I feel like the author has tried to cram a little bit too much into a little too small of a space, and cuts corners in the world building here and there. The characters take a little bit of time to come into their own, but they sure do by the end of it. Mock the midnight bell by Sarah Caulfield. It is almost the ideal short story-it opens a brief window into a world, lets you experience it, and hits you hard emotionally at the end. It's in the same universe as The Haunting of Tram Car 015, but it's much more of an intimate, personable, examination of the world. Djeli Clark through happenstance (Read The Black God's Drums, if you haven't already, as well as The Haunting of Tram Car 015), and becoming slightly frustrated at his incredible world-building that he only deigns to offer us slivers of, I was extremely happy with this story. It's very much stereotypically steampunky and over-the-top, but it's certainly a fun read. This was an interesting choice to begin the series.

The curious case of the werewolf that wasn't, the mummy that was, and the cat in the jar by Gail Carriger. Some of them are more clockwork/steampunk than Cairo, some of them are more Cairo than clockwork. Before that, though, I want to commend the editors for putting together such an intriguing and unexpectedly heart-warming collection of stories. Tempest BradfordĪs is usual for when I read collections of short stories, I'll do a story-by-story review. Catherine Toblerģ77 - 'The Copper Scarab' by K. Djeli ClarkĠ37 - 'Mock the Midnight Bell' by Sarah CaulfieldĠ59 - 'Worthless Remains' by Jonathan Green (A Pax Britannia story)Ġ81 - 'The Lights of Dendera' - Tiffany Trentġ21 - 'Thermodynamics and/or The Remittance Men' by Chaz Brenchleyġ51 - 'Lucky At Cards' by David Barnett (A story in the Gideon Smith world)ġ69 - 'Sun River' by Nisi Shawl (A story in the Everfair world)ġ89 - 'The Sun Shall Lie Across Us Like Gold' by Benjanun Sriduankaewġ99 - 'The Word of Menamhotep' by George Mann (A Newbury and Hobbes story)Ģ23 - 'Silver Linings' by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine (A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences story)Ģ43 - 'Antonia and Cleopatra' by Matthew BrightĢ67 - 'The Museum of Unlikely Occurrences' by Rod DuncanĢ79 - 'Jabari and the Giant' by Christopher Parvinģ61 - 'But For The Pieces He Left Behind' bu E. 001 - 'The Curious Case of the Werewolf that Wasn't, the Mummy that Was, and the Cat in the Jar' by Gail Carriger (A story in the Parasol Protectorate world)Ġ23 -'The Angel of Khan el-Kalili' by P.

Clockwork Cairo by Matthew Bright