The amazing Shweta Narayan reads from her story “The Mechanical Aviary of Emperor Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar” in The Clockwork Jungle Book (Issue #11). Like Shweta’s other work, it’s a luminous and graceful tale of an amazing culture, full of heart.

We’ve just learned that this story will be reprinted in Ann and Jeff VanderMeer’s Steampunk Reloaded: Volume 2, coming out this fall. Congrats, Shweta!

Click here to listen! 2mb MP3 file.

Shweta’s story “One for Sorrow” appeared in Shimmer Issue 10 (read her interview about the story!).

Want to read the rest of the issue? We’ve got 19 more fantastic stories!