![]() ![]() I needed a toehold, something that would orient me in this imaginary setting. ![]() The world of the story was a blank slate. I’d been noodling with a very vague concept for a story about a mechanical man, so I called dibs on the clockpunk slot. When editor Jenn Brozek was pulling her team of writers together, she asked us to throw our hats into the ring for particular concepts or settings, to ensure the anthology would cover a variety of approaches to the concept. THE MECHANICAL, and in fact the entire Alchemy Wars trilogy, grew out of a short story that I dashed off for the Human For a Day anthology several years ago. ![]() Today marks the US publication of THE MECHANICAL, the first volume in my new Alchemy Wars trilogy. It’s been a while coming, but today I finally get to say, “Congratulations, you plucky little manuscript. ![]()
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