Toasted Cake 186! In which we are willing to assemble thingamajigs.
This story first appeared in Unidentified Funny Objects 6, edited by Alex Shvartsman.
A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken is the author of The Dandelion Dynasty, a silkpunk epic fantasy series that includes The Grace of Kings and The Wall of Storms, and the collection The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories. He also wrote the Star Wars novel, The Legends of Luke Skywalker. Find him at kenliu.name.