Steam-Powered by JoSelle Vanderhooft

The fifteen thrilling and ingenious tales take the familiar genre of steampunk in exciting new directions, following women from across the globe and through pasts that never were (but could have been) on their search for money, adventure, prestige, freedom, and the love of another woman. Here you'll meet a Moroccan airship engineer and an English diplomat who receive a cryptic message and an exploding music box, a librarian who doubts her God, a Malaysian shipping clerk who dreams of adventure, a terracotta bride from the Tenth Circle of Hell, and an aeronaut on her way to certain death and a surprising discovery, along with many more. Though they hail from across the globe and universes far away, each of them is driven to follow her own path to independence and to romance. The women of Steam-Powered 2 push steampunk to its limits and beyond.

Steampunk: A Jewel of Diversity - Kevin Steil
Journey's End - Elizabeth Porter Birdsall
Amphitrite - S. L. Knapp
In the Heart of Yellow Mountain - Jaymee Goh
Playing Chess in New Persepolis - Sean Holland
A Thousand Mill Lofts Gray - Jeannelle Ferreira
Dark Horse - A. M. Tuomala
The Return of Cherie - Nisi Shawl
One Last Interruption Before We Begin - Stephanie Lai
Selin That Has Grown in the Desert - Alex Dally MacFarlane
Granada's Library - Rebecca Fraimow
The Canary of Candletown - C.S.E. Cooney
Fruit Jar Drinkin', Cheatin' Heart Blues - Patty Templeton
Deal - Nicole Kornher-Stace
Not the Moon But the Stars - Shveta Thakrar
The Terracotta Bride - Zen Cho
Winding Down the House: Taking the Steam Out of Steampunk - Amal El-Mohtar