These authors take us to a different world with a set of alternative history stories. Retellings and new stories give readers much to play with...now that I’ve checked out the digital copy, I want a paperback to share! Fun reading.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
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I really enjoyed this compilation. The decopunk and steampunj genres are some of my favourites and the very idea of fairytale adaptations in these genres was enough to request an ARC of this.

The stories are unique and feature some of the most well-known characters as well as lesser known fairytales.

Each author has their own distinct style and I enjoyed reading all of them.

Overall rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5 stars

this was a great anthology, each story was done great and you could tell each author's writing was different but still felt like a cohesive collection.

I have begun to look forward to each offering from editor Rhonda Parrish and World Weaver Press, as their compilations of short stories have yet to disappoint. “Grimm, Grit, and Gasoline,” a mixture of Dieselpunk, Decopunk, and fairy tales, is no exception.

There are nineteen stories from different authors, and none of them disappointed. Yes, there are some I enjoyed more than others, but I never experienced the feeling that a tale was lacking and that I would be better served to skip to the next one. There were more fairy tale adaptations than I expected, though I found them to be creative and not entirely dependent upon the original story.

Some of my favorites included “The Rescue of Tresses Malone,” a detective/gangster setting mixed with a fairy tale brought to life by Alena Van Arendonk. Nellie K. Neves combined wartime adventurers and dieselpunk with a fairy tale, “As the Spindle Burns.” I also enjoyed the twists and turns in Jack Bates’ mystery story, “Bonne Chance Confidential.” And how could anyone resist the enticing title from Patrick Bollivar, “A Princess, a Spy, and a Dwarf Walked into a Bar Full of Nazis.”

This book is chockful of strong, heroic women who are given interesting plots to wind their way through. Creative ideas will keep readers turning the pages all the way to the end. Five stars.

My thanks to NetGalley and Kobo Writing Life for an advance electronic copy of this book.

A fun collection of fairy and folk tales with a DIeselpunk spin, I really enjoyed this collection of stories collected together by Rhonda Parrish. I had never heard of this genre before, but I was immediately drawn to the cover, and once I read the explanatory introduction I knew that I would enjoy this book.. To explain, Dieselpunk is a little like Steampunk, but set at a later date, instead of the Victorian era associated with steampunk, these stories are largely set in the era of the first and second world wars, and the period in between. A talented group of writers have embraced the challenge and written their own versions of stories such as Rapunzel, Pinocchio and Sleeping Beauty, where mechanics and oil lend a helping hand to the magic and mythology. It is rare that I enjoy all the stories in an anthology collection, but I have to say that I could not find any weakness in this collection, all of the stories were enjoyable. Of course I did have favourites, most notably As The Spindle Burns by Nellie K Neves, Salvage by A.A. Medina and The Rescue of Tresses Malone by Alena Van Arendonk. I loved that several of the stories featured Queer characters and /or were written by Queer authors, Overall a book filled with as much grit as glamour and one I enjoyed immensely
I read and reviewed an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher, all opinions are my own