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clockwork cairo: steampunk tales of egypt 
​(twopenny books)

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Edited by Matthew Bright, Clockwork Cairo is Twopenny Press's inaugural anthology. An anthology of Egyptian-themed steampunk stories, it will take you an adventure from the steam-powered souks of Cairo, to the clockwork bazaars of Alexandria and the shadowy mysteries of the pyramids.

Table of Contents: 
  • The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't, the Mummy that Was, and the Cat in the Jar - Gail Carriger (A story in the Parasol Protectorate world)
  • The Angel of Khan el-Kalili - P. Djeli Clark
  • Mock the Midnight Bell - Sarah Caulfield
  • Worthless Remains - Jonathan Green  (A  Pax Britannia story)
  • The Lights of Dendera - Tiffany Trent
  • Ushabti - Zan Lee
  • Thermodynamics; and/or The Remittance Men - Chaz Brenchley
  • Lucky At Cards - David Barnett 
    (A story in the Gideon Smith world)

  • Sun River - Nisi Shawl (A story in the Everfair world)
  • The Sun Shall Lie Across Us Like Gold - Benjanun Sriduankaew
  • The Word of Menamhotep - George Mann (A Newbury and Hobbes story)
  • Silver Linings - Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine (A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences story)
  • Antonia and Cleopatra - Matthew Bright
  • The Museum of Unlikely Occurrences - Rod Duncan
  • Jabari and the Giant - Christopher Parvin
  • To Kill A God - M.J. Lyons
  • The Infernal - Anne Jensen
  • Imhotep's Dog - John Moralee
  • But For The Pieces He Left Behind - E. Catherine Tobler
  • ​The Copper Scarab - K. Tempest Bradford

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Reviews:

"This immersive collection captures the whimsy and drama of steampunk." 
Publishers Weekly. (Read the full review.)


"Clockwork Cairo is a fun collection of clever adventures, delicately mixing the mysterious and exotic worlds of Egyptian legend and the raw ingenuity of steampunk. Editor Matthew Bright proves once again that that the genre can truly go anywhere any any time." 
​Amazing Stories
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