It seems ages ago when my friend Josue Ramos and others came up with the idea of assembling a group of Steampunk writers from all around the globe to work together on a truely international and culturally diverse Steampunk anthology.

The project survived through the financial crisis, although it lost its original would-be publisher but was then adopted by Lunar Press.

So finally, after more years than any of us would have thought, I am honored to reveal the Steampunk Writers Around the World  Volume I anthology. Hot off the presses, a July release by Lunar Press, of Edinburgh, Scotland.

This bilingual anthology is the product of the first ‚Steampunk Hands around the World‘ project, created by eleven international authors. It encouraged writers to engage with each other and to express how Steampunk, though global, is born from the unique culture of its setting. This anthology is half in Spanish and half in English.

 

FOREWORD By Kevin Steil

 

THE STORY OF YOUR HEART By Josué Ramos – Spain

EL ALFÉREZ DE HIERRO By Fábio Fernandes – Brazil

HEIRS By Marcus R. Gilman – Germany

PÓLVORA Y VAPOR By Aníbal J. Rosario Planas – Puerto Rico

PROVIDENCE IN THE PACIFIC By Ray Dean – Hawaii

LAS CADENAS INFINITAS By César Santivañez – Peru

THE SWARM By Milton Davis – Africa

LA HISTORIA DE TU CORAZÓN By Josué Ramos – Spain

UNMADE By Suna Dasi – Scotland/India

LA MALDICIÓN DE LA ESPINA By Elaine Vilar Madruga – Cuba

THE GOLDEN APPLE By Petra Slováková – Czech Republic

CUAUHTLIPOCA, EL ÁGUILA HUMEANTE By Paulo César Ramírez Villaseñor – Mexico

The stories are truely divers and off the beaten track of „Steampowered Anglophones save the World“. My personal favourite is Suna Dasi’s UNMADE, which is the best Steampunk short story I ever had the pleasure to read.

I only regret there are no Francophone authors in the anthology. Still, it is a fine selection of tales from all over the world and you can get it now right here!

Oh yes, and my story of course features a propper Zeppelin and its crew, not just a blimp or dirigible, but a proper Zeppelin.

So, grab yourself a copy, celebrate the diversity of Steampunk and an indipendent publisher!