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The Chaos Clock

By Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Jody Lynn Nye &
The Chaos Clock by Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Jody Lynn Nye &  digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

Time... Fluid and Mercurial.

Scarce noticed until it runs out.

The measure of our lives is but a blink of the Cosmic Eye. What unknown forces move between those ticking seconds we squander? What unholy powers coil like a spring, waiting to be sprung? What happens when eldritch forces encounter the Age of Steam? Let's find out!

In the spirit of HP Lovecraft and HG Wells, we bring you The Chaos Clock.

Will our final hour ever end, or will we find ourselves trapped within its infinite embrace?

With stories by

James Chambers * Jody Lynn Nye * Marc L. Abbott * Rachel A. Brune * Teel James Glenn * Jeffrey Lyman * Bernie Mojzes * Carol Gyzander * F.R. Michaels * Danielle Ackley-McPhail * Maxwell I. Gold * Hildy Silverman * Will McDermott


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“Who doesn't love running across an anthology of stories where you feel as though you are running out of time? This collection of stories edited by Ms. Ackley-McPhail was an intriguing and engaging read. It was enjoyable to pick up and read a few at a time (usually before bed). I was drawn to this book because of the cover and the name but I stayed through the end because each work within was unique and worth the read. I probably read this book over the course of about a week. Since each story is separate, you don't have to rush towards the end and it's a book I kind of want to pick up in physical form so I can tab my favorites. I want to thank NetGalley and the Publisher for providing me an advance reader copy. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope I can pick up a copy in the future.”

About Danielle Ackley-McPhail

Award-winning author, editor, and publisher Danielle Ackley-McPhail has worked both sides of the publishing industry for longer than she cares to admit. In 2014 she joined forces with Mike McPhail and Greg Schauer to form eSpec Books. Her published works include eight novels, Yesterday's Dreams, Tomorrow's Memories, Today's Promise, The Halfling's Court, The Redcaps' Queen, Daire's Devils, The Play of Light, and Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, written with Day Al-Mohamed. She is also the author of the solo collections Eternal Wanderings, A Legacy of Stars, Consigned to the Sea, Flash in the Can, Transcendence, The Kindly Ones, Dawns a New Day, The Fox's Fire, Between Darkness and Light, Echoes of the Divine, and the non-fiction writers' guides The Literary Handyman, More Tips from the Handyman, and LH: Build-A-Book Workshop. She is the senior editor of the Bad-Ass Faeries anthology series, No Longer Dreams, Heroes of the Realm, Clockwork Chaos, Gaslight & Grimm, Grimm Machinations, A Cast of Crows, A Cry of Hounds, Other Aether, The Chaos Clock, Grease Monkeys, Side of Good/Side of Evil, After Punk, and Footprints in the Stars. Her short stories are included in numerous other anthologies and collections. She is a full member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association.In addition to her literary acclaim, she crafts and sells original costume horns under the moniker The Hornie Lady Custom Costume Horns, and homemade flavor-infused candied ginger under the brand of Ginger KICK! at literary conventions, on commission, and wholesale.Danielle lives in New Jersey with husband and fellow writer, Mike McPhail and four extremely spoiled cats.

Jody Lynn Nye

Jody Lynn Nye lists her main career activity as 'spoiling cats.' When not engaged upon this worthy occupation, she writes fantasy and science fiction, most of it in a humorous bent. Since 1987 she has published over 50 books and more than 170 short stories. She has also written with notables in the industry, including Anne McCaffrey and Robert Asprin. Jody teaches writing seminars at SF conventions, including the two-day intensive workshop at Dragon Con, and is Coordinating Judge for the Writers of the Future Contest.

James Chambers

James Chambers received the Bram Stoker Award® for the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe and is a four-time Bram Stoker Award nominee. He is the author of the short story collections On the Night Border and On the Hierophant Road, which received a starred review from Booklist, which called it "...satisfyingly unsettling"; and the novella collection, The Engines of Sacrifice, described as "...chillingly evocative..." in a Publisher's Weekly starred review. He has written the novellas, Three Chords of Chaos, Kolchak and the Night Stalkers: The Faceless God, and many others, including the Corpse Fauna cycle: The Dead Bear Witness, Tears of Blood, The Dead in Their Masses, and The Eyes of the Dead. He also writes the Machinations Sundry series of steampunk stories. He edited the Bram Stoker Award-nominated anthology, Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign and co-edited A New York State of Fright and Even in the Grave, an anthology of ghost stories. His website is: www.jameschambersonline.com.

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