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Clockwork, Curses, and Coal: Steampunk and Gaslamp Fairy Tales
Clockwork, Curses, and Coal: Steampunk and Gaslamp Fairy Tales
Clockwork, Curses, and Coal: Steampunk and Gaslamp Fairy Tales
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Clockwork, Curses, and Coal: Steampunk and Gaslamp Fairy Tales

By Rhonda Parrish, Beth Cato, Sarah Van Goethem and

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Fairies threaten the world of artifice and technology, forcing the royal family to solve a riddle to stop their world from irrevocable change; a dishonest merchant uses automatons as vessels for his secrets and lies; a woman discovers the secret of three princesses whose shoes get scuffed while they sleep. These and so many other steampunk and gaslamp fairy tales await within the pages of Clockwork, Curses and Coal.

Retellings of Hansel and Gretel, The Princess and the Pea, Pinocchio, The Twelve Dancing Princesses and more are all showcased alongside some original fairy tale-like stories. Featuring stories by Melissa Bobe, Adam Brekenridge, Beth Cato, MLD Curelas, Joseph Halden, Reese Hogan, Diana Hurlburt, Christina Johnson, Alethea Kontis, Lex T. Lindsay, Wendy Nikel, Brian Trent, Laura VanArendonk Baugh and Sarah Van Goethem.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherWorld Weaver Press
Release dateMar 2, 2021
ISBN9781393974048
Clockwork, Curses, and Coal: Steampunk and Gaslamp Fairy Tales
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Rhonda Parrish

Rhonda Parrish is driven by a desire to do All The Things. She has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of Niteblade Magazine for about seven years now (which is like 30 years in internet time) and is the editor of the World Weaver Press anthology, Fae.In addition, Rhonda is a writer whose work has been included or is forthcoming in dozens of publications including Kzine and Mythic Delirium.Her blog, updated weekly, is at http://www.rhondaparrish.com"Rhonda Parrish is a shapeshifter with talents to match her every incarnation- magpie tenacity for picking the shiniest submissions, nightingale notes for crafting tales, and bright, feline eyes for seeking out her photographic subjects. She balances on the knife-edge of darkness and light, a sorceress of both realms." - Sara Cleto

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