Read the Cyberpunk Fairy Tales, a unique twist on the classic stories you grew up with. Sometimes dark and disturbing like the Grimm stories, other times new and relevant to the modern age. This is Volume 1, containing: The Impossible Quest of Hailing a Taxi on Christmas Eve. A modern retelling of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Nanodaemons: The Fir Smart-Tree. A modern retelling of “The Fir Tree,” by Hans Christian Andersen. Ariadne’s String. A short story based on the myth of the Labyrinth. Berenice’s Hair. A cyberpunk short story, the myth of Coma Berenices retold. The Little Match Girl. A cyberpunk retelling of “The Little Match Girl,” by Hans Christian Andersen.

A sentient seagoing mining platform becomes a battleground when two hackers go head to head in a war which can only have one winner, a technologically-savvy dwarf's name holds the key to saving a life, and a girl whose body has been hijacked by a formless intelligence are just some of the cyberpunk fairy tales you'll find within these pages. Combining the high tech/low life aspects of cyberpunk with the magic and possibility of fairy tales creates a unique collection that is sure to satisfy connoisseurs of both genres.Features original content from Thomas Badlan, Suzanne Church, Beth Goder, Sarah Van Goethem, Nicola Kapron, V.F. LeSann, Angus McIntyre, Wendy Nikel, Ana Sun, Michael Teasdale, Alena Van Arendonk and Laura VanArendonk Baugh.

Uploading my virus to make it scream loud To detonate my bomb in the crowd The hate loading process is moving on Sending my rage with one megaton – Victor Love (Dope Stars Inc.)

Welcome to the world of Red: A Cyberpunk Fairytale.Inspired by the classic Little Red Riding Hood story, it tells the story of Red, a member ofan elite private security firm. She lives, works, and fights to survive in a futuristic world that?s spiraling into a violent police state.When her grandmother becomes the victim of a bioterror attack, Red unravels a mystery involving the megacorporation known as Canis, the deadly terrorist group known as The Lords of the Fourth Order, and the most clandestine levels of government.What Red discovers will change her life and the lives around her...forever.

Steampunk, Dieselpunk, and Cyberpunk - oh my! If you like fractured fables and mythic mash-ups, you'll love this collection of reimagined fairy tales by 13 international authors. You'll find retellings of stories you recognize as well as a few you've probably never seen before, all of them with a punk subgenre twist."Making Bones" by Phoebe Darqueling "Star Tsarina" by TJ O'Hare "Steel-blue Babe" by Aaron Isett "The Sharp, Mechanical Sheep" by Kay Gray "The Girl in the Tower" by A.F. Stewart "Hoods and Wolves" by Briant Laslo "The Great Astrolabe of Einsem" by K.A. Lindstrom "Liberty" by Crysta K. Coburn "A Saturnine, a Martial, and a Mercurial Lunatic" by Amber Michelle Cook "The Second Mission of Azarbad the Aeronaut" by J. Woolston Carr "Black Dog, Wild Wood" by Thomas Gregory"Mirror in her Hand" by Liz Tuckwell"Wound" by Paul HiscockAND illustrations by Audra Miller, Nathan Lueth, Tom Brown, and J. Woolston Carr.

Queen Levana is a ruler who uses her 'glamour' to gain power. but long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told ... until now.