Men and Machines II

In a future of corporatized agriculture, a fault-finder corners an unusual saboteur. A quantum-damaged man considers destroying his enemies – but at what cost? A soldier in a freezing steam-demon world finds a life-changing prize in the snow. A boy befriends an indentured dragon and ushers in the carbon age.

Combining technical curiosity and classic storytelling, Charlie Nash’s second collection celebrates cyberpunk, steampunk and postapocalyptic fiction, including “Alchemy & Ice”, shortlisted for the Aurealis Award for Best Science Fiction Short Story.