Stepping Sideways: Worlds of Steampunk and Dystopia

by Lynne Stringer (Editor), Emily Larkin (Editor)

Overview

A circus is not all it seems. A monster… and opportunity… waits in ocean mists. A friendship is out of time. A group of kids escape scavenger dogs in a brutal world. A water sprite is far from home. And a machine generates romance. These stories and others await in this steampunk and dystopian anthology by Australian authors, sure to transport you into worlds of danger and wonder.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781761111785
Publisher:	Exisle Publishing
Publication date:	10/08/2024
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Lynne Stringer has been passionate about writing all her life, beginning with short stories in her primary school days. She began writing professionally as a journalist and was the editor of a small newspaper (later magazine) for seven years, before turning her hand to screenplay writing and novels.

Emily Larkin is a Queensland author who holds a Doctor of Creative Arts (Creative Writing) from the University of the Sunshine Coast. She writes fiction for children, teens, and adults – and loves holding writing workshops with the Queensland Writers Centre. Emily’s young-adult novel, Within the Ward, explores mental health in a dystopian future. Emily's short fiction and poetry has featured in Australian and international literary journals, including Idiom 23, Meniscus, Seizure, Number Eleven Magazine, Flumes, The Zodiac Review, Streetlight Magazine, Literary Orphans, Black Fox Literary Magazine, and After the Pause. Emily has worked as a Sessional Tutor in Creative Writing, English Literature, and Communication at the University of Queensland, QUT College, and USC.

Editorial Reviews

a fun and original anthology, reimagining steampunk dystopia in new ways that will appeal to a younger YA readership aged 12+ or fans of Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfeld.”
- Books+Publishing

“Whether we realise it or not, dystopian tales impact us long after we’ve consumed them. They force us to listen and learn. They inspire thinking and reflecting about ourselves and the world around us, changing who we are on the inside as well as the actions we take on the outside”
- Kids’ Book Review 

“Stepping Sideways is an exhilarating and wonderful read. This collection of short stories by established and emerging authors takes us into the worlds of Steampunk and Dystopia, to experience danger and wonder by turns - and in rapid succession! I’m going to go out on a limb and say that, at its heart, this is actually a book about humanity. It’s timeless, relatable and will definitely spark deep thought and conversation.” 
-KBR

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