"The oxygen and hydrogen will now have the honor of combining before Your Majesty." - Professor John Henry Pepper
In a world that never was but should have been, steam rules the sea, the skies and the aether. Amid a cacophony of cranking sprockets and cogs, in chuffs of steam and soot, "Clockwork Kiru: Steampunk Haiku" looks to the future through the lens of the past - through the imagistic language of haiku. In this anthology of steampunk haiku, fifty authors take the reader on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure with haiku of mystery, magic, science and romance.
With haiku by Alex Plummer, Andrew J. Lucas, Antoinette Mccormick, Ashley Williams, Brenda Champlin, Carla Aickman, Chris Fradkin, D. Neidhart, D.J. Daniels, David S. Pointer, Deborah Walker, E.A. Clifton-James, E.S. Wynn, Ed Higgins, Emily Jo Scalzo, Fanni Suto, Gail Oare, George Nicolae, Henry Gilman, Ingmar P. Gindl, James, J. Stevenson, Jannet Yang, J. Russo, Jennifer Courtney, Jo Wu, Joe A. Mancini, John Webster, Marie Churchman, Mathias Jansson, Matthew Wilson, Mercedes Webb-Pullman, Narendra Daivari, Pattie Flint, Peter Swindells, R.I. Riehle, R.T. Sturgeon, Reggie Carlisle, Richie Andrus, Robert Jones, Roderick Kearns, Sara Cleto, Serena Dalton, Serena H. Slater, Sergei Orlov, Sheridan Lawrence, Stephanie Rose, Stephen James, T. Tanith Poe, Thomas Miller-Donnelly and Tyson West. With artwork by Joe Busson, Paul F. Clegg, Lucas McCammon and Edmund Lewinski. Edited by David Nell and published by Dreamscape Press.
Superstition Mountains by Tyson West
Smog by Adrian George Nicolae
Runesansu by Antoinette Mccormick
Late Afternoon by Thomas Miller-Donnelly
Steam Velocipede by John Webster
Inventor's Lament by Marie Churchman
True Love by Pattie Flint
Morning In Clockworkland by Robert Jones
Brass & Goggles by E.A. Clifton-James
Observation by T. Tanith Poe
Coffee Break by Gail Oare
Building Dreams by Jo Wu
Flightless Spirit by Serena Dalton
Trappings by Roderick Kearns
Hickory Haiku by Mercedes Webb-Pullman
Ol' Clunker by Richie Andrus
Berlin Zeppelin by Jannet Yang
Mechanical Resilience by Brenda Champlin
Dreams Before by R.I. Riehle
Word On The Street by Narendra Daivari
Serpent In The Garden by Henry Gilman
Midnight Circus by D. Neidhart
Dreams After by Joe A. Mancini
An Absence Of Choice by Emily Jo Scalzo
For The War by Stephen James
Dead Man's Cloth by J. Russo
Man In The Moon by Mathias Jansson
Lift-Off by R.t. Sturgeon
Final Goodbyes by Sheridan Lawrence
Adrenaline Rush by Carla Aickman
The Skies Spewed Oil Slicks by Chris Fradkin
Lunar Tunes by David S. Pointer
Stalking Sky Pirates by E.S. Wynn
Tennyson's War Cogs by James J. Stevenson
Gatling by Peter Swindells
Shrouded by Andrew J. Lucas
That Cursed Clocksmith by Ingmar P. Gindl
Broadside by Alex Plummer
Time Slip by D.J. Daniels
The Sorceror Of Serbia by Michael Sheridan
Transcendence by Reggie Carlisle
The Death Of The Clockwork Man by Stephanie Rose
Tickety-Tock Heart by Deborah Walker
Revolution by Sergei Orlov
Rekindled by Sara Cleto
Lost Ship by Ed Higgins
Thrive by Ashley Williams
After The War by Matthew Wilson
Novel by Jennifer Courtney
Escape by Serena H. Slater
Steam Petals by Fanni Suto
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