Crystal Express is a collection of short stories by Bruce Sterling. It was published in 1989. The book contains among others, Sterling's Shaper/Mechanist short stories.

Synopsis: This collection gathers twelve tales by one of the leading new voices in science fiction. The stories are divided into three groups: Five fall into Sterling's "Shaper/Mechanist" coterie of tales; three are science fiction of a more generic type; and four tales are labeled as fantasy.

Contents

• Swarm by Bruce Sterling Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1982. Reissued in Schismatrix Plus.
• Spider Rose by Bruce Sterling Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1982. Reissued in Schismatrix Plus.
• Cicada Queen by Bruce Sterling Originally published in the anthology Universe 13 edited by Terry Carr. Reissued in Schismatrix Plus.
• Sunken Gardens by Bruce Sterling Originally published in Omni , June 1984... reissued in Schismatrix Plus.
• Twenty Evocations by Bruce Sterling Originally published in Interzone , Spring 1984; first published as "Life in the Mechanist/Shaper Era: Twenty Evocations"... reissued in Schismatrix Plus.
• Green Days in Brunei by Bruce Sterling
• Spook by Bruce Sterling
• The Beautiful and The Sublime by Bruce Sterling Originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, June 1986.
• Telliamed by Bruce Sterling
• The Little Magic Shop by Bruce Sterling
• Flowers of Edo by Bruce Sterling Originally published in Hayawaka's Science Fiction Magzine.
• Dinner in Audoghast by Bruce Sterling