernandes, Brian Stableford, Jess Nevins, and the Steampunk heretic known only as “The Mecha-Ostrich.”
Original Non-fiction Articles by:
- Gail Carriger, author of Soulless (fashion and fiction)
- Jake Von Slatt of the Steampunk Workshop (maker movement)
- Mike Perschon, the Steampunk Scholar (the future)
Reprints:
- Daniel Abraham, “Balfour and Meriwether in the Adventure of the Emperor’s Vengeance”
- Stephen Baxter, “The Unblinking Eye”
- Winona Cookie, “The Unlikely Career of Portia Dreadnought,” “Artemesia’s Absinthe,” and “Obadiah Theremin, MD”
- G.D. Falksen, “The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday”
- William Gibson, “The Gernsback Continuum”
- Samantha Henderson, “Wild Copper”
- Caitlín R. Kiernan “The Steam Dancer (1896)”
- Andrew Knighton, “The Cast-Iron Kid”
- Marc Laidlaw, “Great Breakthroughs in Darkness”
- Margo Lanagan, “Machine Maid”
- Lisa Mantchev & James Grant, “As Recorded on Brass Cylinders: Adagio for Two Dancers”
- Shweta Narayan, “The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar”
- David Erik Nelson, “The Bold Explorer in the Place Beyond”
- Cherie Priest “Tanglefoot”
- Chris Roberson, “O One”
- Margaret Ronald, “A Serpent in the Gears”
- Catherynne M. Valente, “The Anachronist’s Cookbook”
[reminded by Mad Hatter]