It's one thing to be an evil overlord. It's another to do his plumbing. Someone cleans up after the monsters. Someone has the job of keeping the executions moving. Someone has to grease the wheels of the machines most never see and with which you should hope to never come into contact. In The Gears of Strange Machines, you will find eleven stories about the people who stand next to wonders, horrors and mysteries... mop and bucket in hand.