num_pages: 438
description: These 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--and 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.Journey's End by Elizabeth Porter BirdsallAmphitrite by S.L. KnappIn the Heart of Yellow Mountain by Jaymee GohPlaying Chess in New Persepolis by Sean HollandA Thousand Mill Lofts Gray by Jeannelle Ferreira Dark Horse by A.M. TuomalaThe Return of Cherie by Nisi ShawlOne Last Interruption before We Begin by Stephanie LaiSelin That Has Grown in the Desert by Alex Dally MacFarlaneGranada's Library by Rebecca FraimowThe Canary of Candletown by C.S.E. CooneyFruit Jar Drinkin' Cheatin' Heart Blues by Patty TempletonDeal by Nicole Kornher-StaceNot the Moon But the Stars by Shveta ThakrarThe Terracotta Bride by Zen ChoArticle/Afterword: Winding Down the House: Taking the Steam out of Steampunk by Amal El-Mohtar
language: English
title: Steam-Powered 2: More Lesbian Steampunk Stories
publisher: Torquere Press