Riding the Mainspring: A Collection of Steampunk Short Stories — Andrew Knighton

A steam-powered cowboy with a taste for death.A daring art heist in a moving city.A zeppelin flight through the smoke-filled skies of a Europe torn apart by volcanoes. This collection brings together nine stories of mechanical endeavour and daring adventure from worlds where pistons and clockwork are king. Each short story explores a different steampunk possibility, from the Wild West to the sewers below Venice. Starring scientists, detectives, criminals, and more machines than you can shake a pair of brass goggles at. So get on board and ride the mainspring to adventure.