Introduction / Rhonda Parrish -- The iron revolution / Christina Ruth Johnson -- Clockwork tea / Joseph Halden -- A future of towers made / Beth Cato -- A bird girl in the dark of night / Sarah Van Goethem -- Checkmate / Brian Trent -- Necromancy / Melissa Bobe -- Blood and clockwork / Wendy Nikel -- Sappho and Erinna / Lex T. Lindsay -- Divine spark / Diana Hurlburt -- The balance of memory / Reese Hogan -- The giant and the unicorn / Alethea Kontis -- Ningyō / Laura VanArendonk Baugh -- Father Worm / Adam Breckenridge -- The coach girl / M.L.D. Curelas.
Summary:
"Fairies threaten the world of artifice and technology, forcing the royal family to solve a riddle to stop their world from irrevocable change; a dishonest merchant uses automatons as vessels for his secrets and lies; a woman discovers the secret of three princesses whose shoes get scuffed while they sleep"-- Provided by publisher.
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