The Gernsback continuum / William Gibson Great breakthroughs in darkness / Marc Laidlaw Dr. Lash remembers / Jeffrey Ford The unblinking eye / Stephen Baxter The steam dancer (1896) / Caitlín R. Kiernan The cast-iron kid / Andrew Knighton Machine maid / Margo Lanagan The unbecoming of Virgil Smythe / Ramsey Shehadeh The mechanical aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar / Shweta Narayan O one / Chris Roberson Wild copper / Samantha Henderson The bold explorer in the place beyond / David Erik Nelson Lost pages from The encyclopedia of fantastic Victoriana / Jess Nevins Tanglefoot (a clockwork century story) / Cherie Priest A serpent in the gears / Margaret Ronald The strange case of Mr. Salad Monday / G.D. Falksen The persecution machine / Tanith Lee Balfour and Meriwether in the adventure of the emperor's vengeance / Daniel Abraham As recorded on brass sylinders: adagio for two dancers / James L. Grant & Lisa Mantchev Flying fish Prometheus (a fantasy of the future) / Vilhelm Bergsøe The anachronist's cookbook / Catherynne M. Valente Lovelace & Babbage: origins, with salamander / Sydney Padua A secret history of steampunk / The Mecha-Ostrich Which is mightier, the pen or the parasol? / Gail Garriger At the intersection of technology and romance / Jake von Slatt The future of steampunk: a roundtable interview