Steampunk World Read online

  Copyright Page

  “Shedding Skin; Or How the World Came to Be”, originally published in The Clockwork Jungle Book (Issue #11) is by & © Joseph E. Lake, Jr.

  “Introduction: Going Global, or Re-Engineering Steampunk Fiction” is by & © Diana M. Pho

  “Shedding Skin; Or, How the World Came to Be” is by & © Jay Lake

  “Hidden Strength” is by & © Jaymee Goh

  “Promised” is by & © Nisi Shawl

  “The Firebird” is by & © Emily Cataneo

  “The Little Begum” is by & © Indrapramit Das

  “Forty Pieces” is by & © Lucien Soulban

  “Hatavat Chalom” is by & © Lillian Cohen-Moore

  “The Leviathan of Trincomalee” is by & © Lucy A. Snyder

  “The Hand of Sa-Seti” is by & © Balogun Ojetade

  “The Omai Gods” is by & © Alex Bledsoe

  “The Governess and We” is by & © Benjanun Sriduangkaew

  “Tangi A Te Ruru/The Cry of the Morepork” is by & © Pip Ballantine

  “The Construct Also Dreams of Flight” is by & © Rochita Loenen-Ruiz

  “Budo, or the Flying Orchid” is by & © Tade Thompson

  “The Şehrazatın Diyoraması Tour” is by & © S. J. Chambers

  “The Emperor Everlasting” is by & © Nayad A. Monroe

  “Mary Sundown and the Clockmaker’s Children” is by & © Malon Edwards

  “Good Hunting”, originally published in Strange Horizons in October 2012, is by & © Ken Liu

  All Rights Reserved.

  This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and events are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. All trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

  Your purchase of this book directly supports the author. Thank you for your support.

  Cover art by James Ng

  Published by

  Alliteration Ink

  PO Box 20598

  Dayton, OH 45420

  alliterationink.com

  Steampunk World

  eISBN 978-1-939840-12-7

  pISBN 978-1-939840-19-6

  June 2013

  Our Backers

  This work could not exist without the backers on Kickstarter. Thank you all.

  Aaron Allston

  Aaron Hans

  Aaron Ramsby

  A.Chatain

  Adam Gallardo

  Adam Hill

  Adam O'Riley

  Adi Saunders

  A.D. Little

  Aja Romano

  AJ Harm

  Akilah

  Alan Pike

  Alan Stern

  Alastair Black

  Al Billings

  Alec Robinson

  Alexander Smith

  Alexandra N. Walters

  Alexandre Gachet

  Alexis

  Alex Ruck

  Alice Anyone

  Alice Tsoi

  A. Lisa Walden

  Alistair Morrison

  Al Letson

  Alumiere

  Amanda Johnson

  Amanda Penrose

  Amanda Power

  Amanda Stein

  Amy Peavy

  Anastasia Kaufmann

  Andi Scott

  Andrea Hosth

  Andrea L. Cook

  Andrea Smith

  Andrew Barton

  Andrew Fish

  Andrew Foxx

  Andrew Linstrom

  Andrew, Margaret, Sophie, Xander, and Stacie.

  Andy Arminio

  Angge Dannug

  Angus Abranson

  Anita M. King

  Anna Price

  Anonymous Supporter

  Anthony Cannella

  Anthony R. Evans

  Antonio Vincentelli

  Ariëlla F. Reinders

  Ariel Rodgers

  Artimese de Sade

  Ashley

  Astra Kim

  Atul Varma

  Austin Sirkin

  Avi Blackmore

  Axisor

  baldereagle

  Bekkir Barbier

  Belladonna Price

  Ben Cakir

  Benjamin Abbott

  Benjamin Sparrow

  Bethan Thomas

  Beth Morris Tanner

  Beth Wodzinski

  Beverly Bambury

  Bill Bodden

  Bill Fernandez

  Bill Humphries

  Bill Kohn

  blaiseg89

  Blake Lee

  Bob Hanks

  Bob Ooton

  B Parran

  Bradley Richardson

  Brahms Lewis

  Brian Horstmann

  Brian K. Hudson

  Brian Liberge

  Brian Williams

  Bronwen Jones

  Bronwyn Allen

  Caleb Williamson

  Candace A. Carpenter

  Can Özmen

  Carmen Marin

  Caroline Julian

  Carrie V.

  Catherine Porter

  Catherine Siemann

  Cédric Jeanneret

  Celine Gabriel

  Chad Canterbury

  Chad "Doomedpaladin" Middleton

  Chad Finlay

  Chante McCoy

  Charles Eugene Anderson

  Charlie Chalkley

  Charlotte Grubbs

  Charlotte Pass

  CHNG CHIN JOO

  Chris McLaren

  Chris Spindler

  Christian Klein

  Christine Bell

  Christopher Durham

  Chuck Thorne

  cj rene

  Claire Rousseau

  Claudio Biondino

  Cliff Winnig

  Conley Lyons

  Constance Burris

  Cora Greis

  Coral Moore

  Craig Hacker

  C. Y. L.

  Cynthia Gonsalves

  Cynthia Ward

  Cyrano Jones

  Dan Fairs

  Danielle Ackley-McPhail

  Daniel M Perez

  Daniel Sturkie

  Daniel & Trista Robichaud

  Dan Rabarts

  Darcey Wunker

  Daren T

  Dark Matter Zine

  Dave Mattingly

  David Annandale

  David Bell

  David Edmonds

  David Sanderson

  David Ting

  David Wyatt

  Davina Gifford

  Davin L McKay

  Deanne Fountaine

  Dean Valenti

  Dean Wood

  Deborah Biancotti

  Denali White

  Denis McCarthy

  Derek "Pineapple Steak" Swoyer

  Derek Viger

  Devin Harris

  Devin Redd

  Diana Dee Jarvis

  Doctor Q & the Artifice Club

  Donald J. Bingle

  Donald Jessop

  Don Bassingthwaite

  Donovan Corrick

  Doug Bissell

  Doug Hagler

  Doug Johnson

  Doug Jones

  Douglas Henke

  Doug Monroe

  Dre Lasana

  D-Rock

  Dru Pagliassotti

  E. Ambrose

  Ed "Kaledor" Arneson

  Elias F. Combarro

  Eli McIlveen

  Elisheba Trinity

  Elizabeth Kite

  Elizabeth Talsma

  Ellen Sandberg

  Ellie Ann

  E. Michael Kwan

  Emily Reed

  EmmaB

  Eoghan Ryan

  Epheros

  Eric Garrison
/>   Erick Pfister

  Eric L Meaders

  Erik T Johnson

  Erin Lani

  Erin O'Kelly Phillips

  Erin Ryan

  Etienne Barillier

  Eva

  Fabio Fernandes

  F. C. Moulton

  Floyd Brigdon

  Forth

  Foz Meadows

  Fran Adams

  Francis Hughes

  Frank Hall

  Fred Herman

  Freewillkeeper

  Gabriel Disselkoen

  Gabriella Azanu

  Garin W Williamson

  Garrett Shaw

  Gary Simmons

  Gavran

  Geoff Nicholson

  Geonn Cannon

  Gina M.

  GozzoMan

  Graeme

  Graeme Williams

  Hamish Cameron

  Hana Kim

  Hannah Silver

  Hannah Tikvah

  Harbir Anand

  Harri Kovanen

  Haviva Avirom

  Heather Blandford

  Heather Cushing

  Henrik Augustsson

  H Lynnea Johnson

  Hugh J. O'Donnell

  Ian McFarlin

  Ib Rasmussen

  Ief Grootaers

  Iñigo Serna

  Isabel Fine

  Issara Twiltermsup

  Iván de Neymet Franco

  Jacinto Quesnel

  Jack Vivace

  Jacob Gillespie

  Jacque Howell

  Jacqueline C

  Jae Lerer

  Jake Sexton

  James Elwood

  James Pottinger

  James R. Vernon

  James Walker

  Jamieson L Hoffman

  Jami Good

  Janet L. Oblinger

  Janine K. Spendlove

  Janito Vaqueiro Ferreira Filho

  Jared Axelrod

  Jared Hammaker

  Jasmine Stairs

  Jason Heller

  J Daniels

  Jean Marie Ward

  Jeff Hummel

  Jeff "Lepef" Coquery

  Jeffrey Allan Boman

  Jen Edwards

  Jen Huang

  Jennifer Brozek

  Jennifer Kahng

  Jenn Mercer

  Jen W

  Jeremy Kear

  Jeremy Saunders

  Jerome Lim

  Jerry Sköld

  Jesse Rebock

  Jesse Webster

  Jessi Taylor

  J.G. Stewart

  Jim Fina

  Jixia Ao

  J.L. Jamieson

  Joanne B

  Joel Palmer

  Joe Murphy

  Joe Tortuga

  John Devenny

  John Eddy

  Johnny Strle

  Jo Morrison

  Jonathan D. Beer

  Jonathan "Dr Archeville" Howell

  Jonathan Korman

  Jon Folkers

  Jon K.G. Allanson

  Jordan Lennard

  Jose F. Yrizarry

  Joseph Boeke

  Joshua Hair

  Josie Chang-Order

  Jouni Miettunen

  Joyce Pusel

  J Pinsak

  J. R. Murdock

  Judith Tarr

  Jukka Särkijärvi

  Julia Straya Kessler

  Julia Svaganovic

  Kalen Boley

  Karin Wellman

  Karl-Heinz

  Kate Larking

  Kate Reynolds

  Katharine

  Katharine Kerr

  Katherine Gleason

  Katherine Malloy

  Katherine Weinstein

  Kathy Kachelries

  Katrin Liang

  kay zimmerman

  kekhmet

  Kelli Neier

  Kelsi Morris

  Kenny Marable

  Kent Archie

  Keri Bas

  Kevin Andrew Murphy

  Kevin Bender

  Kevin Block-Schwenk

  Kevin J. "Womzilla" Maroney

  Kevin Kelleher

  Kim Belair

  Kim Warren

  Kirstie & Ishbel

  K Jackson

  K. Pals

  Kris Marchu

  Lady Talia

  Lang Thompson

  Larry D. Clark

  Lars Nygaard Witter

  Lassi Hiilinen

  Laura A Burns

  Laura Christensen

  Laura Morrigan

  Laura Phillips

  Lauren Stuart

  Laurie McLean

  Lawjick

  Lee Hiskett

  Leena Romppainen

  Leisl Schrader

  Letitia Maier

  Lexie C.

  Liam Donnell

  Lianne

  Linda Cartwright

  Lisa H. Timberlake

  Lisa Kruse

  Lisa Martincik

  Lisa Riefer

  Liz & Cath Evans-Gist

  Liz Neering

  Lizzie S

  Logan Turner

  Lois Spangler

  Lonerine Storm

  Lucas K. Law

  Lucy H. Lin

  Lulu Kadhim

  Lynne Everett

  Lynne McCullough

  Madeleine Holly-Rosing

  Maeghan

  Maggie Allen

  Máire Bourke

  MANDEM

  Manfred Schweigl

  Mara K

  Marc Paquin

  Marganma

  Margaret M. St. John

  Margy

  Marian Allen

  Marie Chelberg

  Marijn Hubert

  Mark Bould

  Mark Brown

  Mark Hartsuyker

  Mark Hirschman

  Mark J.W Elston

  Mark "the Encaffeinated ONE" Kilfoil

  Mark Thompson

  Martin Riddle

  Mary

  Mary Kay Kare

  Mary Robinette Kowal

  Mary Spila

  Matrix

  Matthew A. Muth

  Matthew Clay

  Matthew Eaton

  Matthew 'Milo' Barley

  Matthew O'Connor

  Matthew Rogers

  Matthieu Berthet

  Matt & Nykki Boersma

  Matt Wagner

  Maureen Kincaid Speller

  Maxcorps

  Maximillian Kite

  Max Kaehn

  Max Oehlert

  Max Robitzsch

  Maxwell Heath

  Megan C. Lane

  Megan E. Daggett

  Megan Prime

  Meghan Smith

  Melanie R. Meadors

  Mel Potter

  Michael A. Stackpole

  Michael Barmore

  Michael Cox

  Michael D. Blanchard

  Michael Fedrowitz

  Michael Haynes

  Michael & Lena Hicks

  Michael Lorenson

  Michael Moe

  Michael Niederman

  Michael Scholl

  Michelle Curtis

  Michelle Smith

  Mike Davies

  Mikko Matvejeff

  Mildred Cady

  Miles Matton

  Milton Davis

  Mirakle_Studio

  Morgan Ellis

  NAME REDACTED

  nancy

  narsaela

  Nathan Jones

  Nathan K. Finney

  Nathan Seabolt

  Nayad Monroe

  Neal Levin

  Nene Ormes

  Next Friday

  Nick Hembery

  Nick Lam

  Nick Watkins

  Nicole Bunge

  Nicole Chen

  Niels Nellissen

  Niki La Teer

  Nikki J.

  Noel Richards

  Olivia B.

  Parish Vaidya
r />   Park

  Patrick Deja

  Patrick James bell II

  Paul Clarkson

  Paul Drussel

  Pauline Arsenault

  Paul Jackson

  Penny

  penwing

  Peter Kavanagh

  Philip Weiss

  protected static

  Quang Pho

  Race DiLoreto

  Rafael Lohmann

  Rafael Veintimilla

  Rafal K

  Rafia

  Randy P. Belanger

  R. Daniel Paddock

  Regis M. Donovan

  Remy Nakamura

  Renae Wagner, Megan Seeley

  Reverend Jim Best

  Rhel ná DecVandé

  Richard Fusco

  Rick Underwood

  Rie Sheridan Rose

  Risa Wolf

  Rita Lewis

  Robby Thrasher

  Robert Cougill

  Robert Fleck

  Robert Moreland

  Robert P. Goldman

  Robert "Rev. Bob" Hood

  Robert Rodgers, Sr.

  Robert Tomaino

  Robin "HOOD" Hayes

  Rob MacAndrew

  Rob Voss

  Rob Weber

  Rosemary Tizledoun

  Ross Cheung

  Rrain Prior

  Ruth

  Ruth Coy

  Ryan J. Gilmer

  Ryan Leduc

  Ryan Thomas

  Sachin Suchak

  Salvador Manzo

  Samuel Hansen

  Sara Glassman

  Sarah A.

  Sarah Braun

  Sarah Coldheart

  Sarah E. Troedson

  Sara Stredulinsky

  Scearls

  Scott Baldwin

  Scott Gable

  Scott Lynch

  scott peacock

  Scout Johnson

  Sean Harrop

  Sean The Bookonaut

  Sebastian Lindqvist

  Sebastian Schmidt

  Shahamir Hamzah Shahrill

  Shasta

  Shean, Semeicha and Sapphira Mohammed

  Sheila Addison

  Shervyn

  Sheryl R. Hayes

  Sidsel Nørgaard Pedersen

  Silence in the Library Publishing

  Silvano-Tellas Stéphanie

  S. Kay Nash

  S.L. Gray

  Soh Kam Yung

  @solardepths

  Sonny Larsson

  Sophie Melchior

  SteampunkGoggles.com

  Stephanie Wood Franklin

  Stephen Abel

  Stephen Cheng

  Stephen Trower

  Steve Gere

  Steve Lickman

  Steve Lord

  Steven Mentzel

  Steven Salter

  Steven Tonthat

  Stuart Chaplin

  summervillain

  Sunny Manoj

  Susanne Schörner

  Susan Patrick

  Susan Sutton

  Susan Weiner

  Susie Cummings

  Suzie Eisfelder

  SwordFire

  Tansy Rayner Roberts

  Tarek

  Taylor Poole

  Ted Gilbert

  Tee Morris

  Tehani Wessely

  Thomas M. Smith

  Thu

  Tina Libè

  Tinker the Web Series

  Tomas Burgos Caez

  Tom Fendt

  Tone "Zicon" Berg

  Toni Adams

  Tony Chavira

  Tor André Wigmostad

  Tournevis

  Tracy Chowdhury

  Tragwyddol

  Ty Bailey

  Vampire Revenant

  Virginia Keating

  Vishal Bajaj

  Vladimir iBoyko Kuznetsov

  Vladimir Makarov

  V.Noche