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Steampunk III: Steampunk Revolution

Edited by Ann Vandermeer
Cover by Dan Jones
Interior design by John Coulthart

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Playfully mashing up the romantic elegance of the Victorian era with whimsically modernized technology, this entertaining and edgy new anthology is the third installment in a bestselling steampunk series. Featuring a renegade collective of writers and artists—from beloved legends to rising talents—the steam-driven past is rebooted and powered by originality, wit, and adventure. Lev Grossman offers a different take on the Six Million Dollar Man who possesses appendages and workings from recycled metal parts, yet remains fully human, resilient, and determined. Catherynne M. Valente explores a new form of parenting within the merging of man and machine while Cherie Priest presents a new, unsettling mode of transportation. Bruce Sterling introduces steampunk’s younger cousin, salvage-punk, while speculating on how cities will be built in the future using preexisting materials and Jeff VanderMeer takes an antisteampunk perspective as a creator must turn his back on an utterly destructive creation. Going beyond the simple realms of corsets and goggles, this engaging collection takes readers on a wild ride through Victoriana and beyond.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Ann VanderMeer

Fiction

• “Harry and Marlowe and the Talisman of the Cult of Egil” by Carrie Vaughn
• “Addison Howell and the Clockroach” by Cherie Priest
• “On Wooden Wings” by Paolo Chikiamco
• “Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham” by Lev Grossman
• “The Heart Is the Matter” by Malissa Kent
• “Mother Is a Machine” by Catherynne M. Valente
• “Possession” by Ben Peek
• “Beatrice” by Karin Tidbeck
• “Arbeitskraft” by Nick Mamatas
• “Study, for Solo Piano” by Genevieve Valentine
• “Beside Calais” by Samantha Henderson
• “An Exhortation to Young Writers (Advice Tendered by Poor Mojo’s Giant Squid)” by David Erik Nelson, Morgan Johnson, and Fritz Swanson
• “A Handful of Rice” by Vandana Singh
• “Fixing Hanover” by Jeff VanderMeer
• “Salvage” by Margaret Ronald
• “Urban Drift” by Andrew Knighton
• “Ascension” by Leow Hui Min Annabeth
• “Nowhere Fast” by Christopher Rowe
• “The Effluent Engine” by N. K. Jemisin
• “To Follow the Waves” by Amal El-Mohtar
• “Captain Bells & the Sovereign State of Discordia” by JY Yang
• “The Seventh Expression of the Robot General” by Jeffrey Ford
• “The Stoker Memorandum” by Lavie Tidhar
• “Smoke City” by Christopher Barzak
• “Goggles (c.1910)” by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• “Peace in Our Time” by Garth Nix
• “White Fungus” by Bruce Sterling

Nonfiction 

• “Winding Down the House: Towards a Steampunk Without Steam” by Amal El-Mohtar
• “Steampunk Shapes Our Future” by Margaret Killjoy
• “From Airships of Imagination to Feet on the Ground” by Jaymee Goh
• “The(R)Evolution of Steampunk” by Austin Sirkin

Iced

by Karen Marie Morning
Cover by Mike Bryan

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning picks up where Shadowfever leaves off with Iced, the first book in her hotly anticipated new urban paranormal trilogy set in the world of the blockbuster Fever series.

The year is 1 AWC—After the Wall Crash. The Fae are free and hunting us. It’s a war zone out there, and no two days are alike. I’m Dani O’Malley, the chaos-filled streets of Dublin are my home, and there’s no place I’d rather be. 
 
Dani “Mega” O’Malley plays by her own set of rules—and in a world overrun by Dark Fae, her biggest rule is: Do what it takes to survive. Possessing rare talents and the all-powerful Sword of Light, Dani is more than equipped for the task. In fact, she’s one of the rare humans who can defend themselves against the Unseelie. But now, amid the pandemonium, her greatest gifts have turned into serious liabilities.

Dani’s ex–best friend, MacKayla Lane, wants her dead, the terrifying Unseelie princes have put a price on her head, and Inspector Jayne, the head of the police force, is after her sword and will stop at nothing to get it. What’s more, people are being mysteriously frozen to death all over the city, encased on the spot in sub-zero, icy tableaux.

When Dublin’s most seductive nightclub gets blanketed in hoarfrost, Dani finds herself at the mercy of Ryodan, the club’s ruthless, immortal owner. He needs her quick wit and exceptional skill to figure out what’s freezing Fae and humans dead in their tracks—and Ryodan will do anything to ensure her compliance.

Dodging bullets, fangs, and fists, Dani must strike treacherous bargains and make desperate alliances to save her beloved Dublin—before everything and everyone in it gets iced.

The Lady of Secrets

by Susan Carroll

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This brilliant new installment in bestselling author Susan Carroll’s mesmerizing Dark Queen historical fiction series is perfect for fans of Philippa Gregory.

Queen Catherine de Medici is dead, and for Meg Wolfe—successor in a line of legendary healers and mystics known as “daughters of the earth”—it is a time of new beginnings. She strives to be ordinary, invisible in the mists of Faire Isle, and is determined to put the terrifying days of a wicked mother and turbulent childhood behind her. But soon a summons from King James will rekindle a menacing power from the past, bringing haunting visions of a nightmare already unfolding—and a shattering mystery steeped in magic that will determine a destiny from which she cannot hide.

Meg’s task: Save the king from the most insidious form of treachery, invisible to those who do not possess Meg’s extraordinary gifts. But as Meg discovers, there are more sinister motivations at play in the king’s world. Torn between two very different men whose motives and secrets are tied inexorably to her own fate, Meg learns that she can no longer trust anyone or anything—not even her own heart.