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