At long last! A new Matty and the Mandroid story has been written, set
among the Twelve Domed Cities of Mars. The first two — “The Clone Wrangler’s Bride” and “Droidtown Blues” — are still available online for free-range reading.
This new anthology, SHANGHAI STEAM (a Wuxia/Steampunk mash-up) promises to be Awfully Good Fun. A full table of contents has been revealed:
- The Fivefold Proverbs of Zhen Xiaquan - Tim Ford
- Qin Yun’s Mechanical Dragon and the Cricket Spies - Amanda Clark
- Moon-Flame Woman - Laurel Anne Hill
- Love and Rockets at the Siege of Peking - K. H. Vaughan
- The Master and the Guest - Crystal Koo
- Ming Jie and the Coffee Maker of Doom - Brent Nichols
- A Hero Faces the Celestial Empire; A Death by Fire is Avenged by Water - Julia A. Rosenthal
- Riding the Wind - William H. Keith
- Mistress of the Pearl Dragon - Shen Braun
- Song of My Heart - Jennifer Rahn
- Last Flight of the Lóng Qíshì - Emily Mah
- Protection from Assassins - Frances Pauli
- Seeds of the Lotus - Camille Alexa
- The Ability of Lightness - Tim Reynolds
- Fire in the Sky - Ray Dean
- The Legend of Wong Heng Li - Frank Larnerd
- Flying Devils - Derwin Mak
- Legend of the Secret Masterpiece - Nick Tramdack
- Jing Ke Before the Principle of Order - Minsoo Kang